Badlands (Badlands album)
1989 studio album by Badlands
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Badlands is the debut studio album by the band of the same name. This album features Ray Gillen and Eric Singer, who previously played together in Black Sabbath. This album also features guitarist Jake E. Lee and bassist Greg Chaisson. Singer later played on Chaisson's solo album It's About Time. The album had sold 400,000 copies by 1990, according to Chaisson, in a Hit Parader interview from that year. It was also ranked No. 35 in Rolling Stone's list of 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time.[8]
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| Released | May 8, 1989[1] | |||
| Recorded | October 1988 – January 1989 | |||
| Studios | One On One Studios, Los Angeles, and The Record Plant, New York City | |||
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| Length | 49:33 | |||
| Label | Titanium/Atlantic | |||
| Producers | Paul O'Neill & Badlands | |||
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The album features the song "Dreams in the Dark", which the group released as a single and music video.
Critical reception
Kirk Blows, reviewer of British music newspaper Music Week, named LP as "accomplished and worthy debut" and praised its diversity.[9] Billboard called this record "a collection of well-crafted tunes that should jump out of the radio and sound great live."[10]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jake E. Lee, Ray Gillen and Paul O´Neill, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "High Wire" | Lee, Gillen | 3:45 |
| 2. | "Dreams in the Dark" | 3:29 | |
| 3. | "Jade's Song" | Lee | 1:23 |
| 4. | "Winter's Call" | Lee, Gillen, Alex González | 5:35 |
| 5. | "Dancing on the Edge" | 3:27 | |
| 6. | "Streets Cry Freedom" | 6:10 | |
| 7. | "Hard Driver" | 4:50 | |
| 8. | "Rumblin' Train" | 5:46 | |
| 9. | "Devil's Stomp" | 4:54 | |
| 10. | "Seasons" | 6:20 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Ball & Chain" | Lee, Gillen | 4:13 |
Personnel
- Badlands
- Ray Gillen – lead vocals, harmonica
- Jake E. Lee – guitars, mandolin, sitar, keyboards
- Greg Chaisson – bass
- Eric Singer – drums
- Additional musicians
- Taso Karras – tambourine, maracas
- Bob Kinkel – keyboards programming
- Production
- Paul O'Neill – producer
- James A. Ball – engineer, mixing
- Chuck Cavanaugh, Glen Marchese, Joe Henehan, John Mathias, Teddy Trewhella – additional engineering
- Dave Parla, Deek Venarchick – assistant engineers
- David Thoener – mixing
- Jack Skinner – mastering at Europadisk, New York
Charts
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] | 32 |
| UK Albums (Official Charts)[12] | 39 |
| US Billboard 200[13] | 57 |