Time's Up (Living Colour album)

Time's Up
Studio album by Living Colour
Released	August 20, 1990
Recorded	1989-90 at A&M Recording and RPM Studios
Genre	Heavy metal, funk metal, hard rock, neo-psychedelia
Length	57:35
Label	Epic
Producer	Ed Stasium
Living Colour chronology
Vivid (1988) Time's Up (1990) Biscuits (1991)

Time's Up is the second studio album by the band Living Colour, released on August 20, 1990 through Epic Records. It was the follow-up to their successful 1988 album Vivid. Time's Up features a wide range of genres and also includes cameo appearances by Queen Latifah, Little Richard, Doug E. Fresh, Maceo Parker and James Earl Jones. After the album was released, it reached gold status, peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 and later won a Grammy for best hard rock album of the year. It is the final album to feature Muzz Skillings on bass, though it was not his last release with the band (as he appeared on the Biscuits EP). In late February 2014, the album was reissued in Europe by Music On CD and is available once again.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Rolling Stone	link
Robert Christgau	A−
Entertainment Weekly	(A) link

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Vernon Reid, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Time's Up"	Reid, Muzz Skillings, Corey Glover, Will Calhoun	3:05
2.	"History Lesson"		0:52
3.	"Pride"	Calhoun	4:55
4.	"Love Rears Its Ugly Head"		4:19
5.	"New Jack Theme"		3:30
6.	"Someone Like You"	Skillings	3:47
7.	"Elvis Is Dead"		3:50
8.	"Type"		6:26
9.	"Information Overload"		6:11
10.	"Under Cover of Darkness"	Glover	4:17
11.	"Ology"	Skillings	1:07
12.	"Fight the Fight"	Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Skillings	4:32
13.	"Tag Team Partners"	Glover	0:48
14.	"Solace of You"	Glover, Reid	3:38
15.	"This Is the Life"		6:23

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
16.	"Final Solution (Live in Chicago 1990)"	5:44
17.	"Middle Man (Live in Chicago 1990)" (Glover, Reid)	3:40
18.	"Love Rears Its Ugly Head" (aka Soul Power Mix)	4:05

Banded version

A special US advance promo version eliminating "History Lesson", "Ology" and "Tag Team Partners". Catalog number ESK 2171

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Time's Up"
2.	"Pride"
3.	"Love Rears Its Ugly Head"
4.	"New Jack Theme"
5.	"Someone Like You"
6.	"Elvis Is Dead"
7.	"Type"
8.	"Information Overload"
9.	"Under Cover of Darkness"
10.	"Fight the Fight"
11.	"Solace of You"
12.	"This Is the Life"

Personnel

• Corey Glover — vocals, rhythm guitar on "Type"
• Vernon Reid — lead guitar
• Muzz Skillings — bass
• Will Calhoun — drums
• John Aguto - assistant engineer
• Akbar Ali - strings
• Charles Burnham - strings
• Don Byron - clarinet, baritone saxophone
• Greg Calbi - mastering
• Annette Daniels - background vocals
• D.K. Dyson - background vocals
• Eileen Folson - strings
• Doug E. Fresh - percussion, vocals
• Alan Friedman - programming
• Lolly Grodner - assistant engineer
• Paul Hamingson - engineer, assistant engineer
• Mick Jagger - background vocals
• Toshinobu Kubota - background vocals
• Jeff Lippay - assistant engineer
• Little Richard - vocals
• Yubie Navas - background vocals
• Maceo Parker - saxophone
• Queen Latifah - vocals
• Alva Rogers - background vocals
• Rosa Russ - background vocals
• Ed Stasium - producer, engineer, mixing
• Francine Stasium - background vocals
• Lex Van Pieterson - photography
• Reggie Workman - strings
• Derin Young - vocals, background vocals

Chart performance

Chart	Peak
U.S. Billboard 200	13	[1]
UK Albums Chart	20	[2]

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1990	"Type"	Modern Rock Tracks	3
		Mainstream Rock Tracks	5
	"Elvis Is Dead"	Modern Rock Tracks	25
1991		Hot Dance Music/Club Play	18
		Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	10
	"Love Rears Its Ugly Head"	Modern Rock Tracks	8
		Mainstream Rock Tracks	28

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Winner	Category
1991	Time's Up	Best Hard Rock Performance

References

1. "Living Colour album charts [albums]". Billboard. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
2. , UK charts page for Living Colour