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Time, The - The Time
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Review from allmusic.com
by Jason Birchmeier
Essentially a side project for Prince in the wake of his tour with Rick James in
support of Dirty Mind (1980), the Time made their self-titled album debut in
1981, a few months before the release of Controversy. The band's lineup is
listed as Morris Day (vocals), Jesse Johnson (guitar), Terry Lewis (bass),
Jimmy Jam (keyboards), Monte Moir (keyboards), and Jellybean Johnson
(drums) -- all from the same Minneapolis music scene as Prince -- though
reportedly all the music heard on The Time was performed by Prince with the
exception of the vocals and a couple synthesizer solos. Moreover, Prince
wrote all but one of the songs. None of this information is evident in the liner
notes, however (at least not on the initial edition), as the only sign of Prince's
involvement is a production credit for Jamie Starr, one of his pseudonyms.
The origin of the Time -- and subsequently Vanity 6 -- came about because
Prince was a prolific artist and his record label, Warner Brothers, recognizing
this, gave him its contractual blessing to create side projects. This worked out
well for Prince since he was able to release music in addition to his proper solo
recordings, and he would have himself an opening band for his tours. the Time
may have not written or performed the music on their self-titled debut, but
they were fully capable of performing it live on-stage as Prince's opening act.
Far from a bunch of stage actors, the Time was actually a talented bunch:
Morris Day would prove himself a charismatic frontman and had previously
co-written "Partyup" for Dirty Mind; Jesse Johnson would develop as a
virtuosic guitarist; and most accomplished of all, Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam
would become a first-rate production duo, helming Janet Jackson's Control in
1986, among many other projects. As for the album itself, The Time is short
on material, featuring only six songs, a couple of them quite slight, but there
are a few truly fantastic songs here on a par with Prince's best work of the
era, namely "Get It Up," "Cool," and "The Stick," all extended synth-funk jams
in the eight-to-ten-minute range. Successive albums by the Time would be
more typical of the band itself, yet The Time is no less noteworthy for the lack
of the band's involvement; in fact, this debut release is especially noteworthy
for Prince fans enamored of his Dirty Mind-era output, for the music here feels
like a session of outtakes as sung by Morris Day.
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Artist...............: Time, The
Album................: The Time
Genre................: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1981
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.82
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........: http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-time-mw0000196074
Ripped by............: Grad58 on 6/30/2013
Posted by............: Grad58 on 6/30/2013
Included.............: NFO, SFV, PLS, M3U, CUE
Covers...............: Front Back
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Tracklisting
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1. Time, The - After Hi School [04:08]
2. Time, The - Cool [09:52]
3. Time, The - Get It Up [08:53]
4. Time, The - Girl [05:22]
5. Time, The - Oh, Baby [04:44]
6. Time, The - The Stick [08:07]
Playing Time.........: 41:08
Total Size...........: 100.70 MB
NFO generated on.....: 6/30/2013 4:15:33 PM
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