Precious Time (album)

Precious Time
Studio album by
Pat Benatar
ReleasedJuly 6, 1981
StudioSound City Studios and Goodnight LA Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreHard rock
Length35:30
LabelChrysalis
ProducerKeith 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
SourceRating
AllMusic3.5/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone2/5 stars[2]
Smash Hits4/10[3]

Precious Time is the third studio album by Pat Benatar and was released 6 July, 1981 through Chrysalis Records. It went to number 1 in the United States and number 2 in Canada and New Zealand.

Track listing

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Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Promises in the Dark"   4:48
2. "Fire and Ice"   3:19
3. "Just Like Me" (Paul Revere & the Raiders cover) 3:30
4. "Precious Time"   6:03
Side two
No. Title Length
5. "It's a Tuff Life"   3:17
6. "Take It Any Way You Want It"   2:49
7. "Evil Genius"   4:34
8. "Hard to Believe"   3:26
9. "Helter Skelter" (The Beatles cover) 3:50

References

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  1. ↑ Theakston, Rob. "Pat Benatar – Precious Time review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ Fissinger, Laura (October 29, 2001). "Album Reviews: Pat Benatar – Precious Time". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ Katz, Robin (6–19 August 1981). "Pat Benatar: Precious Time" (PDF). Smash Hits. Vol. 3, no. 15. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 27. ISSN 0260-3004. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022 – via World Radio History.