Trixter (album)

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Trixter
Trixter self titled.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 29, 1990
RecordedSeptember 1989
Genre
Length56:18
Label MCA
Producer Bill Wray, Jim Wray
Trixter chronology
Trixter
(1990)
Hear!
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B− [1]

Trixter is the debut album of the band Trixter. It attained gold status, reaching #28 on the Billboard 200 chart. [3] [4] The album did spawn three minor hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100: "Give It to Me Good" at #65, "Surrender" at #72, and "One in a Million" at #75. [5] [6]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Line of Fire"Steve Brown, Dean Fasano, Bill Wray 4:40
2."Heart of Steel"Brown, B. Wray4:11
3."One in a Million"Brown, B. Wray, Jim Wray5:05
4."Surrender"Brown, B. Wray, J. Wray6:05
5."Give It to Me Good"Brown3:29
6."Only Young Once"Peter Loran, Brown, B. Wray5:42
7."Bad Girl"Brown, B. Wray, J. Wray4:19
8."Always a Victim" Jack Ponti, Brown, Fasano4:13
9."Play Rough"Brown, Fasano, B. Wray4:04
10."You'll Never See Me Cryin'"Loran, Brown, B. Wray5:00
11."Ride the Whip"Loran, Brown, B. Wray, J. Wray, John Allan5:07
12."On and On"Brown5:03
Total length:56:18

Personnel

Trixter
Production

Charts

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