Menace to Society (Lizzy Borden album)

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Menace to Society
Lizzy Borden - Menace to Society.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1, 1986
StudioMusic Grinder, Hollywood and Preferred Sound, Woodland Hills, California
Genre Heavy metal
Length41:50
Label Enigma/Metal Blade
Producer Jim Faraci, Lizzy Borden, Brian Slagel
Lizzy Borden chronology
The Murderess Metal Road Show
(1986)
Menace to Society
(1986)
Terror Rising
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 [2]

Menace to Society is the second studio album by Los Angeles metal band Lizzy Borden.

Contents

Released in 1986 by Metal Blade Records, [3] this would become a success for the band appearing on the Billboard 200 for 10 weeks and peaking at 144. [4] The album was re-released in 2002 with 4 bonus tracks, and again on vinyl in 2018. [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gene Allen, Lizzy Borden, Mike Davis, Joey Scott Harges, Alex Nelson, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Generation Aliens"4:30
2."Notorious"4:15
3."Terror on the Town"5:21
4."Bloody Mary"4:40
5."Stiletto (Voice of Command)"3:33
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Ultra Violence"4:08
7."Love Kills"5:24
8."Brass Tactics"3:26
9."Ursa Minor"4:00
10."Menace to Society"4:05
2002 Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Taking on the World" (Demo) 3:54
12."White Rabbit" (Live demo, Jefferson Airplane cover) Grace Slick 3:43
13."Stiletto (Voice of Command)" (Live demo) 3:36
14."Betrayer" (Live demo) 2:16

Personnel

Lizzy Borden
Production

Charts

Chart (1986)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [6] 144

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