This third album from the legendary Pat Benatar was special for a lot of reasons, the biggest one being that it peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200 and was her only album to accomplish that. Benatar also netted a Grammy for the lead single off the album, \u201cFire And Ice.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cPromises In The Dark\u201d begins the listen on a soft note, where Alan Pasqua\u2019s gentle piano suits Benatar\u2019s inimitable and expressive pipes before the setting quickly bursts into a charged rocker. \u201cFire And Ice\u201d then gets dramatic, where power and melody are present from Neil Giraldo\u2019s rugged guitar and Myron Grombacher\u2019s thumping drums. Side A exits with \u201cJust Like Me,\u201d a Paul Revere & The Raiders cover, and \u201cPrecious Time.\u201d The former allows Roger Capps\u2019 animated bass to shine, while the latter is a bit mysterious, where an overall dreaminess and detailed guitar solo won\u2019t go unnoticed.<\/p>\n
Starting off Side B is the New Wave influenced and scrappy bouts of \u201cIt’s A Tuff Life,, though it\u2019s the melodic and crisp \u201cTake It Any Way You Want It\u201d that epitomizes Benatar\u2019s anthemic and raw quality that showcases her diverse pipes and meticulous band.<\/p>\n
Deeper cuts bring us \u201cEvil Genius,\u201d where Gary Herbig, Joel Peskin, Tom Scott and Larry Williams all contribute saxophone to the busy versus minimal landscape, and the punk influenced \u201cHard To Believe,\u201d where razor sharp guitars and the soulful backing vocals are appreciated. A Beatles cover exits the listen, as Benatar turns in a searing interpretation of the classic \u201cHelter Skelter.\u201d <\/p>\n
Part of a trio of early Benatar albums that are being reissued on vinyl, Precious Time<\/i> went 2x-Platinum, and sold especially well in Canada, France and New Zealand. Most importantly, it has stood the test of time particularly well. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":35194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[5968],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-47076","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-pat-benatar","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47076"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=47076"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=47076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}