Badlands
Studio album by
Badlands
ReleasedMay 11, 1989
RecordedOctober 1988 - January 1989
StudioOne On One Studios, Los Angeles, and The Record Plant, New York City
Genre
Length49:33
LabelTitanium/Atlantic
ProducerPaul O'Neill & Badlands
Badlands chronology
Badlands
(1989) 		Voodoo Highway
(1991)
Singles from Badlands
  1. "Dreams in the Dark" / "Hard Driver"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal10/10[2]
Rock Hard9.0/10[3]

Badlands is the debut studio album by the band of the same name. This album features Ray Gillen and Eric Singer, who previously played together in Black Sabbath. This album also features guitarist Jake E. Lee and bassist Greg Chaisson. Singer later played on Chaisson's solo album It's About Time. The album had sold 400,000 copies by 1990, according to Chaisson, in a Hit Parader interview from that year. It was also ranked No. 35 in Rolling Stone's list of 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time.[4]

Critical reception

Kirk Blows, reviewer of British music newspaper Music Week, named LP as "accomplished and worthy debut" and praised its diversity.[5] Billboard called this record "a collection of well-crafted tunes that should jump out of the radio and sound great live."[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jake E. Lee, Ray Gillen and Paul O´Neill, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."High Wire"Lee, Gillen3:45
2."Dreams in the Dark" 3:29
3."Jade's Song"Lee1:23
4."Winter's Call"Lee, Gillen, Alex González5:35
5."Dancing on the Edge" 3:27
6."Streets Cry Freedom" 6:10
7."Hard Driver" 4:50
8."Rumblin' Train" 5:46
9."Devil's Stomp" 4:54
10."Seasons" 6:20
CD & Cassette Bonus Track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Ball & Chain"Lee, Gillen4:13

Personnel

Badlands
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Accolades

Publication Country Accolade Rank
Rolling Stone US 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time[11] 35
Loudwire US Top 30 Hair Metal Albums[12] 27
Metal Rules US Top 50 Glam Metal Albums[13] 43

References

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Badlands - Badlands review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  3. ^ Trojan, Frank (1989). "Review Album: Badlands - Badlands". Rock Hard (in German). No. 33. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  4. ^ Beaujour, Tom. "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time: Badlands". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  5. ^ Blows, Kirk (June 10, 1989). "Review: Badlands – Badlands" (PDF). Music Week. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 20. ISSN 0265-1548. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 31, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2022 – via World Radio History.
  6. ^ "Review: Badlands – Badlands" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 101, no. 21. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. May 27, 1989. p. 72. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 3, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022 – via World Radio History.
  7. ^ "Badlands - Badlands (Album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  8. ^ "Badlands Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  9. ^ "Badlands Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Billboard. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  10. ^ "Badlands Chart History: Mainstream Rock". Billboard.com. Billboard. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  11. ^ "Rolling Stone - 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. August 31, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  12. ^ DiVita, Joe (November 9, 2016). "Top 30 Hair Metal Albums". Loudwire. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  13. ^ "Metal Rules - Top 50 Glam Metal Albums". Metal Rules. December 2003. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2021.

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