Lita (album)
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Lita is an album by Lita Ford
, released in February, 1988 on RCA Records
. The album features a duet with Ozzy Osbourne
, "Close My Eyes Forever," as well as "Kiss Me Deadly," another hit for Ford. Pat Benatar
's rhythm section (Don Nossov and Myron Grombacher) is also featured throughout the album.
The song "Close My Eyes Forever" is featured on the video game Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore. Its single peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100
chart.
The track "Kiss Me Deadly" was named the 76th best hard rock song of all time by VH1
.
Lita Ford
Lita Ford is a British-born, American rock musician and singer who was the lead guitarist for The Runaways and achieved popularity for her solo career between the 1980s and late 2000s.-Early life:...
, released in February, 1988 on RCA Records
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
. The album features a duet with Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...
, "Close My Eyes Forever," as well as "Kiss Me Deadly," another hit for Ford. Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar is an American singer and four-time Grammy winner. She had considerable commercial success particularly in the United States...
's rhythm section (Don Nossov and Myron Grombacher) is also featured throughout the album.
The song "Close My Eyes Forever" is featured on the video game Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore. Its single peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
chart.
The track "Kiss Me Deadly" was named the 76th best hard rock song of all time by VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
.
Track listing
- "Back to the Cave" (Mike Chapman, David Ezrin, Lita FordLita FordLita Ford is a British-born, American rock musician and singer who was the lead guitarist for The Runaways and achieved popularity for her solo career between the 1980s and late 2000s.-Early life:...
) – 4:01 - "Can't Catch Me" (Ezrin, Ford, Lemmy KilmisterLemmy KilmisterIan Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister is an English heavy metal musician....
) – 3:58 - "Blueberry" (Chapman) – 3:47
- "Kiss Me Deadly" (Mick Smiley) – 3:59
- "Falling in and Out of Love" (Ezrin, Ford, Nikki SixxNikki SixxNikki Sixx is an American musician, songwriter, author, fashion designer, radio host, and photographer, best known as the co-founder and bassist of the band Mötley Crüe. Prior to forming Mötley Crüe, Sixx was a member of Sister before going on to form London with his Sister band mate Lizzie Grey...
) – 5:07 - "Fatal Passion" (Ezrin, Ford, Punky Peru) – 4:41
- "Under the Gun" (Ford) – 4:48
- "Broken Dreams" (Ezrin, Ford) – 5:12
- "Close My Eyes Forever" (with Ozzy OsbourneOzzy OsbourneJohn Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...
) (Ford, Osbourne) – 4:42
Personnel
- Lita Ford – guitar, vocals
- David Ezrin – keyboards
- Don Nossov – bass guitar
- Myron Grombacher – drums
- Craig KrampfCraig KrampfCraig Krampf is an American musician and songwriter.The majority of his notable credits are as a studio drummer. Since the 1970s, he has played on albums by other artists ranging from Steve Perry to Alabama to Kim Carnes to Flo and Eddie to Alice Cooper to Melissa Etheridge...
– additional percussion, drums - Llory McDonald – background vocals
- Mike Chapman – background vocals
Production
- Produced by Mike Chapman
- Recorded, engineered & mixed by George Tutko (at Village RecordersThe Village (studio)The Village is a famous recording studio in Los Angeles, California.Since the 1960s, The Village has been the home to recordings by artists such as Aerosmith, The Allman Brothers, The Beach Boys, Mariah Carey, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Alice Cooper, Elvis Costello, The Doors, Bob...
& One on One Recording Studios) - Assistant engineers: Brett Swain, Charlie Brocco, Jimmy Hoyson, Toby WrightToby WrightToby Wright is a record producer and mixing engineer who has worked with artists such as Alice in Chains, Metallica, Sevendust and Korn. He is currently in Nashville, Tennessee working on Kara Clark's latest Ep.-Producer:...
- Mastered by George Marino