Extreme (Extreme album)

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Extreme
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Studio album by
Extreme
Released1989
Genre
Length45:00
Label A&M
Producer Mack, Extreme
Extreme chronology
Extreme
(1989)		 Extreme II: Pornograffitti
(1990)
Singles from Extreme
  1. "Play with Me"
    Released: February 1989
  2. "Kid Ego"
    Released: March 1989
  3. "Little Girls"
    Released: July 1989
  4. "Mutha (Don't Wanna Go to School Today)"
    Released: September 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Extreme is the first studio album by the American glam metal band Extreme, released in 1989 by A&M Records. The album reached No. 80 on the Billboard 200, [4] and produced the minor Mainstream Rock hit "Kid Ego". [5] The single "Play with Me" is featured on the soundtrack for the comedy film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure , [6] an opening episode of season 4 of Stranger Things , [7] and the 2007 rhythm game, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s . [8]

Contents

Music

The album has been primarily described as glam metal, [9] [10] but has also been described as funk-metal, [11] and hard rock. [12]

Reception

The album sold modestly well at around 300,000 units, [13] and was favored by heavy metal fans, but did not achieve significant mainstream success. [14] Three of the album's singles, "Little Girls", "Kid Ego", and "Mutha (Don't Wanna Go to School Today)", received medium airplay on Headbangers Ball .

Extreme was met with mixed reception. AllMusic gave the album three stars saying,"Extreme's first album shows the band struggling to shed their influences, particularly Van Halen, and develop a style of their own; consequently, it's wildly uneven, but guitarist Nuno Bettencourt is always worth hearing". [1] In his review for Extreme II: Pornograffitti , Bryan Rolli called the album "rote glam metal". [9] Rolling Stone writer Kim Neely gave the album three stars, but called it an "extremely good listen". [3]

Track listing

All songs written by Cherone & Bettencourt, except "Mutha (Don't Wanna Go to School Today)" by Cherone, LeBeaux & Hunt.

No.TitleLength
1."Little Girls"3:47
2."Wind Me Up"3:37
3."Kid Ego"4:04
4."Watching, Waiting"4:54
5."Mutha (Don't Wanna Go to School Today)"4:52
6."Teacher's Pet"3:02
7."Big Boys Don't Cry"3:34
8."Smoke Signals"4:14
9."Flesh 'n' Blood"3:31
10."Rock a Bye Bye"5:57
11."Play with Me" (not present on any vinyl releases except Australia and New Zealand)3:29
Total length:45:00

Personnel

Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Album

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [15] 97
Billboard 200 [4] 80

Singles

YearSingleChartPosition
1989"Kid Ego"Mainstream Rock [5] 39

Accolades

PublicationYearCountryAccoladeRank
Guitar World 2008USTop 20 Hair Metal Albums of the Eighties [10] 8

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