BulletBoys (album)

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ReleasedSeptember 20, 1988
RecordedOne On One Studios, North Hollywood, California, 1988
Length34:03
BulletBoys
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 20, 1988
RecordedOne On One Studios, North Hollywood, California, 1988
GenreHard rock, glam metal
Length34:03
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerTed Templeman
BulletBoys chronology
BulletBoys
(1988)
Freakshow
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Kerrang![2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

BulletBoys is the debut album by the American rock band BulletBoys, released in 1988. The cover art is a copy of ".30 Bullet Piercing an Apple" by Harold Eugene Edgerton. The album features the hit "Smooth Up in Ya" as well as a cover of the O'Jay's song "For the Love of Money". The album reached No. 34 in the Billboard 200 chart[4] and was certified gold in 1989 selling over 500,000 copies.[5]

UK-based Rock Candy Records reissued the album on CD in 2014.

  1. "Hard as a Rock" – 3:03
  2. "Smooth Up in Ya" – 4:23
  3. "Owed to Joe" – 2:45
  4. "Shoot the Preacher Down" – 3:37
  5. "For the Love of Money" (The O'Jays cover) – 3:44
  6. "Kissin' Kitty" – 3:06
  7. "Hell on My Heels" – 3:22
  8. "Crank Me Up" – 3:37
  9. "Badlands" – 3:07
  10. "F#9" – 3:19

Singles

  • "Smooth Up in Ya" (US Hot 100 No. 71, US Mainstream Rock No. 23[6])
  • "For the Love of Money" (US Hot 100 No. 78, US Mainstream Rock No. 38[6])

Personnel

Band members
  • Marq Torien – lead vocals
  • Mick Sweda – guitar, backing vocals
  • Lonnie Vincent – bass, backing vocals
  • Jimmy D'Anda – drums
Production
  • Ted Templeman – producer
  • Jeff Hendrickson – engineer, associate producer
  • Toby Wright – engineer
  • George Marino – mastering

Charts

Certifications

References

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