Precious Time (album) explained

Precious Time
Type:studio
Artist:Pat Benatar
Cover:Pat Benatar - Precious Time.jpg
Released:July 6, 1981
Studio:Sound City Studios and Goodnight LA Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre:Hard rock
Length:35:30
Label:Chrysalis
Producer:Keith Olsen, Neil Giraldo
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Precious Time is the third studio album by American singer Pat Benatar, released on July 6, 1981, through the Chrysalis label. The album peaked at number one on the United States' Billboard 200,[1] her only album to do so in any country, and was certified as Double Platinum in sales in the US.

Its lead single was the mid-tempo "Fire and Ice", which was a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100[2] and a number 2 hit on the Mainstream Rock chart.[3] It became her largest hit to that point in Canada peaking at number 4 on the RPM Singles Chart but only made the Top 30 in Australia and New Zealand. The song won Benatar the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1982.[4] Precious Times second single, the rapid guitar-driven "Promises in the Dark", one of the few Benatar singles written by her and husband Neil Giraldo, was most successful in France, where it reached number 16, while reaching number 38 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 16 on the US Mainstream Rock chart.[2] [3] It also made the Top 30 in Canada but did not chart in any other countries.

Peaking at number 2, Precious Time was Benatar's third straight Top 3 album in Canada, although its Double Platinum sales certification in that country was less than her first two albums. It was another major hit for Benatar in France, rising to number 3, and was the first of two number 2 albums she would attain in New Zealand. It was her first Top 10 album in Australia and Sweden (her only one there) and was her first album to reach the Top 30 in both the United Kingdom[5] and Norway. The album was remastered and reissued on Capitol Records in 2006.

Record World called the title track a "volatile rocker" and said that "the opening drama explodes with guitar fire."[6]

Personnel

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)8
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7] 42
US Rock Albums (Billboard)[8] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)Position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)63
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[9] 18
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] 39
US Billboard 200[11] 95
Chart (1982)Position
US Billboard 200[12] 48

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pat Benatar Chart History: Billboard 200 . Billboard.com . . March 21, 2018 .
  2. Web site: Pat Benatar Chart History: Hot 100 . Billboard.com . . March 21, 2018 .
  3. Web site: Pat Benatar Chart History: Mainstream Rock . Billboard.com . . March 22, 2018 .
  4. News: Lennon, Jones lead Grammy nominees. The Milwaukee Journal. January 14, 1982. May 27, 2010. Journal Communications. December 8, 2012. https://archive.today/20121208182511/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iOAjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LyoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4823,1615538&dq. dead.
  5. Web site: Pat Benatar Official Charts. . July 19, 2014.
  6. Record World. October 3, 1981. 1. 2023-03-01. Hits of the Week.
  7. Book: AA.VV. . Album Chart-Book Complete Edition 1970~2005 . Tokyo . . April 25, 2006 . 978-487-1-31077-2.
  8. Rock Albums . Billboard . 93 . 30 . August 1, 1981 . 28 . 0006-2510 . Google Books.
  9. Top 100 Albums of 1981 . RPM . 35 . 22 . December 26, 1981 . 0315-5994 . Library and Archives Canada.
  10. Web site: Top Selling Albums of 1981 . . August 21, 2021.
  11. Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1981 . Billboard . August 21, 2021.
  12. https://bestsellingalbums.org/year-end/Billboard_Top_Albums_1982