Listening to The Time's albums its amazing to note that this band was a huge outlet for Prince. Their debut album in 1981 for example sounds just as raw and exciting as Dirty Mind and you even have Prince's vocals in the background. Girl is an absolute gem as is After Hi School and Cool.
Their second album was written by Prince. They are a great band too and i just love a lot of their songs as they have very addictive hooks.
This is why i believe that listening to the Time albums is just as great as getting a new Prince album.

TheFreakerFantastic said:

The Time first debut album is Princes funkiest moment..he has never surpassed that funk. Ever. Not even We Can Funk unreleased version is as funky as that release. The deep groove of Cool and the god damn that shit is deep funk of Get It Up mixed with raw goodtar has never been matched..by Prince or anyopne else since its release in 1981. I listened last night and its partly the work of the devil or something unearthly. Im not lying.

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[This message was edited Sun Dec 21 11:33:17 PST 2003 by rdhull]

rdhull said:

Man, the bass in "The Stick" is what it's all about man...

Neversin.

Rdhull, yeah i had got the other albums but i bought the debut recently and i never expected it to be as good as it is. Its so raw and funky, a great surprise and i love Prince's background vocals.

Neversin said:

That too but I will have to relisten for that--Im always taken by the chicken scratch part of the goodtar and the lite synth

TheFreakerFantastic said:

Everyone claims no2. What Time Is It is "The Time"'s best because they say the writing is stronger and jams tighter etc (777-9311). What Time Is It is not "deep" sounding , its a lot of high hat hiss sound and not "funk". Get It Up and Cool and Stick are and sound "deep...it has that bottom that is essential part of what funk is. It is like penautbutter..thiskness. And nothing not even Lets Go Crazy has an pening that s as celabratory and just kaboom as Get It Up. I tell you, Prince creating this was done with some help that was not from here...someone told me some shit and I believe to create this stuff (its hypnotoc) was not just "talent"

You could say that about most of the related artists albums upto 1987/8.

Vanity 6, Apollonia 6, Jill Jones, The Family, Madhouse, Sheila E. - I consider them all Prince albums.

Romance1600 said:

Yeah but The Time's releases were the heart and soul of Prince..the essence of Prince and what he originally and fundamentally represented...at least the very first one and the second. The App and Madhouses' etc were after the deluge...after Thee Rain (cept Van)

My Time LP's are hidden away cuz of nummerous new houses I moved to. What was again the title of that first album? Available on CD?
ThanX

Jorgen said:

Its just eponymously called The Time and its usaully readily avail at most record stores...usd as well I believe.

I have all of The Time's albums and would say that their debut album, 'What Time Is It?' and 'Pandemonium' r my faves. The first album is awesome, and I like every song on that album.

The Time

i have all of their albums but i seldom listen to 'em.

hahaha!!I'm the cat ridin' around with The Time on blast and people staring at me; partly coz it ain't '82 and partly coz they are reminded of the nastiness.I would love to hear the outtakes from all those sessions.

I just want to say that I agree with everything rd said.

rdhull said:

yeah...the first 'The Time' was indeed the shit. Get It Up is just a monster of a song...like you said the deep bottom mixed with that raw, loose edgy frenetic guitar work is absolutely perfect. I remember I actually had to by multiple copies of this album because I would literally wear the records out (this was back when there were still albums..as in wax . Yeah this one was..and still does hold up after all these years...this one is just lowdown and deep.

The second time record 'What Time Is It' was great too and it also had some extremely stellar moments, but true it wasn't as 'deep & heavy' feeling as this first one...the first one was a little more 'basement' sounding...a little darker...

I think Ice Cream Castles is very underrated, theres some beautiful melodies on that album.
Also Pandemonium kicks some butt, i just love Skillet, Donald Trump black version and Sometimes I get lonely

My Drawers, Jungle Love and If the Kid cant make you come r just great.
My Drawers is basically an early version of We can Funk, its very similar in tune but also great.

So true...they really are Prince albums with Morris Day on vocals...especially the first one where you can hear Prince sing on two or three tracks.

Neversin said:

true, true

TheFreakerFantastic said:

My Drawers is the jam! That shit is fiyah even today!

I love the first two albums "the Time" & "What time is it?"
They're brilliant. The're only a few Prince-albums that can compete with these two!

"Icecream castles" & "Pandemonium": what a bunch of crap!

The first two Time albums are funk classics and a must-have for any Prince fan.

The third album 'Ice Cream Castles' is not quite as good,but it's still a strong album.

The fourth album 'Pandemonium' is kinda disappointing

The best is a close run thing between Ice Cream Castles and the debut in my opinion

i like the Time, but as far as i'm concerned, they've only had 2 albums. that nonsense in '84 and the further nonsense in '90 ... that's not the Time. not my Time anyway


but i'll be generous and say they have 2 and 1/2 albums, counting the unreleased "Corporate World"

AaronAlmighty said:

I was watching Jay and Silent Bob last night and they have alot of extra stuff on the Time. What is "Corporate World" and what is the track listsing? It was listed on the DVD as a 1989 release by WBros.

Thanks!

Bullshit.

How many Time albums are there? I'm under the impression it's three - what are they?

FunkATron said:

the time, what time is it?, ice cream castles and pandemonium.

The thing is, if U have 'Diamonds and Pearls' only or have every album under the sun, if U call Urself a Prince fan, Ur a Prince fan. So what about The Time?!