BulletBoys (album) explained

BulletBoys
Type:	studio
Artist:	BulletBoys
Cover:	Bulletbullet.jpg
Released:	September 20, 1988
Recorded:	One On One Studios, North Hollywood, California, 1988
Genre:	Hard rock, glam metal
Length:	34:03
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	Ted Templeman
Next Title:	Freakshow
Next Year:	1991

BulletBoys is the first album by the American rock band BulletBoys, released in 1988. The cover art is a copy of ".30 Bullet Piercing an Apple" by Harold Eugene Edgerton. The album features the hit "Smooth Up in Ya" as well as a cover of the O'Jay's song "For the Love of Money". The album reached No. 34 in the Billboard 200 chart^[1] and was certified gold in 1989 selling over 500,000 copies.^[2]

UK-based Rock Candy Records reissued the album on CD in 2014.

Track listing

1. "Hard as a Rock" – 3:03
2. "Smooth Up in Ya" – 4:23
3. "Owed to Joe" – 2:45
4. "Shoot the Preacher Down" – 3:37
5. "For the Love of Money" (The O'Jays cover) – 3:44
6. "Kissin' Kitty" – 3:06
7. "Hell on My Heels" – 3:22
8. "Crank Me Up" – 3:37
9. "Badlands" – 3:07
10. "F#9" – 3:19

Singles

• "Smooth Up in Ya" (US Hot 100 No. 71, US Mainstream Rock No. 23^[3])
• "For the Love of Money" (US Hot 100 No. 78, US Mainstream Rock No. 38)

Personnel

Band members

• Marq Torien – lead vocals
• Mick Sweda – guitar, backing vocals
• Lonnie Vincent – bass, backing vocals
• Jimmy D'Anda – drums

Production

• Ted Templeman – producer
• Jeff Hendrickson – engineer, associate producer
• Toby Wright – engineer
• George Marino – mastering

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bulletboys Billboard Albums . October 1, 2011 . . Rovi Corporation.
2. Web site: RIAA Database Search for Bulletboys . October 1, 2011 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050454/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH . June 26, 2007 .
3. Web site: Bulletboys Billboard Singles . October 1, 2011 . . Rovi Corporation.