Faster Pussycat (album)

Faster Pussycat
Studio album by Faster Pussycat
Released	July 7, 1987
Recorded	1986–1987
Genre	Glam metal hard rock
Length	36:13
Label	Elektra
Producer	Ric Browde
Faster Pussycat chronology
Faster Pussycat (1987) Wake Me When It's Over (1989)
Singles from Faster Pussycat
"Babylon" Released: 1987 "Don't Change That Song" Released: 1987 "Bathroom Wall" Released: 1987

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B [2]
Melodic	[3]

Faster Pussycat is the debut studio album by the American band of the same name. It 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. 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.

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 The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time. ^[5]

Personnel

Faster Pussycat

• Taime Downe – lead vocals
• Greg Steele – guitar, backing vocals
• Brent Muscat – guitar, backing vocals
• Eric Stacy – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Mark Michals – drums, backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [6]	97

References

1. Faster Pussycat at AllMusic
2. Robert Christgau review
3. "Melodic review". Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
4. "Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
5. Best of Rock & Metal – Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 7. ISBN   3-89880-517-4.
6. "Faster Pussycat Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2022.