| Jump the Gun | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Pretty Maids |
| Cover: | Pretty_Maids_Jump_The_Gun.jpg |
| Released: | 20 April 1990 |
| Recorded: | Puk Studio, Denmark, 1990 |
| Genre: | Hard rock, heavy metal, glam metal |
| Length: | 47:29 |
| Label: | CBS |
| Producer: | Roger Glover |
| Prev Title: | Future World |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Title: | Sin-Decade |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
Jump the Gun is the third studio album by the Danish hard rock/heavy metal band Pretty Maids. It was released on 20 April 1990 in Europe by CBS. In the US, the title was changed to Lethal Heroes and it was released by Epic Records. The album was produced by Deep Purple's bass guitarist Roger Glover. According to CBS, it was then the most expensive album recording to date in Denmark, with a cost of around DKK 3–3.5 million.[1] [2] Jump the Gun was nominated for Danish Heavy Rock Album of the Year at the 1991 Danish Grammy Awards, but lost to Skagarack's A Slice of Heaven.[3]
Due to the underwhelming commercial performance of Jump the Gun, three members left the band by late 1990 leaving only the lead singer Ronnie Atkins and the guitarist Ken Hammer. The band has said on numerous occasions that the decision to hire Glover as the album's producer was a mistake and led to its over-produced sound.[4] In 2014, Atkins called the album his least favourite.[5]
"Hang Tough" is a song that was written and recorded for Icon's Night of the Crime album but was not included in the final release. Icon's version is only available on the 1984: Live Bootleg CD and DVD.
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