Wake Me When It's Over

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Wake Me When It's Over
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 28, 1989 [1]
Recorded1988–1989
Genre
Length60:42
Label Elektra [2]
Producer John Jansen
Faster Pussycat chronology
Faster Pussycat
(1987)
Wake Me When It's Over
(1989)
Whipped!
(1992)
Singles from Wake Me When It's Over
  1. "Poison Ivy"
    Released: 1989
  2. "House of Pain"
    Released: 1989
  3. "When There's a Whip There's a Way"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
St. Petersburg Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Wake Me When It's Over is the second album by Faster Pussycat, released in 1989. [8] The band moved away from the glam metal of their first album to a more blues-influenced sound. [9]

Contents

Music videos were produced for "Poison Ivy" and "House of Pain". "House of Pain" reached No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the video, which was directed by future film director Michael Bay, was in rotation on MTV.[ citation needed ] The album peaked at No. 48 on the Billboard 200. [10] The album has been certified gold by the RIAA. [1]

Production

The album was produced by John Jansen. It is marked by a heavier, less glam metal sound. [5]

Critical reception

Spin wrote that "side one is terrible, crammed with constipated glam-metal boogie, "but praised side two's "Slip of the Tongue" and "Tattoo". [11] The St. Petersburg Times wrote that "by smoothing out the rough edges and tightening up the loose performances, Faster Pussycat has traded in its identity for a faceless, albeit commercial, sound." [7] The Calgary Herald thought that "a pleasant surprise is "House of Pain", which is devoid of the syrupy mush that tends to dominate a lot of ballads that crack the charts." [12] Kirk Blows of Music Week called Wake Me When It's Over worthwhile, and noticed that the album gives listeners "more adventure, variety and depth than its predecessor while retaining just enough of the reckless spirit." [13]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Where There's a Whip, There's a Way" Taime Downe, Brent Muscat, Greg Steele6:44
2."Little Dove"Downe, Muscat5:05
3."Poison Ivy"Downe, Eric Stacy 4:24
4."House of Pain"Downe, Steele5:47
5."Gonna Walk"Downe, Muscat, Steele4:24
6."Pulling Weeds"Downe, Muscat4:35
7."Slip of the Tongue"Downe4:32
8."Cryin' Shame"Downe, Steele4:51
9."Tattoo"Downe, Muscat, Steele4:56
10."Ain't No Way Around It"Downe, Muscat, Steele4:31
11."Arizona Indian Doll"Downe, Steele4:40
12."Please Dear" (not on all vinyl)Downe, Muscat6:25
Total length:60:42

Personnel

Faster Pussycat

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1989-1990)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 35
US Billboard 200 [16] 48

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [17] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 241.
  3. Huey, Steve. Wake Me When It's Over at AllMusic
  4. Kot, Greg (November 9, 1989). "Home Entertainment....Recordings". Chicago Tribune. p. 15E.
  5. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 402.
  6. Gold, Jonathan (October 29, 1989). "POP MUSIC SPECIAL The Record Industry's Big Push". Los Angeles Times. p. 52.
  7. 1 2 Hall, Ken (October 20, 1989). "SOUND BITES". St. Petersburg Times. p. 17.
  8. Phillips, William; Cogan, Brian (March 20, 2009). Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. ABC-CLIO. ISBN   9780313348013 via Google Books.
  9. Popoff, Martin (2014). The big book of hair metal : the illustrated oral history of heavy metal's debauched decade. Minneapolis, MN: Voyageur Press. p. 177. ISBN   978-0-7603-4546-7. OCLC   858901054.
  10. "Faster Pussycat". Billboard.
  11. "Spins". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. November 1989.
  12. Miller, Glen (November 9, 1989). "Metal Discs". Calgary Herald. p. C5.
  13. Blows, Kirk (October 7, 1989). "Review: Faster Pussycat — Wake Me When It's Over" (PDF). Music Week . London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 32. ISSN   0265-1548. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 2, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2022 via World Radio History.
  14. "Faster Pussycat - Wake Me When It's Over - Credits". Discogs. Zink Media, Inc. Retrieved June 17, 2025.
  15. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  16. "Faster Pussycat Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  17. "American album certifications – Faster Pussycat – Wake Me When It's Over". Recording Industry Association of America.