Gravity's Rainbow (album)

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Gravity's Rainbow
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 24, 1993
StudioSpyder Mae's Soul Kitchen, Los Angeles, California
Genre Rock
Length45:27
Label Chrysalis
Producer Don Gehman, Neil Giraldo
Pat Benatar chronology
True Love
(1991)
Gravity's Rainbow
(1993)
Innamorata
(1997)
Singles from Gravity's Rainbow
  1. "Everybody Lay Down"
    Released: June 1993
  2. "Somebody's Baby"
    Released: July 5, 1993
  3. "Crazy [1] "
    Released: 1993 (Promo)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Gravity's Rainbow is the ninth studio album and tenth album overall by American singer Pat Benatar. It was released in 1993 on Chrysalis Records. The album is named after Thomas Pynchon's 1973 novel of the same name, but was not otherwise directly inspired by the novel. It peaked at No. 85 on the US Billboard 200, [4] Gravity's Rainbow would be Benatar's last studio album recorded for Chrysalis.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pictures of a Gone World" Neil Giraldo 0:41
2."Everybody Lay Down"Giraldo, Pat Benatar 4:25
3."Somebody's Baby"Giraldo, Benatar4:24
4."Ties That Bind"Giraldo, Myron Grombacher3:36
5."You & I"Giraldo, Benatar, Grombacher4:24
6."Disconnected"Giraldo, Grombacher, Frank Linx3:43
7."Crazy"Giraldo, Benatar, Grombacher, Linx4:24
8."Every Time I Fall Back"Giraldo, Benatar5:02
9."Sanctuary"Giraldo, Grombacher3:52
10."Rise (Part 2)"Giraldo, Benatar, Grombacher, Linx3:03
11."Kingdom Key"Giraldo, Benatar, Grombacher4:22
12."Tradin' Down"Giraldo, Grombacher3:31

Singles

"Somebody's Baby"
"Everybody Lay Down"
"Crazy"

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Year (1993)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] 130
Canadian Albums (RPM100) [6] 44
US (Billboard 200 [4] 85

References

  1. "Pat Benatar – Crazy (1993, CD)". Discogs . 1993.
  2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Pat Benatar Gravity's Rainbow review". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  3. Odintz, Andrea (September 30, 1993). "Album Reviews: Pat Benatar - Gravity's Rainbow". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on November 27, 2007. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Pat Benatar Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Billboard . Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  5. "Pat Benatar ARIA Chart history (1988 to 2024)". ARIA. Retrieved July 28, 2024 via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  6. "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 58, No. 3, July 31, 1993". Library and Archives Canada. July 31, 1993. Retrieved August 4, 2014.