Show Time (Slave album) explained

Show Time
Type:	studio
Artist:	Slave
Cover:	Show Time (Slave album).jpg
Released:	October 19, 1981
Recorded:	1981
Studio:	Atlantic Studios (New York City)
Genre:	R&B, post-disco, funk, soul
Label:	Cotillion Records
Producer:	Jimmy Douglass
Prev Title:	Stone Jam
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	Visions of the Lite
Next Year:	1982

Show Time is the sixth album by the American funk band Slave, released in 1981. Show Time was the last album that singer/drummer Steve Arrington recorded with the band. The album reached number seven on the Top Soul Albums charts. The lead single, "Snap Shot", reached number six on the Soul Singles charts.

Track listing

1. "Snap Shot" 4:43 (Mark Adams, Steve Arrington, Charles Carter, Jimmy Douglass, Floyd Miller)
2. "Party Lites" 4:55 (Adams, Arrington, Carter, Webster)
3. "Spice of Life" 4:57 (Douglas, S. Carter, Arrington)
4. "Smokin'" 5:25 (S. Carter, Webster, Arrington)
5. "Wait for Me" 5:18 (Adams, Arrington, Carter, Webster)
6. "Steal Your Heart" 5:24 (Adams, Arrington, Carter, Douglass, Webster)
7. "For the Love of U" 5:08 (Adams, Arrington, Carter, Carter, Miller, Webster)
8. "Funken Town" 3:46 (C. Carter, Webster, Miller, Johnson, Parker, S. Carter, Arrington)

2022 CD Reissue Bonus Tracks

1. "Wait for Me" (7" Version) 3:40
2. "Snap Shot" (12" Version) 6:16

Personnel

Slave

• Danny Webster: lead and rhythm guitar, percussion, lead and backing vocals
• Kevin Johnson: rhythm and lead guitar
• Sam Carter: keyboards, percussion, vocals
• Charles Carter: flute, saxophone, keyboards
• Mark Antone Adams: bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Steve Arrington

drums, percussion, vocals

• Roger Parker: drums, percussion
• Delburt Taylor: keyboards, flute, trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
• Floyd Miller: trumpet, trombone, percussion

Additional musicians

• Fred Zlotkin, Guy Lumia, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Jesse Levine, Jonathan Abramowitz, Marilyn Wright, Mitsue Takayama: Strings (charts written and arranged by Mark Adams and Cengiz Yaltkaya; conducted by Cengiz Yaltkaya)

Production

• Produced by Jimmy Douglass
• Recorded and engineered by Ed "The American" Garcis
• Mixed by Jimmy Douglass and Mark Adams
• Mastered by Ted Jensen

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums^[1]	46
Billboard Top Soul Albums	7

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions^[2]
		Billboard Hot 100	US R&B	US Dance
1981	"Snap Shot"	91	6	21
	"Wait for Me"	103	20	21
	"Party Lites"	-	-	21

External links

• Slave - Show Time at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5452/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} Slave US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-08-30.
2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5452/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Slave US singles chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-08-30.