Time's Up (Living Colour album)

Time's Up is the second studio album by the band Living Colour, released on August 28, 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. The album reached gold status, peaking at No. 13 on the Billboard 200, and won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance. In The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics poll for the year's best albums, Time's Up finished at #5.[11] 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.

Time's Up
Studio album by
Living Colour
ReleasedAugust 28, 1990
Recorded1989–90
StudioA&M Studios, Hollywood, California; RPM Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length57:35
LabelEpic
ProducerEd Stasium
Living Colour chronology
Vivid
(1988)		 Time's Up
(1990)		 Biscuits
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Sun-Times[2]
Chicago Tribune[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Entertainment WeeklyA[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Select4/5[9]
The Village VoiceA−[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Vernon Reid, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Time's Up"Reid, Muzz Skillings, Corey Glover, Will Calhoun3:05
2."History Lesson" 0:52
3."Pride"Calhoun4:55
4."Love Rears Its Ugly Head" 4:19
5."New Jack Theme" 3:30
6."Someone Like You"Skillings3:47
7."Elvis Is Dead" (feat. Little Richard) 3:50
8."Type" 6:26
9."Information Overload" 6:11
10."Under Cover of Darkness" (feat. Queen Latifah)Glover4:17
11."Ology"Skillings1:07
12."Fight the Fight"Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Skillings4:32
13."Tag Team Partners" (feat. Doug E. Fresh)Glover0:48
14."Solace of You"Glover, Reid3:38
15."This Is the Life" 6:23
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
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 omitting "History Lesson", "Ology1" and "Tag Team Partners" was pressed on transparent gold vinyl. Catalog number ESK 2171

No.TitleLength
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

Living Colour

Guest musicians

Technical Personnel

  • John Aguto - assistant engineer
  • Greg Calbi - mastering
  • Alan Friedman - programming
  • Lolly Grodner - assistant engineer
  • Paul Hamingson - engineer, assistant engineer
  • Jeff Lippay - assistant engineer
  • Ed Stasium - producer, engineer, mixing
  • Lex Van Pieterson - photography

Charts
Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 15
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] 24
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 56
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[15] 10
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[16] 13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 11
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 20
US Billboard 200[19] 13

Accolades

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
1990 Time's Up Best Hard Rock Performance

References
  1. Prato, Greg. "Time's Up – Living Colour". AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  2. McLeese, Don (September 3, 1990). "Living Colour, 'Time's Up' (Epic)". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on April 1, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  3. Kot, Greg (August 30, 1990). "Living Colour: Time's Up (Epic)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  5. Sandow, Greg (September 7, 1990). "Time's Up". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  6. Hochman, Steve (September 9, 1990). "Colourful Anthems to Black-Rock Movement". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  7. Light, Alan (September 6, 1990). "Living Colour: Time's Up". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 4, 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  8. Considine, J. D. (2004). "Living Colour". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 491. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. Putterford, Mark (October 1990). "Perfect Timing". Select (4): 107.
  10. Christgau, Robert (September 25, 1990). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  11. "The 1990 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. March 5, 1991. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  12. "Australiancharts.com – Living Colour – Time's Up". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  13. "Dutchcharts.nl – Living Colour – Time's Up" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  14. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  15. "Charts.nz – Living Colour – Time's Up". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  16. "Norwegiancharts.com – Living Colour – Time's Up". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  17. "Swisscharts.com – Living Colour – Time's Up". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  18. "Living Colour | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  19. "Living Colour Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
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