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Black 'n Blue (album)

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Black 'N Blue
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1984
StudioDierks Studios, Stommeln, West Germany
GenreGlam metal, heavy metal
Length40:07
LabelGeffen
ProducerDieter Dierks
Black 'n Blue chronology
Black 'N Blue
(1984)
Without Love
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[3]
Rock Hard7.0/10[4]

Black 'N Blue is the debut studio album by American glam metal band Black 'n Blue, released in 1984. The album includes the band's only song to chart as a single, Hold On to 18. In 2015, the album was ranked 28th at Rolling Stone's "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time".[3]

The track "Chains Around Heaven" had previously appeared on both the second and third pressings of the compilation album Metal Massacre (1982).

Track listing

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Side one
  1. "The Strong Will Rock" (Jaime St. James, Tommy Thayer) – 4:06
  2. "School of Hard Knocks" (St. James, Thayer) – 3:58
  3. "Autoblast" (St. James, Thayer, Jeff Warner) – 3:53
  4. "Hold On to 18" (St. James, Thayer) – 4:12
  5. "Wicked Bitch" (St. James) – 4:17
Side two
  1. "Action" (Brian Connolly, Steve Priest, Andy Scott, Mick Tucker) – 3:36 (Sweet cover)
  2. "Show Me the Night" (St. James, Thayer) – 4:01
  3. "One for the Money" (St. James, Thayer) – 4:19
  4. "I'm the King" (St. James, Thayer, Patrick Young, Pete Holmes) – 3:42
  5. "Chains Around Heaven" (St. James, Thayer) – 4:00

Personnel

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Black 'n Blue
Production

Charts

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Chart (1984) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[5] 129

References

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  1. ^ "Black 'N Blue review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  3. ^ a b Eddy, Chuck (13 October 2015). "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Review Album : Black 'N Blue - Black 'N Blue". Rock Hard (in German). No. 8. 1984. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  5. ^ "Black 'n Blue Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
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