Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz is the debut album by the American band Pretty Boy Floyd.[4][5] It reached No. 130 on the United States Billboard chart in 1989. It was released on MCA Records and was produced by Howard Benson.
Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 5, 1989 | |||
Recorded | Kajem/Victory Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||
Genre | Glam metal[1][2] | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Howard Benson | |||
Pretty Boy Floyd chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [3] |
The band produced videos for the songs "Rock and Roll (Is Gonna Set the Night on Fire)" and "I Wanna Be with You”.
Track listing
edit- Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz - 4:48
- Rock and Roll (Is Gonna Set the Night on Fire) - 3:13
- Wild Angels - 5:08
- 48 Hours - 2:59
- Toast of the Town* - 3:18
- Rock and Roll Outlaws - 2:33
- Only the Young - 3:51
- The Last Kiss - 2:39
- Your Mama Won't Know - 3:42
- I Wanna Be with You - 3:57
- *This is a cover of a Mötley Crüe song which appeared as the b-side to their debut single, "Stick To Your Guns", released on their Leathür Records label in 1981.
Bonus
editThe 2003 bonus re-issue featured some extra tracks, a couple of which had been recorded as part of Kristy Majors solo project.
- Slam Dunk
- She's My Baby
- Two Hearts
- Over the Edge
- I Just Wanna Have Something to Do (Ramones cover)
Limited Edition
editA very limited-release 2011 re-issue featured a cover of Department of Youth, by Alice Cooper, originally released on Welcome to my Nightmare in 1975.
Personnel
editPretty Boy Floyd
edit- Steve "Sex" Summers – lead vocals
- Kristy "Krash" Majors – guitars, backing vocals
- Vinnie Chas – bass, backing vocals
- Kari Kane – drums, backing vocals
Additional musicians
edit- Howard Benson – keyboards
- Matt Bradley – vocals
- Phil Balvano – vocals
- Jennifer "Miss Frosty" Hoopes, Paris Hampton, Maura Eagan, Candice Gartland, Elizabeth Goldner, Katharine Lundy – backing vocals
Production
edit- Produced By Howard Benson
- Recorded, Engineered & Mixed By Howard Benson & Bill Jackson
- Assistant Engineers: Brian Stover, Brooke Hendricks, George Schureman, Jeff Chestek, Mike Cohn
- Glen LaFerman – photography
- Paula Janecek – artwork, design, layout design
References
edit- ^ "Top 50 Glam Metal Albums". Metal Rules. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ Beaujour, Tom; Bienstock, Richard; Eddy, Chuck; Fischer, Reed; Grow, Kory; Johnston, Maura; Weingarten, Christopher R. (August 31, 2019). "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2014). The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade. Voyageur Press. p. 178.
- ^ Klosterman, Chuck (September 2002). "Paradise City". Spin. Vol. 18, no. 9. p. 78.