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{{Album|
 
{{Album|
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|album name            = The Time
 
|album name            = The Time
 
|album image            = [[File:Thetime album.jpg]]
 
|album image            = [[File:Thetime album.jpg]]
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|length                = 42:25
 
|length                = 42:25
 
|label                  = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.]
 
|label                  = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.]
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|studios                = Information needed
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|studios                = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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<!------ ALBUM CHRONOLOGY -------->
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|previous year          = 1979
 
|previous year          = 1979
 
|next year              = 1982
 
|next year              = 1982
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|previous album link    = [[Album: The Lewis Conection|The Lewis Conection]]
 
|previous album link    = [[Album: The Lewis Conection|The Lewis Conection]]
 
|next album link        = [[Album: Azz Izz|Azz Izz]]
 
|next album link        = [[Album: Azz Izz|Azz Izz]]
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<!-------ALBUM TEXT ------->
 
 
|introduction          = '''The&nbsp;Time''' is the first album by [[The Time]].  
 
|introduction          = '''The&nbsp;Time''' is the first album by [[The Time]].  
  
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<b>Recording process</b>
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<b>Sessions and compiling</b>
  
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Recording took place in [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA during April 1981, although [[Oh, Baby]] had originally been recorded during the [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album sessions from late April to 13 June 1979, at [[Alpha Studios]], Burbank, CA, USA (the version on the album is from the April 1981, sessions).  
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Recording took place in [[Prince]]’s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA during April 1981, although [[Oh, Baby]] had originally been recorded during the [[Album: Prince|Prince]] album sessions from late April to 13 June 1979, at [[Alpha Studios]], Burbank, CA, USA (the version on the album is from the April 1981, sessions).  
  
 
The credits list the recording studio as the fictional "Time Studio", however.  
 
The credits list the recording studio as the fictional "Time Studio", however.  
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<b>Promotion</b>
 
<b>Promotion</b>
  
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The album produced three singles, [[Single: Get It Up|Get It Up]], [[Single: Cool|Cool]] and [[Single: Girl|Girl]], and the album reached number 50 on the US Billboard Pop Chart, and number 7 on the Billboard Soul LP's Chart.
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The album produced three singles, [[Single: Get It Up|Get It Up]], [[Single: Cool|Cool]] and [[Single: Girl|Girl]], and the album reached number 50 on the US Billboard Pop Chart, and number 7 on the Billboard Soul LP’s Chart.
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On [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February_18|18 February 1982]], '''The Time''' was certified gold by the RIAA, indicating 500,000 copies shipped in the USA.
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In 2021, the album was re-released by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhino_Entertainment Rhino] in a remastered and expanded version (with the singles edits) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original release.
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<!-------TRACK LIST ------->
 
 
|tracklisting          = <small>The compact disc version is a reissue from the original LP.</small>
 
|tracklisting          = <small>The compact disc version is a reissue from the original LP.</small>
 
# <b>[[Get It Up]]</b> (9:05)
 
# <b>[[Get It Up]]</b> (9:05)
 
# <b>[[The Time: Girl|Girl]]</b> (5:34)
 
# <b>[[The Time: Girl|Girl]]</b> (5:34)
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# <b>[[After Hi School]]</b> (4:20)<sup>1</sup>
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# <b>[[After Hi School]]</b> (4:20) <sup>1</sup>
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# <b>[[Cool]]</b> (10:06)<sup>2</sup>
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# <b>[[Cool]]</b> (10:06) <sup>2</sup>
 
# <b>[[Oh, Baby]]</b> (4:57)
 
# <b>[[Oh, Baby]]</b> (4:57)
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# <b>[[The Stick]]</b> (8:23)<sup>3</sup>
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# <b>[[The Stick]]</b> (8:23) <sup>3</sup>
 
|credits                = All songs written by [[Prince]] (uncredited), except where noted.
 
|credits                = All songs written by [[Prince]] (uncredited), except where noted.
 
<br>
 
<br>
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<sup>3</sup> Written by [[Lisa Coleman]] and [[Prince]] (uncredited)
 
<sup>3</sup> Written by [[Lisa Coleman]] and [[Prince]] (uncredited)
 
</small>
 
</small>
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<!-------LP FORMATS ------->
 
 
|other format            = LP
 
|other format            = LP
 
|content                = <small>The vinyl long play is the original issue.</small>
 
|content                = <small>The vinyl long play is the original issue.</small>
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# <b>[[Get It Up]]</b> (9:05)
 
# <b>[[Get It Up]]</b> (9:05)
 
# <b>[[The Time: Girl|Girl]]</b> (5:34)
 
# <b>[[The Time: Girl|Girl]]</b> (5:34)
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# <b>[[After Hi School]]</b> (4:20)<sup>1</sup>
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# <b>[[After Hi School]]</b> (4:20) <sup>1</sup>
 
*Side 2:
 
*Side 2:
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# <b>[[Cool]]</b> (10:06)<sup>2</sup>
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# <b>[[Cool]]</b> (10:06) <sup>2</sup>
 
