Rev It Up

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Rev It Up
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Studio album by
Vixen
ReleasedJuly 31, 1990 (1990-07-31) [1]
RecordedMay 1990 (1990-05)
Studio
Genre
Length51:54
Label EMI
Producer Randy Nicklaus
Vixen chronology
Vixen
(1988)		Rev It Up
(1990)		 Tangerine
(1998)

Rev It Up is the second album by the American glam metal band Vixen, released on July 31, 1990, through EMI. [1] It entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 20, and placed two songs inside the Billboard Hot 100. However, it did not match up to its predecessor in the US and EMI dropped the band shortly thereafter. Therefore, this album is the band's last release from a major label. The race car on the US cover belonged to local racing legend and all around hero Bobby Baldwin. The European and Japanese covers show a picture of the band, which is on the back cover for the US release. A remastered version was released on CD by Rock Candy Records in February 2023

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rev It Up received generally mixed reviews from critics, including a score of 3 out of 5 from AllMusic. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rev It Up" Janet Gardner, Share Pedersen, Ron Keel, Steve Diamond5:00
2."How Much Love" Jan Kuehnemund, Jack Conrad, Steve Plunkett 4:40
3."Love Is a Killer" Roxy Petrucci, Harry Paress4:43
4."Not a Minute Too Soon"Gardner, Pedersen4:26
5."Streets in Paradise"Kuehnemund, Conrad, Plunkett4:32
6."Hard 16"Pedersen, Gardner4:05
7."Bad Reputation"Kuehnemund, Gardner, Brian Miku4:09
8."Fallen Hero"Kuehnemund, Petrucci, Ralph Carter 5:17
9."Only a Heartbeat Away"Pedersen, Gardner5:07
10."It Wouldn't Be Love" Diane Warren 4:42
11."Wrecking Ball"Pedersen, Gardner5:10
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Edge of a Broken Heart" (live) Richard Marx, Fee Waybill 4:53
13."Cruisin'" (live)Kuehnemund, Gardner, Keith Krupp5:01
2006 Japanese remastered edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Highway to Heartache" (previously unreleased)Gardner, Kuehnemund, Pedersen, Petrucci3:51
13."I Want You to Rock Me" (live at Daytona Beach, 1989) David Cole, Gardner4:50

Personnel

Vixen is
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Chart performance for Rev It Up
Chart (1990)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [4] 90
European Albums ( Music & Media ) [5] 41
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [6] 14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 29
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [8] 36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 14
UK Albums (OCC) [10] 20
US Billboard 200 [11] 52

References

  1. 1 2 "Upcoming Releases" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. July 6, 1990. p. 76. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Henderson, Alex. "Vixen — Rev It Up". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved June 17, 2011.
  3. ↑ Marlowe, Chris (September 1990). "Vixen: Rev It Up". Select . No. 3. p. 98.
  4. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 1340". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
  5. ↑ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 7, no. 35. September 1, 1990. p. VIII. OCLC   29800226 – via World Radio History.
  6. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN   978-951-1-21053-5.
  7. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Vixen – Rev It Up" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
  8. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Vixen – Rev It Up". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
  9. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Vixen – Rev It Up". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
  10. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
  11. ↑ "Vixen Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
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