Wicked Wonderland (album) explained

Wicked Wonderland
Type:studio
Artist:Lita Ford
Cover:Wicked Wonderland.jpg
Released:October 2, 2009 (Europe)
October 6, 2009 (US)
Genre:
Length:65:30
Label:earMusic/Edel (Europe)
JLRG Entertainment (US)
Producer:Lita Ford, Jim Gillette, Greg Hampton
Prev Title:Greatest Hits Live!
Prev Year:2000
Next Title:Living Like a Runaway
Next Year:2012

Wicked Wonderland is the seventh solo studio album by American rock-musician Lita Ford and her first of new material in almost 15 years.

Ford said about the album: "Everybody has their own 'Wicked Wonderland'. It's a place where you can do whatever you want and get as freaky as you feel. These songs are my version of that - they're all about my life…well, the parts that happen when the kids are in bed and my husband and I get into the boudoir."(...)"This is definitely the heaviest stuff I’ve ever recorded. I've evolved and matured as a person and so has my music. It’s lyrically very real."[1] In her 2016 memoir, Ford disowned the album.[2]

In October, 2009 the album also was released as limited edition vinyl LP, with modified track listing (without two last songs as well as with different track order) and different artwork.[3] With 15 songs in it, the album is 1 hour and 15 minutes long.

In popular culture

The track "Betrayal" is one of the 108 songs that appear in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game, Brütal Legend, to which Lita also contributed her likeness and voice to the character "Rima, Queen of the Zaulia".[4] The track is featured as background music for one of the cutscenes in the game's story mode, and can be played on the in-game radio once unlocked.

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LITA FORD Invites The World Into Her 'Wicked Wonderland' . . June 29, 2009 . 2014-07-17 .
  2. Book: Ford, Lita. Living Like A Runaway. Dey St.. 2016. 978-0-06-227064-1. USA. 227–228.
  3. Web site: LITA FORD: 'Wicked Wonderland' Vinyl To Feature Different Artwork . . August 12, 2009 . 2014-07-17 .
  4. Web site: LITA FORD Talks Upcoming Album, 'Brütal Legend' Game . . July 8, 2009 . 2014-07-17 .