# <b>[[Oh, Baby]]</b> (4:57)
 
# <b>[[Oh, Baby]]</b> (4:57)
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# <b>[[The Stick]]</b> (8:23)<sup>3</sup>
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# <b>[[The Stick]]</b> (8:23) <sup>3</sup>
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<!-------PERSONNEL ------->
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<br>
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|musicians              = [[Morris Day]] - lead vocals, background vocals, drums on [[Girl]], [[Cool]], [[Oh, Baby]] and [[The Stick]]
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<big><div style="color:#ab3e00">LP Reissue - Expanded Edition (2021 Remaster)</div></big><br>
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*Side 1:
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# <b>[[Get It Up]]</b> (9:08)
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# <b>[[The Time: Girl|Girl]]</b> (5:36)
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# <b>[[After Hi School]]</b> (4:22) <sup>1</sup>
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*Side 2:
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# <b>[[Cool]]</b> (10:06) <sup>2</sup>
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# <b>[[Oh, Baby]]</b> (4:59)
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# <b>[[The Stick]]</b> (8:22) <sup>3</sup>
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*Side 1:
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# <b>[[Get It Up]] (Single Edit)</b> (3:01)
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# <b>[[The Time: Girl|Girl]] (Edit)</b> (3:40)
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# <b>[[Cool]] (Part I)</b> (3:12) <sup>2</sup>
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*Side 2:
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# <b>[[Cool]] (Part I)</b> (3:06) <sup>2</sup>
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# <b>[[After Hi School]] (Single Edit)</b> (2:48) <sup>1</sup>
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# <b>[[The Stick]] (Single Edit)</b> (3:06) <sup>3</sup>
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|musicians              = [[Morris Day]] - lead vocals, background vocals, drums on [[The_Time:_Girl|Girl]], [[Cool]], [[Oh, Baby]] and [[The Stick]]
 
*[[Prince]] - all background vocals and instruments, except where noted (uncredited)
 
*[[Prince]] - all background vocals and instruments, except where noted (uncredited)
 
*[[Dr. Fink]] - synths on [[Get It Up]] and [[The Stick]]
 
*[[Dr. Fink]] - synths on [[Get It Up]] and [[The Stick]]
 
*[[Lisa Coleman]] - background vocals on [[Cool]] and [[The Stick]] (listed as "various girlfriends")
 
*[[Lisa Coleman]] - background vocals on [[Cool]] and [[The Stick]] (listed as "various girlfriends")
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*[[Sue Ann Carwell]] - background vocals on [[Get It Up]] and [[Cool]] (listed as "various girlfriends")
  
 
Credited musicians that did not appear on the album:
 
Credited musicians that did not appear on the album:
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*Al Beaulieu - photography
 
*Al Beaulieu - photography
 
|thanks                = none.
 
|thanks                = none.
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<!-------SINGLES ------->
 
 
|singles                =  
 
|singles                =  
 
{{AlbumSingles|
 
{{AlbumSingles|
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|see also              =  
 
|see also              =  
 
{{SeeAlso|
 
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|item1  = [[Album:_What_Time_Is_It?|What Time Is It?]]<br>(album)
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|item1  = [[Album:_What_Time_Is_It?|What Time Is It?]]<br>(Album)
 
|image1  = [[File:Whattimeisit album.jpg|60px|link=Album:_What_Time_Is_It?]]
 
|image1  = [[File:Whattimeisit album.jpg|60px|link=Album:_What_Time_Is_It?]]
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|item2  = [[Album:_Ice_Cream_Castle|Ice Cream Castle]]<br>(album)
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|item2  = [[Album:_Ice_Cream_Castle|Ice Cream Castle]]<br>(Album)
 
|image2  = [[File:Icecreamcastles album.jpg|60px|link=Album:_Ice_Cream_Castle]]
 
|image2  = [[File:Icecreamcastles album.jpg|60px|link=Album:_Ice_Cream_Castle]]
 
}}
 
}}
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|charts                =  
 
|charts                =  
 
{{Charts|
 
{{Charts|
 
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|charts          =
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{{ChartLine|
 
{{ChartLine|
 
| Date            = 12 Sep. 1981
 
| Date            = 12 Sep. 1981
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| Chart (Country) = '''USA''': Billboard 200
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| Chart (Country) = <b>USA</b>: Billboard 200
 
| Peak Position  = 50
 
| Peak Position  = 50
 
| Weeks in chart  = 32
 
| Weeks in chart  = 32
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{{ChartLine|
 
{{ChartLine|
 
| Date            = 29 Aug. 1981
 
| Date            = 29 Aug. 1981
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| Chart (Country) = '''USA''': Billboard Soul Chart
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| Chart (Country) = <b>USA</b>: Billboard Soul Chart
 
| Peak Position  = 7
 
| Peak Position  = 7
 
| Weeks in chart  = 45
 
| Weeks in chart  = 45
 
}}
 
}}
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|certifications = {{noCertification|format=album|Country=in the USA}}
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| certifications =
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|awards        = {{noAwards|format=album|Country=in the USA}}
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{{Certification-Header}}
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{{Certification|
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|Date                = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February_18|18 Feb. 1982]]
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|Certification        = Gold
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|Institution, Country = RIAA, USA
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}}
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|awards        = {{noAwards|format=album|Country= the USA}}
 
