The Time

Headed by flamboyant frontman Morris Day and produced by the one and only Prince, the Time flaunted a unique blend of funked-out R&B/rock not unlike their mentor's music. Their third and most successful album features their best-known single, "Jungle Love," as well as the not-so-subtly-titled ballad "If The Kid Can't Make You Come."

This is certainly the most "conceptual" of the three Morris Day showcases, but "Jungle Love" certainly digs as deep a pocket as "Cool" or "The Walk," and the two spoken-word tracks are outrageous, weird, and waggish enough to hold up against Morris's dubious (mock?) confessional ballads on What Time Is It? They may well devolve into a comedy act, but for now it's just as well that the holes in the player Day plays (is?) gape as wide as possible. (Grade - B+)