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Shrinking Violet

 
Album Review: Shrinking Violet

  • Artist: L.A. Guns
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: June 01, 1999
  • Total Time: 57:20
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Produced by Guns N' Roses' Gilby Clarke, Shrinking Violet is a harder-edged return to L.A. Guns' roots in sleazy, crunching glam-metal a la Kiss and Mötley Crüe. Ex-Love/Hate singer Jizzy Pearl adds some street grit, as does Clarke's restrained yet muscular production. Although a few tracks are too long and begin to meander after a while, the songwriting is actually quite consistent overall; the end result is a surprisingly focused and effective album by a band that appeared all but spent as a creative force. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Girl You Turn Me On Tracii Guns L.A. Guns (4:46)
Shrinking Violet Tracii Guns L.A. Guns (3:13)
Dreamtime Williard Riley, Tracii Guns L.A. Guns (4:49)
Barbed Wire Tracii Guns, Jane Pearl, Winston Riley L.A. Guns (5:48)
I'll Be There Johnny Crypt, Tracii Guns L.A. Guns (3:59)
California Tracii Guns, Johnny Crypt L.A. Guns (3:29)
Cherries Tracii Guns L.A. Guns (3:52)
Decide Steve Riley, Jizzy Pearl, Tracii Guns L.A. Guns (5:42)
Big Lil' Thing Tracii Guns L.A. Guns (3:02)
It's Hard Johnny Crypt, Tracii Guns L.A. Guns (4:47)
Bad Whiskey Tracii Guns L.A. Guns (5:02)
How Many More Times Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham L.A. Guns (8:51)

Credits

Gilby Clarke (Producer), Gilby Clarke (Engineer)
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Shrinking Violet
Studio album by L.A. Guns
Released June 1, 1999
Genre Hard Rock
Length 57:20
Label Perris
Producer Gilby Clarke
Professional reviews
L.A. Guns chronology
Wasted
(1998)
Shrinking Violet
(1999)
Live! A Night on the Strip
(2000)

Shrinking Violet is to date the only L.A. Guns album with singer Jizzy Pearl, although a second is reportedly being worked on by the version of L.A. Guns featuring Tracii Guns, and the last with bassist Johnny Crypt. Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke made a guest appearance on this album, on the song "Dreamtime", and also produced the album.

There are at least two versions of this album, each having a different arrangement of the songs.

American track listing

  1. Girl You Turn Me On
  2. Shrinking Violet
  3. Dreamtime
  4. Barbed Wire
  5. I'll Be There
  6. California
  7. Cherries
  8. Decide
  9. Big Little Thing
  10. It's Hard
  11. Bad Whiskey
  12. How Many More Times (Led Zeppelin cover)

French track listing

  1. I'll Be There
  2. Girl You Turn Me On
  3. Cherries
  4. Decide
  5. It's Hard
  6. California
  7. Dreamtime
  8. Bad Whisky
  9. Barbed Wire
  10. Big Little Thing
  11. Shrinking Violet
  12. How Many More Times (Led Zeppelin cover)

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