Time Waits for No One is an album by American soul

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 singer Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist who recorded with The Staple Singers, her family's band.-Biography:...

. The album was her first on Prince

Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

's Paisley Park Records

Paisley Park Records

Paisley Park Records was Prince's record label, associated with and funded in part by Warner Bros. Records. It was started in 1985, following the success of the film and album Purple Rain...

 label and was released on May 24, 1989. The album includes six Prince-penned songs and two songs written by Homer Banks

Homer Banks

Homer Banks was an African-American songwriter, singer and record producer, best known for his songs for Stax Records in the 1960s and 1970s...

 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

Graffiti Bridge (film)

Graffiti Bridge is a 1990 drama/musical written, directed, and starring Prince. It is a sequel to his first film, Purple Rain, though notorious for its relatively low quality and poor performance at the box-office...

, as well as on its soundtrack, and on her 1993 follow-up album The Voice

The Voice (Mavis Staples album)

The Voice is an album by American soul singer Mavis Staples. This album was her second for Prince's Paisley Park Records label and was released on August 24, 1993. The song "Melody Cool" from the 1990 movie Graffiti Bridge appeared on this album as well as the movie soundtrack...

.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Prince

Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

; except where indicated

1. "Interesting"
2. "20th Century Express" (Homer Banks
   Homer Banks
   Homer Banks was an African-American songwriter, singer and record producer, best known for his songs for Stax Records in the 1960s and 1970s...
   
   , Lester Snell)
3. "Come Home"
4. "Jaguar"
5. "Train"
6. "The Old Songs" (Homer Banks, Lester Snell)
7. "I Guess I'm Crazy"
8. "Time Waits for No One" (Prince, Mavis Staples)

Personnel

• Mavis Staples - vocals
• Prince
  Prince (musician)
  Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
  
   - background vocals
• Sheila E.
  Sheila E.
  Sheila Escovedo , known by her stage name Sheila E., is an American drummer and percussionist, perhaps best known for her work with Prince, George Duke and Ringo Starr.-Early life and Prince period:...
  
   - drums, percussion, co-lead vocals on "Time Waits for No One"
• Lester Snell - keyboards
• Eric Leeds
  Eric Leeds
  Eric Leeds is an American jazz and funk musician who plays the saxophone and other woodwind and brass instruments. He is best known for his work with Prince.- Biography :Leeds was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of a retailer...
  
   - saxophone
• Atlanta Bliss
  Atlanta Bliss
  Atlanta Bliss is the stage name of Matthew Blistan, an American jazz musician who specializes in the trumpet. He is most well known for his work with Prince from 1986–1989. He came to Prince's attention through his association with Eric Leeds. The duo had been in a jazz group prior to working...
  
   - trumpet
• Miko Weaver
  Miko Weaver
  Miko Weaver is an American guitarist best known for his work with Prince.Weaver came to Prince's attention when he was a member of Sheila E.'s band. He and some other members of the band joined The Revolution in the studio to record a jam of "I Would Die 4 U" that would later become the song's...
  
   - 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"