Black (Lita Ford album)

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Black
Black cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 14, 1995
Recorded1994
Studio Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre Heavy metal
Length59:02
Label ZYX
Producer The Robb Brothers
Lita Ford chronology
The Best of Lita Ford
(1992)
Black
(1995)
Greatest Hits Live!
(2000)
Professional ratings
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Black is Lita Ford's sixth studio album and featured a change of style in her music, compared to her other albums. Black sees Ford move into other musical styles such as blues and grunge, while still maintaining her metal and rock roots. There would be a 14-year gap between Black and her next studio album, 2009's Wicked Wonderland .

Contents

Track listing

All songs were written by Michael Dan Ehmig and Lita Ford, except where noted.

  1. "Black" – 5:07
  2. "Fall" (Rodger Carter, Larry 'Bones' Dennison, Ford, Debby Holiday) – 5:18
  3. "Loverman" – 5:55
  4. "Killin' Kind" (Ehmig, Ford, Taylor Rhodes) – 4:29
  5. "Hammerhead" – 4:37
  6. "Boilin' Point" – 3:51
  7. "Where Will I Find My Heart Tonight" – 4:17
  8. "War of the Angels" – 4:46
  9. "Joe" (Carter, Dennison, Ford, Holiday) – 5:40
  10. "White Lightnin'" – 3:58
  11. "Smokin' Toads" (Instrumental) (Ford) – 4:13
  12. "Spider Monkeys" – 6:51

Personnel

Musicians

Additional personnel

Production

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References

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