BulletBoys (album)

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BulletBoys
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Studio album by
BulletBoys
ReleasedSeptember 20, 1988
RecordedOne On One Studios, North Hollywood, California, 1988
Genre Hard rock, glam metal
Length34:03
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Ted Templeman
BulletBoys chronology
BulletBoys
(1988)		 Freakshow
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Contents

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

Track listing

  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

Personnel

Band members
Production

Charts

Chart (1988–89)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [7] 34

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [8] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Theakston, Rob. "Bulletboys Bulletboys review". AllMusic . Retrieved October 1, 2011.
  2. ↑ Joy, Alison (September 17, 1988). "Going for the Gun". Kerrang!. Vol. 205. London, UK: Spotlight Publications ltd. p. 18.
  3. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 96.
  4. ↑ "Bulletboys Billboard Albums". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved October 1, 2011.
  5. ↑ "RIAA Database Search for Bulletboys". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
  6. 1 2 "Bulletboys Billboard Singles". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved October 1, 2011.
  7. ↑ "BulletBoys Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  8. ↑ "American album certifications – BulletBoys – BulletBoys". Recording Industry Association of America.


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