Britny Fox (album) explained

Britny Fox
Type:	studio
Artist:	Britny Fox
Cover:	BritnyFoxST.jpg
Released:	June 6 1988^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
Recorded:	January–April 1988
Studio:	The Warehouse Studios, Philadelphia^[4] The House of Music, West Orange, New Jersey
Genre:	Glam metal^[5] ^[6] ^[7]
Length:	45:11
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	John Jansen
Prev Title:	In America
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Boys in Heat
Next Year:	1989

Britny Fox is the debut album by the American glam metal band Britny Fox, released on June 6 1988 through Columbia Records. The album contains the hits "Long Way to Love", "Girlschool" and the power ballad "Save the Weak". On 21 December of the same year was certified as gold.^[8]

Track listing

All credits adapted from the original LP.

Personnel

All credits adapted from the original LP.

Band members

• "Dizzy" Dean Davidson - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Michael Kelly Smith - lead guitar, background vocals, mixing assistant
• Billy Childs - bass guitar, background vocals
• Johnny Dee - drums, percussion, background vocals

Additional musicians

• David Gibbins - keyboards on "Save the Weak"

Production

• John Jansen - producer, engineer, mixing at Blue Jay Recording Studio, Carlisle, Massachusetts
• Nelson Ayers - engineer
• Chris Brown - assistant engineer
• Michael Frondelli - mixing
• Greg Calbi - mastering at Sterling Sound, New York

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
Rolling Stone	US	50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time	38
L.A. Weekly	US	Chuck Klosterman's Favorite Hair Metal Albums	20
Metal Rules	US	Top 50 Glam Metal Albums	44

Notes and References

1. Web site: Britny Fox [Expanded Edition] [2023 Remaster) - Britny Fox {{!}} Release Info |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/britny-fox-expanded-edition-2023-remaster-mr0006220969 |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=AllMusic |language=en].
2. Web site: 2loud2oldmusic . 2019-12-12 . Britny Fox – ‘Britny Fox’ – Album Review . 2023-06-03 . 2 Loud 2 Old Music . en.
3. Web site: Britny Fox by Britny Fox . 1988-06-06. 2023-06-03 . Genius . en.
4. Britny Fox . . 1988 . LP sleeve . Columbia Records . BFC 44140 . Sterling Sound, New York.
5. Web site: 31 August 2019 . Rolling Stone - 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time . 18 June 2021 . Rolling Stone . en-US.
6. News: Ben . Westhoff . Chuck Klosterman's Favorite Hair Metal Albums . . 6 December 2011 . 4 March 2021 .
7. Web site: Metal Rules - Top 50 Glam Metal Albums . . 24 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171126083532/http://www.metal-rules.com/polls/index.php?id=8 . dead . 26 November 2017 . December 2003.
8. Web site: Gold & Platinum . 30 June 2021 . RIAA . en-US.