Hellacious Acres

Hellacious Acres
Studio album by Dangerous Toys
Released	June 4, 1991
Recorded	November 1990–February 1991
Studio	Village Recorder, Santa Monica, AT Track Record, North Hollywood, Summa Music Group, West Hollywood, California
Genre	Glam metal, heavy metal
Length	46:43
Label	Columbia
Producer	Roy Thomas Baker
Dangerous Toys chronology
Dangerous Toys (1989) Hellacious Acres (1991) Pissed (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Classic Rock	[2]
The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10 [3]

Hellacious Acres is the second album by heavy metal band Dangerous Toys, released in 1991. It was produced by Roy Thomas Baker, and includes a cover of Bad Company's "Feel Like Makin' Love", while "Line 'Em Up" and "Gimme' No Lip" were released as singles to promote the album. ^[4] This is Dangerous Toys' last album to be released on Columbia Records, and the only album that guitarist Danny Aaron played on, as he left the band during the 1991-1992 Hellacious Acres tour.

Track listing

All music is composed by Dangerous Toys.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Gunfighter"	Jason McMaster	4:48
2.	"Gimme No Lip"	McMaster, Mike Watson	3:32
3.	"Sticks & Stones"	McMaster, Watson	3:14
4.	"Best of Friends"	Watson	5:22
5.	"On Top"	McMaster	4:17
6.	"Sugar, Leather & The Nail"	McMaster	3:18
7.	"Angel N U"	McMaster	6:55
8.	"Feel Like Makin' Love" (Bad Company cover)	Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs	4:34
9.	"Line 'Em Up"	McMaster	3:00
10.	"Gypsy (Black-n-Blue Valentine)"	McMaster, Watson, Jack Ponti, Vic Pepe	4:09
11.	"Bad Guy"	McMaster	3:34

Personnel

Dangerous Toys

• Jason McMaster - vocals
• Scott Dalhover - guitar
• Mike Watson - bass, backing vocals
• Danny Aaron - guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals
• Mark Geary - drums

Additional musicians

• Waste 'O' Skin Choir - gang vocals on "Sticks & Stones"
  • Brian Baker, Chris Gates, Michael Hannon, David Roach, George Dolivo, Greg Fields, Andy Rogers, Vickie James Wright, Chris Andrada, Mitch Dean

Production

• Roy Thomas Baker - producer
• Timm Baldwin - engineer
• Rick Ornstien, Ken Pavlakovich, Jim Champagne, Scott Blockland - assistant engineer
• George Marino - mastering at Sterling Sound, NYC

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [5]	67

References

1. Henderson, Alex. "Dangerous Toys - Hellacious Acres review". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved October 19, 2016.
2. Elliott, Paul (February 2010). "Dangerous Toys - Dangerous Toys/Hellacious Acres". Classic Rock . No. 141. pp. 92–93.
3. Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 99. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
4. "Dangerous Toys Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
5. "Dangerous Toys Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 June 2023.