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  • Artist: L.A. Guns
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1991
  • Total Time: 52:18
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

L.A. Guns' third album, Hollywood Vampires, shows some signs of stagnation for the Californian sleaze rock band. Although there are handful of strong songs, usually powered by greasy riffs, a fair majority of the album sounds processed, as if the band were aiming for a Top 40 crossover hit, much like Cocked & Loaded's "The Ballad of Jayne." And they almost got that success with "It's Over Now," but the song sounded forced, like most of the power ballads on the album. When L.A. Guns stick with the rockers, they sound inspired and as good as they ever have. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Over the Edge (Lyrics) Mick Cripps, Tracii Guns, Kelly Nickels, Steve Riley, Philip Lewis L.A. Guns (5:41)
Some Lie 4 Love (Lyrics) Mick Cripps, Tracii Guns, Steve Riley, Kelly Nickels, Philip Lewis L.A. Guns (3:34)
Kiss My Love Goodbye (Lyrics) Mick Cripps, Steve Diamond, Tracii Guns, Steve Riley, Kelly Nickels, Philip Lewis L.A. Guns (4:42)
Here It Comes (Lyrics) Mick Cripps, Tracii Guns, Steve Riley, Kelly Nickels, Philip Lewis L.A. Guns (4:37)
Crystal Eyes (Lyrics) Mick Cripps, Tracii Guns, Steve Riley, Kelly Nickels, Philip Lewis L.A. Guns (5:54)
Wild Obsession (Lyrics) Mick Cripps, Tracii Guns, Steve Riley, Kelly Nickels, Philip Lewis L.A. Guns (4:14)
Dirty Luv (Lyrics) Mick Cripps, Tracii Guns, Steve Riley, Kelly Nickels, Philip Lewis L.A. Guns (4:29)
My Koo Ka Choo (Lyrics) Mick Cripps, Tracii Guns, Steve Riley, Kelly Nickels, Philip Lewis L.A. Guns (4:06)
It's Over Now (Lyrics) Mick Cripps, Tracii Guns, Steve Riley, Kelly Nickels, Philip Lewis L.A. Guns (4:10)
Snake Eyes Boogie Mick Cripps, Tracii Guns, Steve Riley, Kelly Nickels, Philip Lewis L.A. Guns (2:56)
I Found You (Lyrics) Mick Cripps, Tracii Guns, Steve Riley, Kelly Nickels, Philip Lewis L.A. Guns (3:43)
Big House Mick Cripps, Tracii Guns, Steve Riley, Kelly Nickels, Philip Lewis L.A. Guns (4:12)

Credits

Will Rogers (Engineer), Kevin Becka (Mixing Assistant), Mick Cripps (Guitar), Mick Cripps (Arranger), Mick Cripps (Keyboards), Mick Cripps (Vocals), Ron Grinel (Drum Technician), Mick Guzauski (Mixing), L.A. Guns (Main Performer), Tracii Guns (Guitar), Tracii Guns (Vocals), Tracii Guns (Slide Guitar), Michael James Jackson (Producer), Michael James Jackson (Engineer), Dennis Keeley (Photography), Stephen Marcussen (Mastering), Maxine Miller (Illustrations), Chris Minto (Engineer), Pat Regan (Engineer), Micajah Ryan (Engineer), Micajah Ryan (Mixing), Kevin Savigar (Arranger), David Thoener (Engineer), David Thoener (Mixing), John Townsend (Vocals (Background)), Jim Wirt (Assistant Engineer), Ed Korengo (Mixing Assistant), Kelly Nickels (Guitar (Bass)), Kelly Nickels (Vocals), Jamie Seyberth (Assistant Engineer), Steve Riley (Percussion), Steve Riley (Drums), Steve Riley (Vocals), Gil Marales (Mixing Assistant), Philip Lewis (Vocals)
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Hollywood Vampires
Studio album by L.A. Guns
Released 1991
Recorded Ocean Way, Hollywood, California, 1991
Genre Hard rock
Length 52:18
Label Polydor
Producer Michael James Jackson
Professional reviews
L.A. Guns chronology
I Wanna Be Your Man
(1990)		 Hollywood Vampires
(1991)		 Holiday Foreplay
(1991)

Hollywood Vampires is the third official full-length L.A. Guns album. Released in 1991, the meticulous production gives the album a sound typical of the period -- a full sound, with lots of background harmony vocals, layered guitars, additional keyboard tracks. The album starts in a more somber note with "Over The Edge", which was also feature on the film Point Break, but the bulk of it consists of standard hard rockers, such as "Kiss My Love Goodbye" and "My Koo Ka Choo". The band aims for the ballad hit several times, in "Crystal Eyes", "It's Over Now" and the 50's-style "I Found You", attempting to repeat the earlier success of their major single "The Ballad Of Jayne". While no track from the album topped the charts (and the band's success declined soon afterwards as their style fell out of commercial favor), Hollywood Vampires presents various shades of the band and is representative of the late 80s/early 90s hard rock scene, with riff-laden songs and big choruses on every song. The Japan pressing adds the original version of "Ain't The Same" from the Cuts EP, with the addition of several sax solos. The original CD release featured a 3-D photo cover and a small pair of 3-D glasses were included.

During the Hollywood Vampires tour in January 1992, drummer Steve Riley was fired and replaced by M.C. Bones.

Track listing

  1. "Over The Edge"
  2. "Some Lie 4 Love"
  3. "Kiss My Love Goodbye"
  4. "Here It Comes"
  5. "Crystal Eyes"
  6. "Wild Obsession"
  7. "Dirty Luv"
  8. "My Koo Ka Choo"
  9. "It's Over Now"
  10. "Snake Eyes Boogie"
  11. "I Found You"
  12. "Big House"
  13. "Ain't The Same (Japan bonus track)"

Personnel

v • d • e
L.A. Guns
Current Phil Lewis lineup : Phil Lewis · Stacey Blades · Kenny Kweens · Steve Riley
Current Tracii Guns lineup : Jizzy Pearl · Tracii Guns · Jeremy Guns · Chad Stewart
Past members : Click here for past lineups
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilation
albums
Singles
"The Ballad Of Jayne" · "Kiss My Love Goodbye" · "Some Lie For Love" · "It s Over Now"
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