Precious Time (album)

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Precious Time
File:Pat Benatar - Precious Time.jpg
Studio album by Pat Benatar
Released July 6, 1981
Studio Sound City Studios and Goodnight LA Studios at Los Angeles, California
Genre Rock
Length 35:30
Label Chrysalis
Producer
Pat Benatar chronology
Crimes of Passion
(1980)Crimes of Passion1980		 Precious Time
(1981)		 Get Nervous
(1982)Get Nervous1982
Singles from Precious Time
  1. "Fire and Ice"
    Released: July 6, 1981
  2. "Promises in the Dark"
    Released: September 25, 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars[2]

Precious Time is the third studio album by American rock singer Pat Benatar, released on July 6, 1981. It peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, chart[3] and produced the top 20 hit and lead single "Fire and Ice"; the song that would later win the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1982[4] and reached No. 17 on the U.S. Pop chart and No. 2 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart.[5] The album's second single "Promises in the Dark" reached No. 38 on the U.S. Pop chart and No. 16 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart.[5] Precious Time was also Benatar's first album to chart in the UK, reaching No. 30.[6]

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Promises in the Dark"   Neil Giraldo and Pat Benatar 4:48
2. "Fire and Ice"   Tom Kelly, Scott St. Clair Sheets, Benatar 3:19
3. "Just Like Me" (Paul Revere & the Raiders cover) Rick Dey, Roger Hart and Terry Melcher 3:30
4. "Precious Time"   Billy Steinberg 6:03
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
5. "It's a Tuff Life"   Neil Giraldo 3:17
6. "Take It Anyway You Want It"   Martin Briley and Neil Giraldo 2:49
7. "Evil Genius"   Neil Giraldo and Pat Benatar 4:34
8. "Hard to Believe"   Neil Giraldo and Myron Grombacher 3:26
9. "Helter Skelter" (The Beatles cover) John Lennon and Paul McCartney 3:50

Personnel

The band

  • Pat Benatar – lead and backing vocals
  • Neil Giraldo – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Scott St. Clair Sheets – rhythm guitar
  • Roger Capps – bass guitar
  • Myron Grombacher – drums

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

Country Organization Year Sales
USA RIAA 1984 2x Platinum (+ 2,000,000)[20]
Canada CRIA 1981 2x Platinum (+ 200,000)[21]
France SNEP 1981 Gold (+ 100,000)[22]

References

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External links

Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
August 15–21, 1981		 Succeeded by
4 by Foreigner
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