| This Is Gonna Hurt | |
| Type: | studio |
| Cover: | Sixxam_this-is-gonna-hurt.jpg |
| Released: | May 3, 2011 |
| Recorded: | February - July 2010 |
| Genre: | Hard rock, alternative metal |
| Length: | 48:49 |
| Label: | Eleven Seven Music |
| Producer: | Sixx:A.M. |
| Prev Title: | Live Is Beautiful |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | 7 |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
This Is Gonna Hurt is the second studio album by, a side project of Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx, released on May 3, 2011. Like the first album which served as a companion soundtrack to Nikki Sixx's first book , this album is a companion to Sixx's second book, This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography, And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx, which was released on April 12, 2011. Unlike its predecessor, This Is Gonna Hurt does not feature any spoken word.
The lead single from the album is "Lies of the Beautiful People" and was released on March 1, 2011.[1] The first single "Lies of the Beautiful People" premiered on Sixx's radio show website "Sixx Sense" on February 16, 2011, and went on sale on March 1.[2] The album was released on May 10, 2011, after being pushed back from a March 22, 2011, release date.[3]
This Is Gonna Hurt debuted at #10 on the Billboard 200, selling 30,000 copies in its first week of release,[4] and at #1 on the Hard Rock Charts.[5]
The album's credits and personnel can be obtained from AllMusic.[7]