Angelyne is the debut studio album by American singer and billboard model Angelyne, released as a limited edition picture disc in 1982 by Erika Records. It was her first album released under her name after fronting the band Baby Blue. She collaborated with Jordan Michaels, Dale Carroll and Leonard Johnson. Angelyne is a rock album influenced by new wave music. It features a cover version of Elvis Presley's "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" song.
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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | Jennyfudy Rudy Records San Francisco, California | |||
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| Length | 42:00 | |||
| Label | Erika | |||
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As a promotion for the album, numbers of bus shelter posters and flyers were put up in the area of Los Angeles. First assumed by Angelyne's then-boyfriend, manager and guitar player in her band Baby Blue, Jordan Michaels, her poster campaign was taken up in 1982 by the owner of billboard print company, Hugo Maisnik. Maisnik later expanded her self-promoting venture by putting large billboards of her around the city which made Angelyne famous and caused her to be proclaimed the "Billboard Queen of Los Angeles".[1]
"Kiss Me L.A." was released as a single from the album and received moderate airplay on local radio stations. A song entitled "Lee Ann Love" was intended to be included on the album but didn't appear on the final release. Angelyne has been musically compared to Berlin, Missing Persons and Kim Wilde.[2]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Kiss Me L.A." |
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| 3:14 |
| 2. | "Sexy Stranger" (Long Version) |
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| 7:35 |
| 3. | "I Want You" |
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| 5:00 |
| 4. | "Blue High Heel Shoes" |
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| 3:02 |
| 5. | "Draculove" |
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| 2:46 |
| 6. | "Teddy Bear" |
| 3:03 | |
| 7. | "Still On My Mind" |
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| 3:04 |
| 8. | "Only Love" |
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| 5:04 |
| 9. | "Loony Bin" |
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| 2:34 |
| 10. | "Hearthrob" |
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| 2:43 |
| 11. | "Sexy Stranger" (Short Version) |
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| 3:55 |
| Total length: | 42:00 | |||
Credits and personnel
edit- Angelyne – vocals
- Jordan Michaels – producer, guitar, arrangements
- Dale Carroll – producer, arrangements
- Leonard Johnson – producer
- David Dalessandro – drums
- Peter Christian – drums
- John Stanbridge – drums
- Susan Rogers – engineer
- John Banuelos – engineer
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[3]
References
edit- ^ Gamson, Joshua (January 31, 1994). Claims to Fame: Celebrity in Contemporary America. University of California Press. p. 2. ISBN 9780520914155. Retrieved on April 2, 2015.
- ^ Staff (March 5, 1983). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. p. 1. Retrieved on April 2, 2015.
- ^ Angelyne (liner notes). Angelyne. Erika Records. 1982. 057.
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