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. 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
Released	August 28, 1990
Recorded	1989–90
Studio	A&M Studios, Hollywood, California; RPM Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Alternative metal hard rock funk metal
Length	57:35
Label	Epic
Producer	Ed Stasium
Living Colour chronology
Vivid (1988) Time's Up (1990) Biscuits (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Sun-Times	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	A[5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[8]
Select	4/5[9]
The Village Voice	A−[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written 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" (feat. Little Richard)		3:50
8.	"Type"		6:26
9.	"Information Overload"		6:11
10.	"Under Cover of Darkness" (feat. Queen Latifah)	Glover	4:17
11.	"Ology"	Skillings	1:07
12.	"Fight the Fight"	Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Skillings	4:32
13.	"Tag Team Partners" (feat. Doug E. Fresh)	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 omitting "History Lesson", "Ology1" 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

Living Colour

• Corey Glover – vocals, rhythm guitar on "Type"
• Vernon Reid – lead guitar
• Muzz Skillings – bass
• Will Calhoun – drums

Guest musicians

• Akbar Ali - strings
• Charles Burnham - strings
• Don Byron - clarinet, baritone saxophone
• Annette Daniels - background vocals
• D.K. Dyson - background vocals
• Eileen Folson - strings
• Doug E. Fresh - percussion, vocals
• Mick Jagger - background vocals
• Toshinobu Kubota - background vocals
• Little Richard - vocals
• Yubie Navas - background vocals
• Maceo Parker - saxophone
• Queen Latifah - vocals
• Alva Rogers - background vocals
• Rosa Russ - background vocals
• Francine Stasium - background vocals
• Reggie Workman - strings
• Derin Young - vocals, background vocals

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

Accolades

Grammy Awards

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

References

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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.
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