Whiplash Smile is Billy Idol

Billy Idol

William Michael Albert Broad , better known by his stage name Billy Idol, is an English rock musician. A member of the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans, Idol first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X...

's third full-length album. Released in 1986, it was supported by the singles "To Be a Lover", "Sweet Sixteen", and "Don't Need a Gun". "To Be a Lover" was the biggest hit from the album, peaking at #6 in the US, with the other two singles hitting the top forty in the US and around the world.
The album has been certified by RIAA platinum and by BPI platinum.

Track listing

• All Songs Written By Billy Idol, except where noted.

1. "Worlds Forgotten Boy" – 5:43 (Idol/Stevens)
2. "To Be a Lover
   To Be a Lover
   "To Be a Lover" is a song by Billy Idol from his 1986 album Whiplash Smile. It became Idol's second Top 10 hit in the US, peaking at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Charts:...
   
   " – 3:52 (Bell/Jones)
3. "Soul Standing By" – 4:34
4. "Sweet Sixteen" – 4:17
5. "Man for All Seasons" – 4:39 (Idol/Stevens)
6. "Don't Need a Gun" – 6:17
7. "Beyond Belief" – 4:02
8. "Fatal Charm" – 3:44 (Featured in the film A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
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   ) (Forsey/Idol/Stevens)
9. "All Summer Single" – 4:36
10. "One Night, One Chance" – 3:57 (Idol/Stevens)

Personnel

• Billy Idol — vocals, guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Steve Stevens
  Steve Stevens
  Steve Stevens is an American guitarist and songwriter.He is best known for playing for other artists and less known for his critically acclaimed solo efforts , collaborations Steve Stevens (born as Steven Schneider on May 5, 1959, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American guitarist and songwriter.He...
  
   — guitar, bass, keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , programming
• Marcus Miller
  Marcus Miller
  Marcus Miller is an American jazz composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Miller is best known as a bassist, working with trumpeter Miles Davis, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn, as well as maintaining a prolific solo career...
  
   — bass
• John Regan
  John Regan (bassist)
  John Regan is an American musician, songwriter, producer and bassist. He is notable for being a member of ex-KISS guitarist Ace Frehley's band "Frehley's Comet" from 1984 to 1990. He has also recorded and performed with Peter Frampton 1979 til currently, John Waite, The Rolling Stones, Stephen...
  
   — bass
• Phillip Ashley — keyboards
• Harold Faltermeyer
  Harold Faltermeyer
  Harold Faltermeyer is a German musician, keyboardist, composer and record producer.He is recognized as one of the composers/producers who best captured the zeitgeist of 1980s synth-pop in film scores...
  
   — keyboards
• David Frank — keyboards
• Richard Tee
  Richard Tee
  Richard Tee was a pianist, studio musician, singer and arranger.Tee graduated from the High School of Music and Art and attended the Manhattan School of Music. Though better known as a studio and session musician, Tee led a jazz ensemble, the Richard Tee Committee, and was a founding member of the...
  
   — keyboards
• Thommy Price
  Thommy Price
  Thommy Price is a rock musician from Brooklyn, New York. He's played drums in numerous bands, including Billy Idol, Blue Öyster Cult, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and is an in-demand session drummer.-History:...
  
   - drums, percussion
• Jocelyn Brown
  Jocelyn Brown
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  — background vocals
• Connie Harvey — background vocals
• Janet Wright — background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1986)	Peak position	Total weeks
Austrian Albums Chart	18	14
Canadian Albums Chart	6
German Albums Chart	9
New Zealand Albums Chart	5	31
Norwegian Albums Chart	12	5
Swedish Albums Chart	4	7
Swiss Albums Chart	4	20
UK Albums Chart	8	20
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	6	9

Certification

Country	Certification	Sales
United States	Platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom	Gold	100,000

Production

• Produced By Keith Forsey
• Recording Engineers: Dave Concors, Debi Cornish, Neil Dorfsman, Moira Marquis, Bill Miranda, Steve Tjaden, Dave Wittman
• Mixing Engineer: Gary Langan
• Assistant Mixing Engineer: Craig Vogel
• Mastering: George Marino