1984 - The Time - Ice Cream Castles [mp3@320] Grad58 torrent

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                   Time, The - Ice Cream Castle
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Review from allmusic.com
by Jason Birchmeier

The Time's third and final album before the band splintered into three different
camps, Ice Cream Castle is yet another six-song offering highlighted by a
cache of fantastic songs ("Ice Cream Castle," "Jungle Love," "The Bird") offset
by some slight material (the Morris Day features "Chili Sauce" and "If the Kid
Can't Make You Come") that essentially serves as filler. As was the case on
The Time's previous two albums, Prince reportedly performed all of the music
except for Morris Day's vocals and Jesse Johnson's guitar, though there's no
evidence of that in the liner notes (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. On the other hand, Ice Cream Castle does explicitly state in
the liners that "all jams [were] written" by Morris Day except "Jungle Love,"
which was written in conjunction with Jesse Johnson. So, again, it's unclear
who did what -- Prince, The Time, or some of both. (One thing's for sure:
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis weren't involved with the album, having been
replaced by Mark Cardenez, St. Paul Peterson, and Jerry Hubbard, reportedly
for missing a concert on account of a blizzard.) Regardless of who did what,
there's plenty to enjoy on Ice Cream Castle, which stylistically sounds akin to
Prince's Purple Rain. As it should -- both albums were recorded around the
same time, and Ice Cream Castle was released only a week after the film
Purple Rain, which prominently featured Morris Day in the role of the
antagonist and also featured The Time as his band (both "Jungle Love" and
"The Bird" are heard in the film). Despite its half-greatness, Ice Cream Castle
marked the end of The Time in its original incarnation, for the band
acrimoniously splintered into three camps: Morris Day mounted a solo career,
debuting with Color of Success (1985); Jesse Johnson mounted a solo career
also, debuting with Jesse Johnson's Revue (1985); and remaining Time
members Jerome Benton, Jellybean Johnson, and St. Paul Peterson formed a
group called the Family, debuting with a 1985 self-titled album. The original
members of The Time would eventually reunite in 1990 for the Pandemonium
album and the Graffiti Bridge soundtrack.
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                      Tracklisting
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  1. Time, The - Chili Sauce                                 [05:29]
  2. Time, The - Ice Cream Castles                           [07:13]
  3. Time, The - If The Kid Can't Make You Come              [07:15]
  4. Time, The - Jungle Love                                 [03:06]
  5. Time, The - My Drawers                                  [03:51]
  6. Time, The - The Bird                                    [07:25]

Playing Time.........: 34:22
Total Size...........: 86.82 MB

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Artist...............: Time, The
Album................: Ice Cream Castle
Genre................: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1984
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/ice-cream-castle-mw0000192219
Ripped by............: Grad58 on 6/30/2013
Posted by............: Grad58 on 6/30/2013
Included.............: NFO, SFV, PLS, M3U, CUE
Covers...............: Front Back
NFO generated on.....: 6/30/2013 7:40:40 PM
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