Time's Up
Time's Up is the second album by Living Colour, released on August 20, 1990… Read Full Bio ↴Time's Up is the second album by Living Colour, released on August 20, 1990. It features a wide range of genres and also includes cameo appearances by Queen Latifah, Little Richard, Doug E. Fresh and James Earl Jones. After the album was released, it reached gold status, peaked at #13 on the Billboard 200 and later won a Grammy for best hard rock album of the year. It is the last album to feature Muzz Skillings on bass. As of 2008, the album is out of print.






Original
"Time's Up"
"History Lesson"
"Pride"
"Love Rears Its Ugly Head"
"New Jack Theme"
"Someone Like You"
"Elvis Is Dead"
"Type"
"Information Overload"
"Under Cover of Darkness"
"Ology"
"Fight the Fight"
"Tag Team Partners"
"Solace of You"
"This Is the Life"

Banded Version
A special US advance promo version eliminating "History Lesson", "Ology" and "Tag Team Partners". Catalog number ESK 2171

"Time's Up"
"Pride"
"Love Rears Its Ugly Head"
"New Jack Theme"
"Someone Like You"
"Elvis Is Dead"
"Type"
"Information Overload"
"Under Cover of Darkness"
"Fight the Fight"
"Solace of You"
"This Is the Life"

2002 Re-release
"Time's Up"
"History Lesson"
"Pride"
"Love Rears Its Ugly Head"
"New Jack Theme"
"Someone Like You"
"Elvis Is Dead"
"Type"
"Information Overload"
"Under Cover of Darkness"
"Ology"
"Fight the Fight"
"Tag Team Partners"
"Solace of You"
"This Is the Life"
"Final Solution (Live)"
"Middle Man (Live)"
"Love Rears Its Ugly Head (Soul Power Mix)"

Personnel
Corey Glover – vocals, rhythm guitar on "Type"
Vernon Reid – guitar
Muzz Skillings – bass
Will Calhoun – drums
John Aguto - assistant engineer
Akbar Ali - strings
Charles Burnham - strings
Don Byron - clarinet, sax (Baritone)
Greg Calbi - mastering
Annette Daniels - vocals (bckgr)
D.K. Dyson - Vocals (bckgr)
Eileen Folson - strings
Doug E. Fresh - percussion, vocals
Alan Friedman - programming
Lolly Grodner - assistant engineer
Paul Hamingson - engineer, assistant engineer
Mick Jagger - vocals (bckgr)
Toshi Kubota - vocals (bckgr)
Jeff Lippay - assistant engineer
Little Richard - vocals
Yubie Navas - vocals (bckgr)
Maceo Parker - saxophone
Queen Latifah - vocals
Alva Rogers - vocals (bckgr)
Rosa Russ - vocals (bckgr)
Ed Stasium - producer, engineer, mixing
Francine Stasium - vocals (bckgr)
Lex Van Pieterson - photography
Reggie Workman - strings
Derin Young - vocals, vocals (bckgr)
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1990 The Billboard 200 13

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1990 "Type" Modern Rock Tracks 3
1990 "Type" Mainstream Rock Tracks 5
1990 "Elvis Is Dead" Modern Rock Tracks 25
1991 "Elvis Is Dead" Hot Dance Music/Club Play 18
1991 "Elvis Is Dead" Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 10
1991 "Love Rears Its Ugly Head" Modern Rock Tracks 8
1991 "Love Rears Its Ugly Head" Mainstream Rock Tracks 28

Awards
Grammy Awards

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


Elvis Is Dead Tabloids scream Elvis seen at a shopping mall That's the k…
Fight The Fight We are all fighting the same fight We are all in…
History Lesson In Africa, music is not an art form as much…
Information Overload Sometimes I feel Like my mind will explode Sometimes I fee…
Love Rears Its Ugly Head I always thought our relationship was cool You played the ro…
New Jack Theme Buy and die, or sell and be free We are the…
Pride When I speak out loud You say I'm crazy When I'm feeling…
Solace Of You When it hurts to be out there Where no one will…
Someone Like You Do you remember The time of laughter Children playing, life …
Tag Team Partners C. Glover Tag team partners…
This Is The Life In another life You might have been a genius In another life…
Time's Up Time's up,the rivers have no life Time's up,the world is ful…
Type Stereotype Monotype Blood type Are you my type? Minimalism A…
Under Cover of Darkness Touch without seeing love with no feeling Stealing a moment…


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