Dangerous Curves (album)

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Dangerous Curves
Dangerous curves cover.jpg
Studio album by
Lita Ford
ReleasedNovember 12, 1991
Recorded1990-1991
Studio
Genre Glam metal
Length43:53
Label RCA Records
Producer Tom Werman, Eddie DeLena
Lita Ford chronology
Stiletto
(1990)		Dangerous Curves
(1991)		 The Best of Lita Ford
(1992)
Singles from Dangerous Curves
  1. "Shot of Poison" / "Larger Than Life"
    Released: October 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 0/10 [2]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Dangerous Curves is the fifth studio album by American hard rock/heavy metal singer and guitarist Lita Ford, released in 1991. Though it was a popular release and received heavy video rotation on MTV, [4] the album was not as successful as its predecessor due to its predominantly glam metal sound and the fact that musical tastes were shifting towards alternative rock in late 1991. [4] The album charted on both the US and UK charts in 1992 and the single, "Shot of Poison", was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1993. This was Lita Ford's second ever Grammy nomination and her first since 1984's "Dancin' On The Edge". [5]

Contents

The track "Black Widow" is not to be confused for the track "Die for Me Only (Black Widow)" from Ford's 1983 debut Out for Blood.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Larger Than Life" (Michael Dan Ehmig, Lita Ford, Myron Grombacher) – 3:53
  2. "What Do Ya Know About Love?" (Randy Cantor, Michael Caruso, Cal Curtis) – 3:52
  3. "Shot of Poison" (Ford, Grombacher, Jim Vallance) – 3:31
  4. "Bad Love" (Ehmig, David Ezrin, Ford, Joe Taylor) – 4:20
  5. "Playin' with Fire" (Ehmig, Ford, Vallance) – 4:08
Side two
  2. "Hellbound Train" (Ehmig, Ezrin, Ford, Grombacher, Kevin Savigar) – 6:06
  3. "Black Widow" (Ehmig, Ezrin, Ford, Taylor) – 3:30
  4. "Little Too Early" (Rick Blakemore, Al Pitrelli, Joe Lynn Turner) – 2:58
  5. "Holy Man" (Ehmig, Ford) – 4:42
  6. "Tambourine Dream" (Ehmig, Ford, Grombacher) – 4:53
  7. "Little Black Spider" (Ford) – 1:46

Personnel

Band members
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Chart (1991/92)Peak
position
Billboard 200 (USA) [6] 132
UK Albums Chart [7] 51

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References

  1. ↑ Henderson, Alex. "Lita Ford Dangerous Curves review". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 159. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ↑ Reynolds, Dave (26 October 1991). "Curve Ball". Kerrang! . Vol. 364. London, UK: Spotlight Publications. p. 26.
  4. 1 2 Sherman, Dale. 20th Century Rock And Roll : Women In Rock. Collector's Guide Publishing, inc, p53
  5. ↑ Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
  6. ↑ "Dangerous Curves Billboard Albums". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Artist Chart History – Lita Ford". Official Charts Company . Retrieved July 16, 2014.
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