BulletBoys | ||||
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Released | September 20, 1988 | |||
Recorded | One On One Studios, North Hollywood, California, 1988 | |||
Genre | Hard rock, glam metal | |||
Length | 34:03 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Ted Templeman | |||
BulletBoys chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
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.
Chart (1988–1989) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200 [7] | 34 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [8] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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