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Time Waits for No One (Mavis Staples album)

Field	Value
name	Time Waits for No One
type	studio
artist	Mavis Staples
cover	Time Waits for No One.jpg
released	May 24, 1989
recorded	1988–1989
length	39:11
label	Paisley Park
producer	Prince
Al Bell, Homer Banks, Lester Snell on "20th Century Express" & "The Old Songs"
prev_title	Oh What a Feeling
prev_year	1979
next_title	The Voice
next_year	1993

Paisley Park, Chanhassen, Minnesota, US
Ardent, Memphis, Tennessee, US
Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California, US Al Bell, Homer Banks, Lester Snell on "20th Century Express" & "The Old Songs"

Time Waits for No One is the fourth solo studio album by American soul singer Mavis Staples. The album was her first on Prince's Paisley Park Records label and was released on May 24, 1989. The album includes six Prince-penned songs and two songs written by Homer Banks and Lester Snell. Shortly after this album, she continued her collaboration with Prince. In September 1989, she recorded the song "Melody Cool" which would appear in the 1990 movie Graffiti Bridge, as well as on its soundtrack, and on her 1993 follow-up album The Voice.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

Mavis Staples – vocals
Prince – all other instruments, drums, backing vocals
Sheila E. – drums, percussion, co-lead vocals on "Time Waits for No One"
Lester Snell – keyboards
Eric Leeds – saxophone
Atlanta Bliss – trumpet
Miko Weaver – guitar on "Interesting"
Boni Boyer, Dr. Fink – keyboards on "Interesting"
Levi Seacer – bass on "Interesting"
Ray Griffin – bass on "20th Century Express"
Michael Toles – guitar on "The Old Songs"
Lawrence Harper – drums on "The Old Songs"

Technical

Joe Blaney, William C. Brown III, Susan Rogers, Coke Johnson, Eddie Garcia, Sal Greco – engineer
Greg Gorman – photography

References

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