Black 'n Blue (album) explained

Black 'N Blue
Type:	studio
Artist:	Black 'n Blue
Cover:	Black N Blue Black N Blue.jpg
Released:	August 1984
Studio:	Dierks Studios, Stommeln, West Germany
Genre:	Glam metal, heavy metal
Length:	40:07
Label:	Geffen
Producer:	Dieter Dierks
Next Title:	Without Love
Next Year:	1985

Black 'N Blue is the debut studio album by American glam metal band Black 'n Blue, released in 1984. The album includes the band's only song to chart as a single, Hold On to 18. In 2015, the album was ranked 28th at Rolling Stone's "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time".

The track "Chains Around Heaven" had previously appeared on both the second and third pressings of the compilation album Metal Massacre (1982).

Track listing

Side one

1. "The Strong Will Rock" (Jaime St. James, Tommy Thayer) – 4:06
2. "School of Hard Knocks" (St. James, Thayer) – 3:58
3. "Autoblast" (St. James, Thayer, Jeff Warner) – 3:53
4. "Hold On to 18" (St. James, Thayer) – 4:12
5. "Wicked Bitch" (St. James) – 4:17

Side two

6. "Action" (Brian Connolly, Steve Priest, Andy Scott, Mick Tucker) – 3:36 (Sweet cover)
7. "Show Me the Night" (St. James, Thayer) – 4:01
8. "One for the Money" (St. James, Thayer) – 4:19
9. "I'm the King" (St. James, Thayer, Patrick Young, Pete Holmes) – 3:42
10. "Chains Around Heaven" (St. James, Thayer) – 4:00

Personnel

Black 'n Blue

• Jaime St. James – lead and backing vocals
• Tommy Thayer – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Jeff "Woop" Warner – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Patrick Young – bass, backing vocals
• Pete Holmes – drums

Production

• Dieter Dierks – producer, mixing
• Gerd Rautenbach – engineer
• Greg Fulginiti – mastering at Artisan Sound Recorders

External links

• "Black 'n Blue" at discogs