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|introduction              = [[Pandemonium segues|Pandemonium album segues]] are a series of skits included on [[The Time]]'s fourth album [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]]. Five segues were included on the album in all ([[#Dreamland|Dreamland]], [[#Sexy Socialites|Sexy Socialites]], [[#Yount|Yount]], [[#Cooking Class|Cooking Class]] and ''Pretty Little Women''), all but the last have input by [[Prince]]. ASCAP lists [[Prince]] as those segue's writer.
|introduction              = [[Pandemonium segues|Pandemonium album segues]] are a series of skits included on [[The Time]]’s fourth album [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]]. Five segues were included on the album in all ([[#Dreamland|Dreamland]], [[#Sexy Socialites|Sexy Socialites]], [[#Yount|Yount]], [[#Cooking Class|Cooking Class]] and ''Pretty Little Women''), all but the last have input by [[Prince]]. ASCAP lists [[Prince]] as those segues’ writer.


Recording of the segues took place in October-December 1989, at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA, as [[The Time]] recorded new tracks for the album, during its evolution from [[Album: Corporate World (1989)|Corporate World]] to [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]].
Recording of the segues took place in October-December 1989, at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA, as [[The Time]] recorded new tracks for the album, during its evolution from [[Album: Corporate World (1989)|Corporate World]] to [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]].
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*[[Morris Day]] - vocals
*[[Morris Day]] - vocals
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Simpson Donnie Simpson] - vocals on '''Dreamland''' sampled from the 6th Annual Minnesota Black Music Awards ceremony
*[[Jerome Benton]] - vocals
*[[Jellybean Johnson]] - vocals (assumed)
*[[Jellybean Johnson]] - vocals (assumed)
*[[Jesse Johnson]] - vocals (assumed)
*[[Jesse Johnson]] - vocals (assumed)
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*[[Monte Moir]] - vocals (assumed)
*[[Monte Moir]] - vocals (assumed)
*[[Terry Lewis]] - vocals (assumed)
*[[Terry Lewis]] - vocals (assumed)
*[[Jerome Benton]] - vocals (assumed)
*Unidentified female vocalists on '''Sexy Socialites'''
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|title        = Dreamland
|title        = Dreamland
|information  = '''Dreamland''' is the first track on the [[The Time]]'s fourth album [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]]. It is a skit that starts of with a music box playing a bit of the nursery rhyme and lullaby 'Rock-a-bye Baby', echoing the end of [[The Time]]'s previous album [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]], which ends with multiple music boxes playing that song and being shut off one by one. Suggesting a dream it then segues into part of the introduction to [[The Time]]'s reunion performance during the 6th Annual Minnesota Black Music Awards held at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, MN on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 2|2 October 1987]]. There is more snoring and what now appears to be [[Morris Day]] is woken up from his dream by the telephone ringing. He answers the phone with his infamous exclamation of 'What time is it?'. It then ensues to (Morris arriving to) a club scene with some lame music playing and Morris switching the record that is playing for [[Pandemonium]], the album's first proper song.
|information  = '''Dreamland''' is the first track on the [[The Time]]’s fourth album [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]]. It is a skit that starts of with a music box playing a bit of the nursery rhyme and lullaby 'Rock-a-bye Baby', echoing the end of [[The Time]]'s previous album [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]], which ends with multiple music boxes playing that song and being shut off one by one. Suggesting a dream it then segues into part of the introduction by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Simpson Donnie Simpson] of [[The Time]]’s reunion performance during the 6th Annual Minnesota Black Music Awards held at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, MN on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 2|2 October 1987]]. There is more snoring and what now appears to be [[Morris Day]] is woken up from his dream by the telephone ringing. He answers the phone with his infamous exclamation of 'What time is it?' (from [[Wild And Loose]]). It then ensues to (Morris arriving to) a club scene with some lame music playing and Morris switching the record that is playing for [[Pandemonium]], the album’s first proper song.
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|type        = Released Version
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|title        = Sexy Socialites
|title        = Sexy Socialites
|information  = '''Sexy Socialites''' is the third track on the [[The Time]]'s fourth album [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]]. It is a bit where drum track to the ensuing [[Jerk Out]] plays while two girls discuss how they would both like to go out with [[Morris Day]] and seamlessly segues into [[Jerk Out]].
|information  = '''Sexy Socialites''' is the third track on the [[The Time]]’s fourth album [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]]. It is a bit where drum track to the ensuing [[Jerk Out]] plays while two girls discuss how they would both like to go out with [[Morris Day]] and seamlessly segues into [[Jerk Out]].
|type        = Released Versions
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|1= '''Jerk Out (Sexy Mix)'''
|1= '''[[Jerk Out]] (Sexy Mix)'''
|2= 8:51
|2= 8:51
|3= [[Single: Jerk Out|Jerk Out]] single
|3= [[Single: Jerk Out|Jerk Out]] single
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{{Songline|
{{Songline|
|1= '''Jerk Out (Sexy Dub)'''
|1= '''[[Jerk Out]] (Sexy Dub)'''
|2= 7:09
|2= 7:09
|3= [[Single: Jerk Out|Jerk Out]] single
|3= [[Single: Jerk Out|Jerk Out]] single
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|title        = Yount
|title        = Yount
|information  = '''Yount''' is the fifth track on the [[The Time]]'s fourth album [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]]. It is a skit in which various members of the band shout the word "Yount" as a growled exclamation. The track is reminiscent of the b-side [[Tricky]].
|information  = '''Yount''' is the fifth track on the [[The Time]]’s fourth album [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]]. It is a skit in which various members of the band shout the word "Yount" as a growled exclamation. The track is reminiscent of the b-side [[Tricky]].
|type        = Released Version
|type        = Released Version
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|title        = Cooking Class
|title        = Cooking Class
|information  = '''Cooking Class''' is the ninth track on the [[The Time]]'s fourth album [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]]. It is a skit in which [[Morris Day]] is singing to himself while frying something. After a short rap with [[Jerome Benton]] about cooking it segues into the next song on the album: '''Skillet'''.
|information  = '''Cooking Class''' is the ninth track on the [[The Time]]’s fourth album [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]]. It is a skit in which [[Morris Day]] is singing to himself while frying something. After a short rap with [[Jerome Benton]] about cooking it segues into the next song on the album: '''Skillet'''.
|type        = Released Version
|type        = Released Version
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|3= [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]]
|3= [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]]
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|1= '''[[My Summertime Thang]]'''
|2= 6:50
|3= [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]] album
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Revision as of 15:56, 26 May 2021

