Extreme (Extreme album) explained

Extreme
Type:studio
Artist:Extreme
Cover:Extreme (Extreme album - cover art).jpg
Border:yes
Released:1989
Length:45:00
Label:A&M
Producer:Mack, Extreme
Next Year:1990

Extreme is the first studio album by the American glam metal band Extreme, released in 1989 by A&M Records. The album reached No. 80 on the Billboard 200, and produced the minor Mainstream Rock hit "Kid Ego". The single "Play with Me" is featured on the soundtrack for the comedy film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, an opening episode of season 4 of Stranger Things,[1] and the 2007 rhythm game, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s.[2]

Music

The album has been primarily described as glam metal, but has also been described as funk-metal,[3] and hard rock.[4]

Reception

The album sold modestly well at around 300,000 units,[5] and was favored by heavy metal fans, but did not achieve significant mainstream success.[6] Three of the album's singles, "Little Girls", "Kid Ego", and "Mutha (Don't Wanna Go to School Today)", received medium airplay on Headbangers Ball.

Extreme was met with mixed reception. AllMusic gave the album three stars saying,"Extreme's first album shows the band struggling to shed their influences, particularly Van Halen, and develop a style of their own; consequently, it's wildly uneven, but guitarist Nuno Bettencourt is always worth hearing". In his review for , Bryan Rolli called the album "rote glam metal".[7] Rolling Stone writer Kim Neely gave the album three stars, but called it an "extremely good listen".

Track listing

All songs written by Cherone & Bettencourt, except "Mutha (Don't Wanna Go to School Today)" by Cherone, LeBeaux & Hunt.

Personnel

Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Album

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[8] 97
Billboard 200[9] 80

Singles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Romano . Evan . 2022-05-27 . The ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Soundtrack Is an ‘80s Nostalgia Trip . 2022-06-05 . Men's Health . en-US.
  2. Web site: Bergman . Kieth . 'Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks The 80s': Complete List Of Songs Revealed . Blabbermouth . 11 August 2022.
  3. Web site: DeRiso. Nick. August 7, 2015. Revisiting Extreme's Path to Success With 'Pornograffitti'. April 17, 2021. Ultimate Classic Rock.
  4. Web site: Draper. Jason. March 14, 2021. Extreme – And The Debut Album That Tapped Their Maximum Potential. April 17, 2021. uDiscover Music.
  5. https://www.onamrecords.com/labels/a-m-records/146447/history#1989 A&M Records History
  6. Web site: Extreme: More than metal. 2021-08-08. EW.com. en. 2021-08-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20210808184122/https://ew.com/article/1991/08/02/extreme-more-metal/. dead.
  7. Web site: July 1, 2021. Bryan. Rolli. Top 30 Glam Metal Albums. 2021-07-16. Ultimate Classic Rock. en. Extreme built upon the rote glam metal of their self-titled debut.
  8. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
  9. Web site: Extreme by Extreme Billboard 200 Chart. 2021-08-08. Billboard.
  10. Web site: Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart. 2021-08-08. Billboard.
  11. Web site: December 12, 2008. Guitar World - Top 20 Hair Metal Albums of the Eighties. https://web.archive.org/web/20081220215430/http://www.guitarworld.com/top_20_hair_metal_albums_of_the_eighties?page=0%2C3. December 20, 2008 . August 8, 2021. Guitar World.

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