Precious Time [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Pat Benatar

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 4, 2006)
• Original Release Date: July 1981
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000EHRAG6
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #61,508 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pat Benatar's Third Great Album In A Row, November 5, 2006

By	The Footpath Cowboy "rockerusa2002" (Kingston, NY United States) - See all my reviews

PRECIOUS TIME is Pat Benatar's third great CD in a row. "Promises In The Dark" is about betrayal and deceit, and the title song, could in the wake of the trumped-up 2005 Indonesian drug-smuggling conviction of a young Australian tourist, be interpreted as a woman telling her boyfriend, "If you won't change our honeymoon from Bali to Hawaii, I'm getting rid of you." This album, which seems influenced by Steve Miller circa BOOK OF DREAMS, Ted Nugent's first three albums, and the harder side of Heart, was Benatar's last great album. She put out some excellent ones after this, but never quite attained the quality and consistency of the first three again.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Precious Time, February 6, 2007

By	BARBARA L. FURLICH (SIOUX CITY, IOWA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is Pat Benatar at her finest! From Promises in the Dark to her excellent cover of the Beatles Helter Skelter this album is great from beginning to end and perfect to take along on a road trip. It will keep you rocking from beginning to end. If you don't own anything else by her, this is the album to start your collection.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars equal to its predecessor, an underrated #1, April 12, 2006

By	Da Man "Da Man" (Pekin, IL) - See all my reviews

Pat Benatar's 1981 album "Precious Time" turned out to be her only #1 album. Unfortunately it does not receive it's due. It doesn't contain any classics the way that Crimes Of Passion does, and it doesn't have any big hits like Get Nervous, Tropico or In The Heat Of The Night do, but I still think this album is amazing.
She carries on the sound from Crimes Of Passion, so if you like that album, you'll like this. There were two hit singles, Fire And Ice and Promises In The Dark. Promises stands as one of Pat's greatest recordings. The gem of the album is the title track, a 6 minute track. Keeping with the spirit of Crimes Of Passion, she also does two great covers, Just Like Me and Helter Skelter.

The album mostly was a holding pattern from Crimes Of Passion but that doesn't mean it wasn't a fantastic album. You can hear hints of the style she was going into the next album, Get Nervous, in "Evil Genius". She even dabbles in reggae with It's A Tuff Life.

If you love Pat Benatar, this album is a must have in your collection. You may not be as familiar with the singles off this as her other albums from 1979-1985, but you'll still be in a treat