House of Lords (House of Lords album)

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House of Lords
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 18, 1988
Recorded1988 at Oceanway Studios and O'Henry Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Hard rock, glam metal
Length44:35
Label Simmons Records/RCA
Producer Gregg Giuffria, Andy Johns, Gene Simmons
House of Lords chronology
House of Lords
(1988)
Sahara
(1990)
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House of Lords is the debut album by House of Lords, a Giuffria spin-off band, featuring keyboardist Gregg Giuffria. It was released in 1988 on Kiss bassist Gene Simmons' own label and distributed by RCA Records. The album reached position No. 78 in The Billboard 200 Chart on February 25, 1989. [2]

Contents

Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick (with whom the band would later tour) co-wrote the song "Slip of the Tongue". Jeff Scott Soto of Talisman can be found on backing vocals throughout the whole album. Many other popular hard rock musicians contributed to the songwriting on the album, including Stan Bush, David Glen Eisley of Giuffria, Mandy Meyer of Asia and Johnny Warman.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pleasure Palace" Gregg Giuffria, David Glen Eisley 6:21
2."I Wanna Be Loved" Mandy Meyer, Steve Johnstad3:22
3."Edge of Your Life" Lanny Cordola, Chuck Wright, Bret Taylor Aldstadt5:19
4."Lookin' for Strange"Cordola, Wright, Giuffria, James Christian 4:03
5."Love Don't Lie" Stan Bush 4:19
6."Slip of the Tongue"Giuffria, Eisley, Rick Nielsen 3:30
7."Hearts of the World"Giuffria, Cordola, Wright4:17
8."Under Blue Skies"Giuffria, Eisley, Johnny Warman 4:36
9."Call My Name"Giuffria, Wright, Christian, Cordola4:04
10."Jealous Heart"Giuffria, Eisley, David Roberts4:38
2000 re-issue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Love Don't Lie" (Remix)Bush3:37

Personnel

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