Pat Benatar - Precious Time/Get Nervous
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Artist: Pat BenatarEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1998-11-13
Music Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
Soundtracks:
- Promises in the Dark
- Fire and Ice
- Just Like Me
- Precious Time
- It's a Tuff Life
- Take It Any Way You Want It
- Evil Genius
- Hard to Believe
- Helter Skelter
- Shadows of the Night
- Looking for a Stranger
- Anxiety (Get Nervous)
- Fight It Out
- The Victim
- Little Too Late
- I'll Do It
- I Want Out
- Tell It to Her
- Silent Partner
Free Music Notes for Precious Time/Get Nervous
Free Music Review: The second two Pat Benatar albums on a single CD is a good deal
Hit: 5 Stars
It used to be that it was mostly albums from the 1960s that were short enough that putting two of them on a single DVD was easy (and cost effective). But apparently this applies to the early albums of Pat Benatar as well, and what you have here is the second such double feature, which offers her third and fourth albums. Those four albums make up the first stage of Benatar's career, and I think 1981's "Precious Time" is the best of the bunch even though the critics tend to prefer "Crimes of Passion." Then again, it was the only one of her albums to reach the top of the Billboard chart. My preference is based more on admiring how Neil Geraldo is clearly learning how to write for Benatar's voice, as you can tell from the opening track, "Promises in the Dark" (#38).
That is the single off of the album that did the best, with "Fire and Ice," "Just Like Me," and "Take It Anyway You Want It" also being released as singles. Listen to this album again and pay attention to how the more she has to do in a song the more Benatar delivers, especially when she has a chance to really bust loose and just let it rip. Note the difference between the relatively restrained title track or "Hard to Believe" and how she belts out "Helter Skelter" at the end of the album. I can make an argument that Benatar got that one back from Charlie long before Bono and U2.
In 1982 Benatar released "Get Nervous," ending the first chapter in her career (right before she really hit the big time). This might be the weakest of those first four albums but it is still pretty good. Note that Geraldo is co-writing half the songs on her album and is about to hit his own stride, even if the best single from this album, "Shadows of the Night," is written by somebody else. The other thing you will notice is that the production values have improved greatly from their debut effort. This is also one of the few albums where the hit single actually ends up being the best track as well. "Shadows of the Night" made it to #13 on the Billboard chart and won Benatar the Grammy for Best Female Rock Performance.
The other singles released from this one were "Little Too Late" (#20) and "Looking for a Stranger" (#39). But I point to "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" as proof that Geraldo was really learning how to write for Benatar's voice. For the rest of that decade Benatar would be one of the dominant female rock vocalists. Ironically, it was Benatar's insistence of singing songs with melodies rather than screaming that ultimately cost her part of her fan base but ended up producing what I think are her best songs. Regardless of where you rank this particular pair of early Pat Benatar albums having both of them on a single CD is a really good deal.
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Her third & fourth albums, respectively, together on one CD,the double platinum #1 1981 smash 'Precious Time' & the platinum top five 1982 smash 'Get Nervous'. Each was first released on Chrysalis. A combined total of 19 tracks, including the hits 'Promises In The Dark', 'Fire And Ice', 'Shadows Of The Night', 'Precious Time' and her memorable cover of the Beatles' 'Helter Skelter'. All tracks are remastered from the original master tapes. Also features theoriginal cover art of each, plus additional sleeve notes. 1998 BGO release.Classic Rock Music CDs
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