Black 'n Blue (album)

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Black 'N Blue
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Studio album by
Black 'n Blue
ReleasedAugust 1984
Studio Dierks Studios, Stommeln, West Germany
Genre Glam metal, heavy metal
Length40:07
Label Geffen
Producer Dieter Dierks
Black 'n Blue chronology
Black 'N Blue
(1984)		 Without Love
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [2]
Rolling Stone (favorable) [3]
Rock Hard 7.0/10 [4]

Black 'N Blue is the debut studio album by American glam metal band Black 'n Blue, released in 1984. The album includes the band's only song to chart as a single, Hold On to 18 . In 2015, the album was ranked 28th at Rolling Stone 's "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". [3]

Contents

The track "Chains Around Heaven" had previously appeared on both the second and third pressings of the compilation album Metal Massacre (1982).

Track listing

Side one
  1. "The Strong Will Rock" (Jaime St. James, Tommy Thayer) – 4:06
  2. "School of Hard Knocks" (St. James, Thayer) – 3:58
  3. "Autoblast" (St. James, Thayer, Jeff Warner) – 3:53
  4. "Hold On to 18" (St. James, Thayer) – 4:12
  5. "Wicked Bitch" (St. James) – 4:17
Side two
  2. "Action" (Brian Connolly, Steve Priest, Andy Scott, Mick Tucker) – 3:36 (Sweet cover)
  3. "Show Me the Night" (St. James, Thayer) – 4:01
  4. "One for the Money" (St. James, Thayer) – 4:19
  5. "I'm the King" (St. James, Thayer, Patrick Young, Pete Holmes) – 3:42
  6. "Chains Around Heaven" (St. James, Thayer) – 4:00

Personnel

Black 'n Blue
Production

Charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [5] 129

References

  1. ↑ "Black 'N Blue review". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 2013-10-01.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 46–47. ISBN   978-1-894959-31-5.
  3. 1 2 Eddy, Chuck (13 October 2015). "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone . Wenner Media LLC. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Review Album : Black 'N Blue - Black 'N Blue". Rock Hard (in German). No. 8. 1984. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Black 'n Blue Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
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