Pat Benatar Precious Time Original Vinyl Record Album Still Sealed 1981

$

20

Studio album by Pat Benatar

Released

July 6, 1981

Studio

Sound City Studios and Goodnight LA Studios at Los Angeles, California

Genre

Rock

Length

35:30

Label

Chrysalis

Producer

·        Keith Olsen

·        Neil Giraldo

Pat Benatar chronology

Crimes of Passion
(1980)

Precious Time
(1981)

Get Nervous
(1982)

Singles from Precious Time

1. "Fire and Ice"
   Released: July 6, 1981
2. "Promises in the Dark"
   Released: September 25, 1981

Professional ratings

Review scores

Source

Rating

AllMusic

Rolling Stone

Precious Time is the third studio album by American rock singer Pat Benatar, released on July 6, 1981. It peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, chart[3] and produced the top 20 hit and lead single "Fire and Ice"; the song that would later win the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1982 and reached No. 17 on the U.S. Pop chart and No. 2 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart. The album's second single "Promises in the Dark" reached No. 38 on the U.S. Pop chart and No. 16 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart. Precious Time was also Benatar's first album to chart in the UK, reaching No. 30.

Track listing

Side one

No.

Title

Writer(s)

Length

1.

"Promises in the Dark"  

Neil Giraldo and Pat Benatar

4:48

2.

"Fire and Ice"  

Tom Kelly, Scott St. Clair Sheets, Benatar

3:19

3.

"Just Like Me" (Paul Revere & the Raiders cover)

Rick Dey, Roger Hart and Terry Melcher

3:30

4.

"Precious Time"  

Billy Steinberg

6:03

Side two

No.

Title

Writer(s)

Length

5.

"It's a Tuff Life"  

Neil Giraldo

3:17

6.

"Take It Anyway You Want It"  

Martin Briley and Neil Giraldo

2:49

7.

"Evil Genius"  

Neil Giraldo and Pat Benatar

4:34

8.

"Hard to Believe"  

Neil Giraldo and Myron Grombacher

3:26

9.

"Helter Skelter" (The Beatles cover)

John Lennon and Paul McCartney

3:50

Personnel

The band

• Pat Benatar – lead and backing vocals
• Neil Giraldo – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Scott St. Clair Sheets – rhythm guitar
• Roger Capps – bass guitar
• Myron Grombacher – drums

Additional personnel

• Alan Pasqua – piano
• Gary Herbig, Joel Peskin, Tom Scott, Larry Williams – saxophones on track 7
• Keith Olsen – tambourine on track 2

Production

• Produced by Keith Olsen and Neil Giraldo
• Engineered by Keith Olsen and Chris Minto at Sound City & Goodnight LA
• Mastered by Greg Fulginiti at Artisan Sound Recorders
• Art direction and design by Ria Lewerke-Shapiro

Charts

Album

Year

Chart

Position

1981

Billboard 200 (USA)

1

RPM100 Albums (Canada)

2

New Zealand Albums Chart

2

French Albums Chart

3

Australian Albums Chart

8

Swedish Albums Chart

9

Norwegian Albums Chart

28

UK Albums Chart

30

GfK Dutch Chart

46

German Albums Chart

57

Singles

Year

Title

Chart

Position

1981

"Fire and Ice"

Mainstream Rock (USA)

2

RPM100 Singles (Canada)

4

Billboard Hot 100 (USA)

17

New Zealand Singles Chart

22

Australian Singles Chart

30

"Promises in the Dark"

Mainstream Rock (USA)

16

French Singles Chart[18]

16

RPM100 Singles (Canada)

31

Billboard Hot 100 (USA)

38

"Just Like Me"

Mainstream Rock (USA)

15

"Take It Anyway You Want It"

Mainstream Rock (USA)

32

Certifications

Country

Organization

Year

Sales

USA

RIAA

1984

2x Platinum (+ 2,000,000)

Canada

CRIA

1981

2x Platinum (+ 200,000)

France

SNEP

1981

Gold (+ 100,000)