Kingdom Come (Kingdom Come album)

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Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come (album) cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 29, 1988 [1]
RecordedAugust 1987 [2]
Studio Little Mountain Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genre Hard rock, glam metal
Length48:25
Label Polydor
Producer Bob Rock, Lenny Wolf
Kingdom Come chronology
Kingdom Come
(1988)
In Your Face
(1989)
Singles from Kingdom Come
  1. "Get It On"
    Released: 1988
  2. "What Love Can Be"
    Released: 1988
  3. "Loving You"
    Released: 1988 (Japan only)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 [4]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Kingdom Come is the debut album by American/German hard rock band Kingdom Come, released in 1988.

Contents

The album peaked at number twelve on the U.S. Billboard 200 [6] and obtained gold certification from the RIAA, the only Kingdom Come album to achieve this feat. [7] The album's lead single was "Get It On", which entered at number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number four on the magazine's Mainstream Rock chart, and it remains the band's best-known song. [6]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Living Out of Touch"Marty Wolff, Lenny Wolf Wolf4:17
2."Pushin' Hard"Wolff, WolfWolf4:47
3."What Love Can Be"Wolff, WolfWolf, Bruce Gowdy 5:14
4."17"Wolff, WolfWolf5:26
5."The Shuffle" Danny Stag, WolffWolf3:40
Side two
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
6."Get It On"Wolff, WolfWolf4:21
7."Now Forever After" James Kottak, Wolf, WolffWolf5:36
8."Hideaway"Johnny B. Frank, WolffWolf5:38
9."Loving You"Wolff, WolfWolf, Stag4:46
10."Shout It Out"Wolff, WolfWolf3:37
2004 remaster bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
11."Get It On (12" promo mix)"Wolf, WolffWolf4:24

Personnel

Kingdom Come
Production

Charts

Album

Certifications

Certifications for Kingdom Come
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [19] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [20] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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