Phantom Blue (album)
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Phantom Blue | ||||
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File:Phantombluealbum01.jpg | ||||
Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1989[1] | |||
Studio | Prairie Sun Recording Studios in Cotati, California | |||
Genre | Heavy metal, hard rock, glam metal | |||
Length | 31:11 | |||
Label | Shrapnel | |||
Producer | Steve Fontano, Marty Friedman, Peter Marrino | |||
Phantom Blue chronology | ||||
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Alternative Cover | ||||
Roadrunner Records edition Roadrunner Records edition | ||||
Singles from Phantom Blue | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[2] |
Rock Hard | 6.5/10[3] |
Phantom Blue is the self-titled first studio album by all-female heavy metal band Phantom Blue, released in 1989 through Shrapnel Records (United States) and Roadrunner Records (Europe and Japan). Guitarist Marty Friedman, at the time a member of the band Cacophony, and later of Megadeth, is credited as a co-producer. According to drummer Linda McDonald, the music video for "Why Call It Love?" was filmed within a maximum security prison in Carson City, Nevada.[4]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Going Mad" | Nicole Couch | 3:25 |
2. | "Last Shot" | Michelle Meldrum | 3:24 |
3. | "Why Call It Love?" | Steve Fontano, Jerry Marquez | 4:13 |
4. | "Frantic Zone" | Couch | 3:29 |
5. | "Slow It Down" | Couch | 3:21 |
6. | "Walking Away" | Couch, Fontano | 3:31 |
7. | "Fought It Out" | Couch | 2:47 |
8. | "Never Too Late" | Fontano, Marty Friedman, Couch, Meldrum | 3:31 |
9. | "Out of Control" | Meldrum, Friedman | 3:30 |
Total length: | 31:11 |
Personnel
- Phantom Blue
- Gigi Hangach – lead vocals, background vocals
- Nicole Couch – guitar, background vocals
- Michelle Meldrum – guitar, background vocals
- Kim Nielsen – bass
- Linda McDonald – drums
- Additional musicians
- Mike Mani, Dan Meblin – keyboards
- Jennifer Hall – background vocals
- Production
- Steve Fontano – producer, engineer
- Marty Friedman – producer
- Peter Marrino – vocal arrangement (tracks 2, 5–7, 9), producer (tracks 2, 5–7, 9)
- George Horn – mastering at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California
- Joe Marquez, Marc Reyburn – production assistance
References
- ^ "Phantom Blue - Phantom Blue". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 261. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- ^ Stratmann, Holger (1989). "Review Album: Phantom Blue - Phantom Blue". Rock Hard (in German). No. 34. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
- ^ McDonald, Linda (2007-08-25). "New "Fear Of The Dark" Japanese promo video!". Ultimate Metal Forum. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
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