Cruisin' for a Bruisin' (Fate album)

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Cruisin' for a Bruisin'
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1988
RecordedRecorded at Puk Studios, Sweet Silence Studios and Hookfarm Studios, Denmark
Genre Heavy metal
Length39:18
Label EMI
Producer Fate and Simon Hanhart
Fate chronology
A Matter of Attitude
(1986)
Cruisin' for a Bruisin'
(1988)
Scratch 'N' Sniff
(1990)
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Cruisin for a Bruisin is the third album by Danish heavy metal band Fate, released in 1988. The album featured "Lovers" (released as a single plus videoclip in 1988) and a new version of "Love on the Rox" from the band's debut album. The album was digitally remastered and re-issued in 2001.

Denmark constitutional monarchy in Europe

Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country and the southernmost of the Scandinavian nations. Denmark lies southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and is bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark also comprises two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark proper consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate. Denmark has a total area of 42,924 km2 (16,573 sq mi), land area of 42,394 km2 (16,368 sq mi), and the total area including Greenland and the Faroe Islands is 2,210,579 km2 (853,509 sq mi), and a population of 5.8 million.

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock, and acid rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. The genre's lyrics and performance styles are sometimes associated with aggression and machismo.

Fate (band) Danish heavy metal band

Fate is a Danish melodic rock band originally formed in 1984. They released four albums between 1984-1990 before disbanding in 1993. However, after a one-off reunion at a German music festival in 2004, Fate was reformed and released a new album, V, in 2006. In 2010 Fate released Best Of Fate 25 Years on EMI and in November 2011 the brand new album Ghosts from the Past was released on AOR Heaven in EU and Rubicon in Japan.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Beneath da Coconuts" - 4:34
  2. "Love on the Rox" - 3:35
  3. "Knock on Wood" - 2:59
  4. "Lovers" - 4:15
  5. "Dead Boy, Cold Meat" - 3:26
  6. "Babe, You Got a Friend" - 4:44
  7. "Lock You Up" - 4:26
  8. "Cupid Shot Me" - 3:50
  9. "Diamond in the Rough" - 3:52
  10. "Send a Little Money" - 3:40

Personnel

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References

  1. Oliver, Derek (19 November 1988). "Fate 'Cuisin' for a Bruisin'". No. 214. London, UK. p. 20.