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Pandemonium album segues

Album segues details

Performer: The Time
First Released: 10 July 1990 - Pandemonium album
Album(s): Pandemonium
Writer(s): Prince (credited to the The Time)
Producer(s): Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (assumed, credited to The Time)

Pandemonium album segues are a series of skits included on The Time’s fourth album Pandemonium. Five segues were included on the album in all (Dreamland, Sexy Socialites, Yount, Cooking Class and Pretty Little Women), all but the last have input by Prince. ASCAP lists Prince as those segues’ writer.

Recording of the segues took place in October-December 1989, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA, as The Time recorded new tracks for the album, during its evolution from Corporate World to Pandemonium.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
October - December 1989 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) Skit recording
Recording Personnel

Titles
Dreamland

Dreamland is the first track on the The Time’s fourth album Pandemonium. It is a skit that starts of with a music box playing a bit of the nursery rhyme and lullaby 'Rock-a-bye Baby', echoing the end of The Time's previous album Ice Cream Castle, which ends with multiple music boxes playing that song and being shut off one by one. Suggesting a dream it then segues into part of the introduction by Donnie Simpson of The Time’s reunion performance during the 6th Annual Minnesota Black Music Awards held at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, MN on 2 October 1987. There is more snoring and what now appears to be Morris Day is woken up from his dream by the telephone ringing. He answers the phone with his infamous exclamation of 'What time is it?' (from Wild And Loose). It then ensues to (Morris arriving to) a club scene with some lame music playing and Morris switching the record that is playing for Pandemonium, the album’s first proper song.

Released Version

Title Length Released Version Additional info
Dreamland 3:09 Pandemonium Skit
Sexy Socialites

Sexy Socialites is the third track on the The Time’s fourth album Pandemonium. It is a bit where drum track to the ensuing Jerk Out plays while two girls discuss how they would both like to go out with Morris Day and seamlessly segues into Jerk Out.

Released Versions

Title Length Released Version Additional info
Sexy Socialites 0:23 Pandemonium Skit

Sampled/Quoted in...

Title Length Released Version Additional info
Jerk Out (Sexy Mix) 8:51 Jerk Out single Remix Included in the remix (with a different background) and not as a separate track
Jerk Out (Sexy Dub) 7:09 Jerk Out single Remix Includes a sample of Sexy Socialites in opening
Yount

Yount is the fifth track on the The Time’s fourth album Pandemonium. It is a skit in which various members of the band shout the word "Yount" as a growled exclamation. The track is reminiscent of the b-side Tricky.

Released Version

Title Length Released Version Additional info
Yount 0:22 Pandemonium Skit
Cooking Class

Cooking Class is the ninth track on the The Time’s fourth album Pandemonium. It is a skit in which Morris Day is singing to himself while frying something. After a short rap with Jerome Benton about cooking it segues into the next song on the album: Skillet.

Released Version

Title Length Released Version Additional info
Cooking Class 0:43 Pandemonium Skit

Sampled/Quoted in...

Title Length Released Version Additional info
My Summertime Thang 6:50 Pandemonium album Studio
 
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