Black Hearts & Jaded Spades is the fourth album by English

England

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 hard rock

Hard rock

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 band Tokyo Blade

Tokyo Blade

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. It was originally released in 1985 on Tokyo Blade own record label and in the same year reissued by SPV/Steamhammer

SPV GmbH

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. The keyboard-laden compositions of this album and the strongly down-tuned guitar sound, marks the complete detachment of the band from their New Wave of British Heavy Metal

New Wave of British Heavy Metal

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 roots. It was interpreted as an attempt to conquer the American and Japanese markets, where glam

Glam metal

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 and pop metal

Pop rock

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 acts dominated the charts, but to no avail.

The album was reissued on a remastered CD edition in 2002 and 2008 by Razar Ice Records and in 2009 by Lost And Found Records, with four additional tracks.

Track listing

All tracks by Vicki James Wright and Andy Boulton, except "Make It Through the Night" by Boulton, Wright and John Wiggins

1. "Dirty Faced Angels" - 3:27
2. "Make It Through the Night" - 4:00
3. "Always" - 3:33
4. "Loving You Is an Easy Thing to Do" - 3:39
5. "Undercover Honeymoon" - 4:19
6. "You Are the Heart" - 4:57
7. "Blackhearts and Jaded Spades" - 3:55
8. "Tough Guys Tumble" - 3:26
9. "Dancing in Blue Moonlight" - 4:21
10. "Playroom of Poison Dreams" - 5:20
11. "Monkeys Blood" - 3:05
12. "The Magic Roundabout" - 0:45

Additional Track listing (2009 reissue)

1. "Undercover Honeymoon" (remix)
2. "Stealing the Thief"
3. "Playroom of Poison Dreams" (remix)
4. "Bottom End"

Personnel

• Vicki James Wright - lead vocals
• Andy Boulton - lead guitar
  Lead guitar
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  , backing vocals
• John Wiggins - lead guitar
  Lead guitar
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• Andy Wrighton - bass
  Bass guitar
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  , backing vocals
• Steve Pierce - drums