}}
 
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|releases              = {{:Releases: Empty}}
 
|releases              = {{:Releases: Empty}}
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|trivia                =  
 
|trivia                =  
 
|alternative            =  
 
|alternative            =  
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|references            = [[Book:_The_Vault|'''The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince''']] ''by Per Nilsen & JooZt Mattheij, with the UPTOWN Staff'' (Uptown: 2004) ISBN 91-631-5482-X
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|references            = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''  
 
|categories              = [[Category:1981]][[Category: The Time]][[Category:Albums (Related Artists)]][[Category:Studio Albums (Related Artists)]]
 
|categories              = [[Category:1981]][[Category: The Time]][[Category:Albums (Related Artists)]][[Category:Studio Albums (Related Artists)]]
 
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Latest revision as of 13:02, 27 June 2022

Thelewisconection album.jpg 1979: The Lewis Conection ◄ All Prince Albums All Related Artists Albums ► 1982: Azz Izz Azzizz album.jpg
The Time
Thetime album.jpg

Album details

Released: 29 July 1981
Length: 42:25
Label(s): Warner Bros.
Studio(s): Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA

Charts, Certifications & Awards

Charts
Country: Chart Entry Date Peak Position Weeks in Chart
USA: Billboard 200 12 Sep. 1981 50 32
USA: Billboard Soul Chart 29 Aug. 1981 7 45
Certifications
Institution, Country Date Certification
RIAA, USA 18 Feb. 1982 Gold
Awards
This album has not received any awards in the USA

Singles released

Get It Up
b/w After Hi School 		Getitup single.jpg
Cool
b/w Cool part II 		Cool single.jpg
Girl
b/w The Stick 		Girl single.jpg

See also

What Time Is It?
(Album) 		Ice Cream Castle
(Album)
Whattimeisit album.jpg Icecreamcastles album.jpg
The Time is the first album by The Time.

No songwriting credits are given on the album, but the album was largely written, recorded and produced by Prince (although production was credited to Morris Day and Jamie Starr), and contained little input from band members other than Morris Day, who provided lead vocals on all songs.

Only one track, After Hi School, did not contain writing input by Prince, although he is believed to have performed all the instruments on the track.

The album marked the first time Prince was involved in a full album other than his own.


Sessions and compiling

Recording took place in Prince’s Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA during April 1981, although Oh, Baby had originally been recorded during the Prince album sessions from late April to 13 June 1979, at Alpha Studios, Burbank, CA, USA (the version on the album is from the April 1981, sessions).

The credits list the recording studio as the fictional "Time Studio", however.

The album was mixed at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, USA, in late April 1981.


Promotion

The album produced three singles, Get It Up, Cool and Girl, and the album reached number 50 on the US Billboard Pop Chart, and number 7 on the Billboard Soul LP’s Chart.

On 18 February 1982, The Time was certified gold by the RIAA, indicating 500,000 copies shipped in the USA.

In 2021, the album was re-released by Rhino in a remastered and expanded version (with the singles edits) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original release.



Track listing
CD LP

The compact disc version is a reissue from the original LP.

  1. Get It Up (9:05)
  2. Girl (5:34)
  3. After Hi School (4:20) 1
  4. Cool (10:06) 2
  5. Oh, Baby (4:57)
  6. The Stick (8:23) 3

The vinyl long play is the original issue.

  • Side 1:
  1. Get It Up (9:05)
  2. Girl (5:34)
  3. After Hi School (4:20) 1
  • Side 2:
  1. Cool (10:06) 2
  2. Oh, Baby (4:57)
  3. The Stick (8:23) 3


LP Reissue - Expanded Edition (2021 Remaster)

  • Side 1:
  1. Get It Up (9:08)
  2. Girl (5:36)
  3. After Hi School (4:22) 1
  • Side 2:
  1. Cool (10:06) 2
  2. Oh, Baby (4:59)
  3. The Stick (8:22) 3
  • Side 1:
  1. Get It Up (Single Edit) (3:01)
  2. Girl (Edit) (3:40)
  3. Cool (Part I) (3:12) 2
  • Side 2:
  1. Cool (Part I) (3:06) 2
  2. After Hi School (Single Edit) (2:48) 1
  3. The Stick (Single Edit) (3:06) 3

All songs written by Prince (uncredited), except where noted.

1 Written by Dez Dickerson (uncredited)
2 Written by Prince and Dez Dickerson (uncredited)
3 Written by Lisa Coleman and Prince (uncredited)



Personnel
Musicians

Credited musicians that did not appear on the album:


Production


Thanks
  • none.



Releases
LP, CD, Cassettes and Other versions
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2
This section is under construction

Variants, Special Editions and Reissues
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2
This section is under construction
 
Additional Information
Promotion (at time of release) Trivia
References
Thelewisconection album.jpg 1979
The Lewis Conection 		All Albums All Related Artists Albums 1982
Azz Izz 		Azzizz album.jpg
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