Bezerk (album)

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Bezerk
Tigertailz bezerk cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1990
Recorded Great Linford Manor, Milton Keynes, Battery Studios, London and Loco Studios, Wales
Genre Glam metal
Length42:14
Label Music for Nations
Producer Chris Tsangarides
Tigertailz chronology
Young and Crazy
(1987)
Bezerk
(1990)
Banzai!
(1991)

Bezerk is the second studio album by Welsh glam metal band Tigertailz. It was released on the Music for Nations record label and is still the band's most successful and well known album, having reached the UK top 40 at number 36. It is the first album to feature new lead vocalist Kim Hooker. The album takes a strongly pop influenced approach to the genre, typical of Tigertailz's sound.

Contents

In 2006 Tigertailz released a new album called Bezerk 2.0 which featured similar album art to the original release.

On the 2009/2010 tour, Tigertailz made the choice to perform the whole album on each show.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ace Finchum, Jay Pepper, Kim Hooker and Pepsi Tate

Side one
  1. "Sick Sex" - 4:26
  2. "Love Bomb Baby" - 3:03
  3. "I Can Fight Dirty Too" - 3:50
  4. "Noise Level Critical" - 5:23
  5. "Heaven" - 6:04
Side two
  1. "Love Overload" - 3:52
  2. "Action City" - 4:02
  3. "Twist and Shake" - 3:32
  4. "Squeeze It Dry" - 4:04
  5. "Call of the Wild" - 3:58

Personnel

Tigertailz

Additional musicians

Production

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