Show Time (Slave album)

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Show Time
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 19, 1981
Recorded1981
StudioAtlantic Studios
(New York City)
Genre R&B, post-disco, funk, soul
Label Cotillion Records
Producer Jimmy Douglass
Slave chronology
Stone Jam
(1980)
Show Time
(1981)
Visions of the Lite
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Robert Christgau A− [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Show Time is the sixth album by the American funk band Slave, released in 1981. Show Time was the last album that singer/drummer Steve Arrington recorded with the band. The album reached number seven on the Top Soul Albums charts. The lead single, "Snap Shot", reached number six on the Soul Singles charts.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Snap Shot" 4:43 (Mark Adams, Steve Arrington, Charles Carter, Jimmy Douglass, Floyd Miller)
  2. "Party Lites" 4:55 (Adams, Arrington, Carter, Webster)
  3. "Spice of Life" 4:57 (Douglas, S. Carter, Arrington)
  4. "Smokin'" 5:25 (S. Carter, Webster, Arrington)
  5. "Wait for Me" 5:18 (Adams, Arrington, Carter, Webster)
  6. "Steal Your Heart" 5:24 (Adams, Arrington, Carter, Douglass, Webster)
  7. "For the Love of U" 5:08 (Adams, Arrington, Carter, Carter, Miller, Webster)
  8. "Funken Town" 3:46 (C. Carter, Webster, Miller, Johnson, Parker, S. Carter, Arrington)

2022 CD reissue bonus tracks

  1. "Wait for Me" (7" Version) 3:40
  2. "Snap Shot" (12" Version) 6:16

Personnel

Slave

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums [4] 46
Billboard Top Soul Albums [4] 7

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [5]
Billboard Hot 100 US
R&B
US
Dance
1981"Snap Shot"91621
"Wait for Me"1032021
"Party Lites"21

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