Gravity's Rainbow (album) explained

Gravity's Rainbow
Type:	Album
Artist:	Pat Benatar
Cover:	GravitysRainbow.jpg
Released:	May 24, 1993
Studio:	Spyder Mae's Soul Kitchen, Los Angeles, California
Genre:	Rock
Length:	45:27
Label:	Chrysalis
Producer:	Don Gehman, Neil Giraldo
Prev Title:	True Love
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	Innamorata
Next Year:	1997

Gravity's Rainbow is the ninth studio album and tenth album overall by American singer Pat Benatar. It was released in 1993 on Chrysalis Records. The album is named after Thomas Pynchon's 1973 novel of the same name, but was not otherwise directly inspired by the novel. It peaked at No. 85 on the US Billboard 200,^[1] Gravity's Rainbow would be Benatar's last studio album recorded for Chrysalis.

Personnel

Band members

• Pat Benatar – vocals, executive producer
• Neil Giraldo – guitar, keyboards, percussion, executive producer
• Frank Linx – bass, percussion
• Myron Grombacher – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Greg Piccolo – saxophone on "Crazy"
• Richard Dodd – cello on "Somebody's Baby"
• Donte Scher – violin on "Somebody's Baby"

Production

• Don Gehman – producer, engineer
• Rick Will – engineer, mixing of "Tradin' Down"
• Ed Thacker – mixing
• Danny Alonso – mix assistant
• Sheldon and Nicholas Devane – mixing of "Pictures of a Gone World" and "Rise (Part 2)"
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering

Weekly charts

Year (1993)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[2]	130
Canadian Albums (RPM100)^[3]	44
	85

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pat Benatar Chart History: Billboard 200 . Billboard.com . . March 21, 2018 .
2. Web site: Pat Benatar ARIA Chart history (1988 to 2024). ARIA. Imgur.com. July 28, 2024. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
3. Web site: Top Albums/CDs - Volume 58, No. 3, July 31, 1993 . 4 August 2014. 31 July 1993. Library and Archives Canada.