The Time's1981debutalbum found the group of Minneapolis-based Prince affiliates in a formative stage, blending synthesizers with guitars, humor with sex, and rock with funk.
But even if the Time are merely co-opting a '70s funk approach, they're instilling an undeniable '80s aesthetic -- more studio polish, more prominent use of synthesizer, an emphasis on vanity, and more overt sexual innuendoes.
Though this isn't a perfect album, none of the Time's small handful of albums were.
Despite the fact that The Time was basically an extension of Prince, the well-trained and talented band created a sensation when performing the songs live.
Three years later, her secondalbum, Time Between the Time again chose primarily from theater and film songs, but it had more of a personal character and more of a narrative structure.
Often, however, she retained a certain distance from the material, and, just turning 30-years-old, still seemed to be trying to perform the material precisely rather than fully experience the emotions expressed in the songs.
Her stage roles had required a high degree of technical efficiency, but little emotional involvement; on her solo albums, she was still feeling her way towards expressing her real feelings in song.
Much like the three previous albums, the album consists of music in the funk-pop or balladgenre, although this album breaks the 6-song album tradition.
The album is a tie-in with the Graffiti Bridge movie but due to the movie's poor performance and fighting within the band, once again the spoils were not to be witnessed by the band itself.
The album was fairly popular and "Jerk Out" became one of the band's biggest singles.
Skillfully following "Strange Attractors", the debutalbum, this is a sparkling, emotive and edgy collection of songs where Indie rock, protest song and electro acoustic pop combine to potent effect.
This is a classy album with a good mix of eclectic pop, 60's esq folk, alt country and Indie electro.
This top album has a moody concept feel to it sliding from one song to another with a lot of atmosphere and mood.
Ever the pioneer, Waylon’s new record is deep in newly penned, original songs that take the listener on a journey where space and time play the role of sidemen along with his band.
With this new album, Waylon allows us into his intimate world to experience the depth of what makes him such a force of our time.
I’ve been wasting time and a lot of good love on you.
Vocalist Geoff Rickly has Robert Smith's 'stuffed-nasal' quality about him.
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