Precious Time by Pat Benatar

Precious Time, Pat Benatar's third album, came out on Chrysalis on July 6, 1981, with Keith Olsen producing, and it's the one that took her all the way to number one on the Billboard 200, the only time any of her records topped an album chart anywhere. It went Double Platinum in the US, too.

The formula holds: tough, hard-edged rock with Benatar's big, piercing voice riding over the guitars like a siren over traffic. The lead single, the mid-tempo "Fire and Ice", won her the Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1982. The follow-up, "Promises in the Dark", is a fast, guitar-driven charge and one of the rare Benatar singles she wrote with her husband and lead guitarist, Neil Giraldo. The title track is a combustible rocker that goes off like a flare. Capitol remastered and reissued it in 2006.

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