Dancing with the Devil is the name of the second full length recording from the band Mother Mercy. Recorded at “For The Record” studios in Orange County, California

Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...

 by the band's third lineup consisting of RJ Blaze(vocals), Randall Justice(bass), and Seann Scott

Seann Scott (Drummer)

Seann Scott is a rock/metal drummer who has played in various bands, and continues to be active in multiple current acts, most notably the female fronted heavy metal band Hellion.- Musical career:...

(drums) with several guitar players throughout the CD. It was originally released in a limited production on drummer Seann Scott's

Seann Scott (Drummer)

Seann Scott is a rock/metal drummer who has played in various bands, and continues to be active in multiple current acts, most notably the female fronted heavy metal band Hellion.- Musical career:...

 record company "SS Records" in 2001 and later re-mastered and released by Perris Records in 2003 with several bonus tracks added and one song, "Rock City Boys", removed. That song was instead released by Perris Records on a compilation CD “Hollywood Hairspray Vol. 2”. The cover artwork between the two versions was also changed slightly.

Musical style

Described as Motley Crue

Mötley Crüe

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 meets Love/Hate

Love/Hate

Love/Hate is a Los Angeles, California based hard rock band who achieved their greatest fame in the early 90s.-1985-1988 unsigned:Love/Hate was formed in 1985 when Jizzy Pearl joined Jon E. Love, Skid Rose, and Joey Gold, in an '80s influenced electronica band called Dataclan, after their...

, this recording continued the band’s Glam Metal

Glam metal

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 sound found on their first CD ‘’Love at First Bite’’, albeit somewhat heavier sounding. The song "Waste of Skin" did receive slight airplay on the Internet based heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 radio station KNAC

KNAC

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, and other similar online radio stations. The added tracks on the Perris Records release were recorded later and are said to sound more like Godsmack

Godsmack

Godsmack is an American heavy metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is composed of founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Shannon Larkin...

  or early 80’s Metallica

Metallica

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.

The album never charted in the U.S. and the sales statistics were not huge(per TowerRecords.com). There was a small amount of international attention received in Europe (most notably in Germany and Italy) but the band did not travel to Europe to promote the CD.

Track listing – (2001) SS Records

1. Thunder, Perfect Mind [Intro] - 1:15
2. Dancing with the Devil - 3:43
3. Waste of Skin - 4:06
4. Ragman - 6:05
5. Mercy’s Law - 4:47
6. Machine Gun - 2:30
7. Blood [Intro] - :40
8. Creatures of the Night - 3:22
9. Devil Child - 5:03
10. Chosen One - 3:54
11. Rock City Boys - 3:15
12. Little Nikki - 3:27

Track listing – (2003) Perris Records

1. Thunder-Perfect Mind [Intro] - 1:13
2. Dancing with the Devil - 3:38
3. Waste of Skin - 4:03
4. Mercy's Law - 4:41
5. Machine Gun - 2:29
6. Blood [Intro] - 0:37
7. Creatures of the Night - 3:17
8. Devil Child - 5:00
9. The Sideshow [Intro] - 0:20
10. Ragman - 6:00
11. Little Nikki [Live] - 3:25
12. Chosen One - 3:51
13. Invisible - 4:19
14. Don't Bury Me [Intro] - 0:18
15. Kicking N' Screaming (Out of the Grave) - 4:29
16. Mercy Killing - 3:29

Line up

• RJ Blaze: Lead Vocals
• JD Raven: Guitar
• Randall Justice: Bass and Vocals
• Seann Scott
  Seann Scott (Drummer)
  Seann Scott is a rock/metal drummer who has played in various bands, and continues to be active in multiple current acts, most notably the female fronted heavy metal band Hellion.- Musical career:...
  
  : Drums and Vocals