Gravity's Rainbow (album)

Gravity's Rainbow
cut-out black and white photo of Pat Benatar swinging arms to side in front of orange cartoon drawings
Studio album by
Pat Benatar
ReleasedJune 1, 1993[1]
StudiosSpyder Mae's Soul Kitchen, Los Angeles, California
GenreRock
Length45:27
LabelChrysalis
ProducersDon 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: July 21, 1993[2]
  2. "Somebody's Baby"
    Released: August 30, 1993[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStar[4]
Rolling StoneStarStarStar[5]

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,[6] Gravity's Rainbow would be Benatar's last studio album recorded for Chrysalis.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pictures of a Gone World"Neil Giraldo0:41
2."Everybody Lay Down"Giraldo, Pat Benatar4:25
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"

  • US cassette single, 4 km-24839 / EU cassette single, TC-CHS 5001
  1. "Somebody's Baby" (edit) - 3:39
  2. "Temptation" (non-LP track) - 3:28
  • US CD maxi single, F2-58001
  1. "Somebody's Baby" (edit) - 3:39
  2. "Somebody's Baby" (a/c mix) - 3:52
  3. "Pictures of a Gone World" - 0:41
  4. "Everybody Lay Down" (The Dyffernt Mix) - 4:31
  5. "Temptation" (non-LP track) - 3:28
  6. "Promises in the Dark" (live - 1993) - 5:11
  • EU CD single, 0946 3 24902 2 3
  1. "Somebody's Baby" (edit) - 3:39
  2. "Somebody's Baby" (a/c mix) - 3:52
  3. "Somebody's Baby" (album version) - 4:24
  4. "Temptation" (non-LP track) - 3:28
  • AUS CD single, 880736–2
  1. "Somebody's Baby" (album version) - 4:24
  2. "Temptation" (non-LP track) - 3:28
  3. "Love is a Battlefield" - 4:03
  4. "All Fired Up" - 4:27
  • UK CD single (CD 1), CDCHSS 5001
  1. "Somebody's Baby" (radio edit) - 3:39
  2. "Somebody's Baby" (a/c mix) - 3:52
  3. "Temptation" (non-LP track) - 3:28
  4. "Promises in the Dark" (live - 1993) - 5:11
  • UK CD single (CD 2), CDCHS 5001
  1. "Somebody's Baby" (radio edit) - 3:39
  2. "Love is a Battlefield" - 4:03
  3. "We Live for Love" - 3:54
  4. "We Belong" (single version) - 3:40
  • JPN 3" Mini CD single, TODP-2432 / US CD promo, DPRO-04743
  1. "Somebody's Baby" (edit) - 3:39
  2. "Somebody's Baby" (a/c mix) - 3:52
  3. "Somebody's Baby" (album version) - 4:24
  • US 7" Jukebox promo, S7-17490
  1. "Somebody's Baby" (album version) - 4:24
  2. "Crazy" (album version) - 4:24

"Everybody Lay Down"

  • JPN 3" Mini CD single, TODP-2418 / US CD promo, DPRO-04693
  1. "Everybody Lay Down" (edit) - 3:57
  2. "Everybody Lay Down" (album version) - 4:25
  • US 7" Jukebox promo, S7-17592
  1. "Everybody Lay Down" (album version) - 4:25
  2. "Promises in the Dark" (live - 1993) - 5:11

"Crazy"

  • US CD Promo, DPRO 04594
  1. "Crazy" (edit) - 3:40
  2. "Crazy" (album version) - 4:24

Personnel

Band members

  • Pat Benatar – vocals, executive producer
  • Neil Giraldo – guitar, keyboards, percussion, executive producer
  • Frank Linx – bass, percussion
  • Myron Grombacher – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

  • Greg Piccolo – saxophone on "Crazy"
  • Richard Dodd – cello on "Somebody's Baby"
  • Donte Scher – violin on "Somebody's Baby"

Production

  • Don Gehman – producer, engineer
  • Rick Will – engineer, mixing of "Tradin' Down"
  • Ed Thacker – mixing
  • Danny Alonso – mix assistant
  • Sheldon and Nicholas Devane – mixing of "Pictures of a Gone World" and "Rise (Part 2)"
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering

Weekly charts

Year (1993) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 130
Canadian Albums (RPM100)[8] 44
US (Billboard 200[6] 85

References

  1. ↑ "P Benatar albums".
  2. ↑ "singles".
  3. ↑ "singles".
  4. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Pat Benatar Gravity's Rainbow review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. 1 2 "Pat Benatar Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 58, No. 3, July 31, 1993". Library and Archives Canada. July 31, 1993. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
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