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1989 studio album by Badlands
Badlands is the debut studio album by the band of the
same name . This album features
Ray Gillen and
Eric Singer , who previously played together in
Black Sabbath . This album also features guitarist
Jake E. Lee and bassist
Greg Chaisson . Singer later played on Chaisson's solo album It's About Time . The album had sold 400,000 copies by 1990, according to Chaisson, in a
Hit Parader interview from that year. It was also ranked No. 35 in
Rolling Stone ' s list of 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time.
[4]
Kirk Blows, reviewer of British music newspaper
Music Week , named LP as "accomplished and worthy debut" and praised its diversity.
[5]
Billboard called this record "a collection of well-crafted tunes that should jump out of the radio and sound great live."
[6]
All tracks are written by
Jake E. Lee ,
Ray Gillen and
Paul O´Neill , except where noted
Title Writer(s) 1. "High Wire" Lee, Gillen 3:45 2. "Dreams in the Dark" 3:29 3. "Jade's Song" Lee 1:23 4. "Winter's Call" Lee, Gillen,
Alex González 5:35 5. "Dancing on the Edge" 3:27 6. "Streets Cry Freedom" 6:10 7. "Hard Driver" 4:50 8. "Rumblin' Train" 5:46 9. "Devil's Stomp" 4:54 10. "Seasons" 6:20
CD & Cassette Bonus Track Title Writer(s) 11. "Ball & Chain" Lee, Gillen 4:13
Badlands
Additional musicians
Taso Karras – tambourine, maracas
Bob Kinkel – keyboards programming
Production
Paul O'Neill – producer
James A. Ball – engineer, mixing
Chuck Cavanaugh, Glen Marchese, Joe Henehan, John Mathias, Teddy Trewhella – additional engineering
Dave Parla, Deek Venarchick – assistant engineers
David Thoener – mixing
Jack Skinner – mastering at Europadisk, New York
Publication
Country
Accolade
Rank
Rolling Stone
US
50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time
[10]
35
Loudwire
US
Top 30 Hair Metal Albums
[11]
27
Metal Rules
US
Top 50 Glam Metal Albums
[12]
43
^ Rivadavia, Eduardo.
"Badlands - Badlands review" .
AllMusic .
All Media Network . Retrieved June 23, 2018 .
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Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties .
Burlington, Ontario , Canada:
Collector's Guide Publishing . p. 36.
ISBN
978-1-894959-31-5 .
^ Trojan, Frank (1989).
"Review Album: Badlands - Badlands" .
Rock Hard (in German). No. 33. Retrieved June 24, 2018 .
^ Beaujour, Tom.
"50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time: Badlands" .
Rolling Stone . Retrieved June 23, 2018 .
^ Blows, Kirk (June 10, 1989).
"Review: Badlands – Badlands " (PDF) .
Music Week . London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 20.
ISSN
0265-1548 . Archived from
the original (PDF) on December 31, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2022 – via World Radio History.
^
"Review: Badlands – Badlands " (PDF) .
Billboard . Vol. 101, no. 21. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. May 27, 1989. p. 72.
ISSN
0006-2510 . Archived from
the original (PDF) on April 3, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022 – via World Radio History.
^
"Swedishcharts.com – Badlands – Badlands" . Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^
"Official Albums Chart Top 100" .
Official Charts Company . Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^
"Badlands Chart History (Billboard 200)" .
Billboard . Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^
"Rolling Stone - 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time" . Rolling Stone . August 31, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2021 .
^ DiVita, Joe (November 9, 2016).
"Top 30 Hair Metal Albums" . Loudwire . Retrieved June 18, 2021 .
^
"Metal Rules - Top 50 Glam Metal Albums" .
Metal Rules . December 2003. Archived from
the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2021 .
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