Time's Up is the second studio album by the band Living Colour, released on August 28, 1990 through Epic Records. It was the follow-up to their successful 1988 album Vivid. Time's Up features a wide range of genres and also includes cameo appearances by Queen Latifah, Little Richard, Doug E. Fresh, Maceo Parker and James Earl Jones. The album reached gold status, peaking at #13 on the Billboard 200, and won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance. It is the final album to feature Muzz Skillings on bass, though it was not his last release with the band (as he appeared on the Biscuits EP). In late February 2014, the album was reissued in Europe by Music On CD and is available once again. Music Time's Up has been described as a hard rock and funk metal album, with elements of hip hop, jazz, funk, jazz fusion, Delta blues, soul, heavy metal, punk rock, and art rock. Critical reception In The Village Voices annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll for the year's best albums, Time's Up finished at number five. Accolades Grammy Awards Track listing Banded version A special US advance promo version omitting "History Lesson", "Ology1" and "Tag Team Partners". Along with the CD, it was also pressed on transparent gold vinyl. Catalog number ESK 2171 Personnel Living Colour Corey Glover – vocals, rhythm guitar on "Type" Vernon Reid – lead guitar Muzz Skillings – bass Will Calhoun – drums Guest musicians Akbar Ali - strings Charles Burnham - strings Don Byron - clarinet, baritone saxophone Annette Daniels - background vocals D.K. Dyson - background vocals Eileen Folson - strings Doug E. Fresh - percussion, vocals Mick Jagger - background vocals Toshinobu Kubota - background vocals Little Richard - vocals Yubie Navas - background vocals Maceo Parker - saxophone Queen Latifah - vocals Alva Rogers - background vocals Rosa Russ - background vocals Francine Stasium - background vocals Reggie Workman - strings Derin Young - vocals, background vocals Technical Personnel John Aguto - assistant engineer Greg Calbi - mastering Alan Friedman - programming Lolly Grodner - assistant engineer Paul Hamingson - engineer, assistant engineer Jeff Lippay - assistant engineer Ed Stasium - producer, engineer, mixing Lex Van Pieterson - photography Charts References 1990 albums Albums produced by Ed Stasium Epic Records albums Funk metal albums Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance Living Colour albums