Faster Pussycat (album)

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Faster Pussycat
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 7, 1987
Recorded1986–1987
Genre Glam metalHard rock
Length36:13
Label Elektra
Producer Ric Browde
Faster Pussycat chronology
Faster Pussycat
(1987)
Wake Me When It's Over
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Robert Christgau B [2]
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Faster Pussycat is the first album by the band of the same name. The album reached number 97 on the Billboard 200 chart. [4] Videos were made for several of the songs on the album, including "Don't Change That Song", which had a video directed by Russ Meyer.

Contents

The song "Babylon" featured scratching by one time club DJ Riki Rachtman. Riki was Taime Downe's roommate and together they opened the nightclub Cathouse.

The band performed "Cathouse" and "Bathroom Wall" in the film The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years , and they were interviewed in the segment as well.

The album was reissued on CD by UK-based company Rock Candy Records, with expanded liner notes and photos.

Style

Unlike most of the rest of their music, this album is generally seen as just being a pure glam metal album without the later blues or industrial influences they would take in. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Track listing

  1. "Don't Change That Song" (Taime Downe, Greg Steele) – 3:40
  2. "Bathroom Wall" (Downe) – 3:40
  3. "No Room for Emotion" (Downe, Brent Muscat) – 3:56
  4. "Cathouse" (Downe) – 3:42
  5. "Babylon" (Downe, Steele) – 3:14
  6. "Smash Alley" (Downe, Muscat) – 3:28
  7. "Shooting You Down" (Downe) – 3:46
  8. "City Has No Heart" (Downe, Muscat) – 4:19
  9. "Ship Rolls In" (Downe, Steele) – 3:26
  10. "Bottle in Front of Me" (Downe, Muscat) – 3:02

Reception

In 2005, Faster Pussycat was ranked number 498 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time. [10]

Personnel

Faster Pussycat

Charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [11] 97

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