1982 - The Time - What Time Is It [mp3@320] Grad58 torrent

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The Time - What Time Is It?
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Review from allmusic.com
by Jason Birchmeier

The Time's second album, What Time Is It?, is similar in many ways to The
Time (1981), except better all-around, boasting three extended synth-funk
jams ("Wild and Loose," "777-9311," "The Walk") that surpass those on the
preceding album, plus a humorously wonderful ballad, "Gigolos Get Lonely
Too," that tops any of those on the band's eponymous debut. In terms of
similarities, both What Time Is It? and The Time are largely the work of Prince
with the exception of the vocals, which are sung instead by Morris Day. Jesse
Johnson (guitar), Terry Lewis (bass), Jimmy Jam (keyboards), Monte Moir
(keyboards), and Jellybean Johnson (drums) are again listed as
bandmembers, and though they certainly performed this material live in-
concert as Prince's opening act, it's questionable how much musical input they
had in the recording studio. Prince reportedly performed every note of music
heard here except the vocals, though there's no evidence of that in the liner
notes (at least not on the initial edition), as the only sign of his involvement is
a production credit for Jamie Starr, one of his pseudonyms. Another similarity
between What Time Is It? and The Time is the slim song offerings -- only six
songs on each album, and though half the songs approach ten minutes in
length, there are slight offerings on each album,
"Onedayi'mgonnabesomebody" thankfully the only inconsequential song here.
Any way you measure it, What Time Is It? is undoubtedly the better of the
two albums, and The Time's most fully developed album overall, if not their
flat-out best. Sure, there are only six songs, but five of them are fantastic,
especially "777-9311," and the album itself sounds much more fully produced
than its predecessor. Any fan of Prince's early-'80s work, particularly 1999
(1983), will find much to enjoy on What Time Is It?

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Tracklisting
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1. The Time - 777-9311 [08:05]
2. The Time - Gigolos Get Lonely Too [04:41]
3. The Time - I Don't Wanna Leave You [06:29]
4. The Time - Onedayi'mgonnabesomebody [02:26]
5. The Time - The Walk [09:31]
6. The Time - Wild and Loose [07:32]

Playing Time.........: 38:46
Total Size...........: 88.84 MB

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Artist...............: The Time
Album................: What Time Is It?
Genre................: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1982
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/what-time-is-it-mw0000192096
Ripped by............: Grad58 on 6/30/2013
Posted by............: Grad58 on 6/30/2013
Included.............: NFO
Covers...............: Front
NFO generated on.....: 6/30/2013 4:47:26 PM
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