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Time’s Up by Living Colour
Time’s Up is an album by Living Colour, released in 1990. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 14 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Type”, on 5 lists with a best position of #16.
Time's Up, Living Colour's second album, landed on Epic on August 28, 1990, and rather than cut a safe sequel to Vivid, the New York band blew the walls out. Ed Stasium produced, and Vernon Reid's guitar careens from metal riffing to jazzy squall while Corey Glover wails over the top and the rhythm section of Muzz Skillings and Will Calhoun twists funk into hard rock and back again.
The guest list shows how wide the net was cast: Queen Latifah, Little Richard, Doug E. Fresh, Maceo Parker and even James Earl Jones drop by. "Type" crackles with nervous energy, "Love Rears Its Ugly Head" slinks along on a soul groove, and "Elvis Is Dead" brings the sass. It went gold, won the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance, and turned out to be the last studio album with Skillings on bass.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Time’s Up on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Type | 5 | #16 | – | 1990–2002 | |
| 2 | Love Rears Its Ugly Head | 6 | #507 | – | 1994–2002 | |
| 3 | Elvis is Dead | 3 | #254 | – | 1991–1996 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.