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Pandemonium
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| Released: | 10 July, 1990 |
| Length: | 65:28 |
| Label(s): | Reprise Records / Paisley Park Records |
| Studio(s): | Paisley Park Studios, Flyte Tyme Productions Inc. Jungle Love Studios, Sunset Sound, The Skillet and The Time Studios |
Pandemonium is the fourth full-length studio album by The Time, and was released in conjunction with the band's appearance in the movie Graffiti Bridge.
Unlike the three previous albums, Pandemonium contained significant input from band members, and only five of the album's 15 tracks (10 songs) were written, produced and largely performed by Prince, (previous albums were almost entirely handled by Prince), although all songs on the album were credited only to The Time. Prince was also added as a writer on the copyright information for Pandemonium and the segue Yount, indicating that he was involved in those tracks to a lesser degree also.
The album produced two commercially-available singles, Jerk Out and Chocolate, and The Time promoted the album heavily on TV and on tour. Pandemonium was also planned as a single, but was canceled and replaced by Chocolate.
Frictions in the band while performing together caused Jesse Johnson to be voted out of the band, however, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis left to work on their production work, so promotion for the album ended in early 1991. Still, the album sold more than The Time's previous albums.
The album reached number 18 on the US Billboard Pop Chart, and number 9 on the Billboard R&B Chart. On 12 October, 1990, Pandemonium was certified gold by the RIAA, indicating 500,000 copies shipped in the USA.
The album was developed largely from an album started by just Prince and Morris Day (although using the name The Time), called Corporate World - see Corporate World for details.
Track listing
Details given for Prince-related tracks only
CD
- Dreamland
- Pandemonium (4:12) ^
- Sexy Socialites
- Jerk Out (7:12) *
- Yount (0:22) +
- Blondie
- Donald Trump (Black Version) (4:33) +
- Chocolate (7:30) +
- Cooking Class
- Skillet
- It's Your World
- Sometimes I Get Lonely
- Data Bank (5:35) +
- My Summertime Thang (6:50) +
- Pretty Little Women
^ Written by Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and Jesse Johnson and Prince (credited to The Time)
* Written by Prince, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and Morris Day (credited to The Time)
+ Written by Prince (credited to The Time)
Other formats
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Personnel
Musicians
- Morris Day - lead vocals (credited for lead vocals and "cool")
- Prince - all background vocals and instruments, except where noted (uncredited) on Jerk Out, Donald Trump (Black Version), Chocolate, Data Bank and My Summertime Thang
- Jellybean Johnson - drums and backing vocals
- Jesse Johnson - guitar, backing vocals
- Jimmy Jam - keyboards, backing vocals
- Monte Moir - keyboards, backing vocals
- Terry Lewis - lead vocals, bass guitar, backing vocals
- Jerome Benton - percussion (credited for percussion and "mirror and holler")
- Candy Dulfer - saxophone on Donald Trump (Black Version) and My Summertime Thang (as "Candy")
- Jana Anderson - female vocals (credited as "Stella" (assumed))
- Robin Power - female vocals (credited as "Grace" (assumed))
- Elisa Fiorillo female vocals (credited as "Blondie" (assumed))
- Karyn White - female vocals
- Margie Cox - female vocals
- Jill Jones - female vocals
Production
- The Time - producer on Pandemonium
- Prince - producer (uncredited) on Jerk Out, Donald Trump (Black Version), Chocolate, Data Bank and My Summertime Thang
- Steve Hodge - recording and mixing engineer
- Femi Jiya - recording engineer
- Tom Garneau - recording engineer
- Brad Yost - sound engineer
- Chuck Zwicky - sound engineer
- Dave Friedlander - sound engineer
- Matthew Larson - sound engineer
- Benny Medina - executive producer
- Brian Gardner - mastering
- Jesse Johnson - production supervision and coordination
- Jimmy Jam - production supervision and coordination
- Deborah Norcross - art direction and design
- Janet Levinson - art direction
- Jeff Katz - photography
- Bernie Grundman - mastering
Singles released
Charts
| Date | Country, Chart | Peak Position | Week(s) in chart |
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| 28 Jul. 1990 | USA: Billboard Pop Chart | 18 | 16 |
| 4 Aug. 1990 | USA: Billboard R&B Chart | 9 | 22 |
| 28 Jul. 1990 | U.K.: Gallup Top 40 Album Chart | 66 | 1 |
Releases
CD Versions
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| Country | Format | Cat. Number | Comments |
Other Versions
| Other Versions | |||
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| Country | Format | Cat. Number | Comments |
Variants, special editions and re-releases
- None.
Album promotion
Time-of-release
- The Graffiti Bridge movie acted as promotion for the album.
- The Time performed on a variety of TV shows to promote the album, and toured in 1990-1.
Awards, nominations, and certifications
Awards
- None.
Nominations
- None.
Certifications
- On 12 October, 1990, Pandemonium was certified gold by the RIAA, indicating 500,000 copies shipped in the USA.
Quotations and trivia
- The album replaced the aborted album Corporate World, which was more directly led by Prince. Three of the tracks from that album (Donald Trump (Black Version), Data Bank and My Summertime Thang) were used on Pandemonium, and Murph Drag was later available on NPG Ahdio Show # 3 in 2001, while the rest remain unreleased.
References
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1990 Private Waters In The Great Divide |
All Albums | All Related Artists Albums | 1990 I Am |
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