Badlands (Badlands album)

Badlands is the first 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. The album features at No. 35 of Rolling Stone list of 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time.[4]

Badlands
Studio album by Badlands
Released	May 11, 1989
Recorded	October 1988 and January 1989
Studio	One On One Studios, Los Angeles, and The Record Plant, New York City
Genre	Hard rock, blues rock
Length	49:33
Label	Titanium/Atlantic
Producer	Paul O'Neill & Badlands
Badlands chronology
Badlands (1989) Voodoo Highway (1991)
Singles from Badlands
"Dreams in the Dark" / "Hard Driver" Released: 1989

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	10/10[2]
Rock Hard	9.0/10[3]

Track listing

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

1. "High Wire" (Lee, Gillen) – 3:45
2. "Dreams in the Dark" – 3:29
3. "Jade's Song" (Lee) – 1:23
4. "Winter's Call" (Lee, Gillen, Alex González) – 5:35
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

11. "Ball & Chain" (Lee, Gillen) – 4:13

Personnel

Badlands

• Ray Gillen – lead vocals, harmonica
• Jake E. Lee – guitars, mandolin, sitar, keyboards
• Greg Chaisson – bass
• Eric Singer – drums

Additional musicians

• Taso Karras – tambourine, maracas
• Bob Kinkel – keyboards programming

Production

• Paul O'Neill – producer
• James A. Ball – engineer, mixing
• Chuck Cavanaugh, Glen Marchese, Joe Henehan, John Mathias, Teddy Trewhella – additional engineering
• Dave Parla, Deek Venarchick – assistant engineers
• David Thoener – mixing
• Jack Skinner – mastering at Europadisk, New York

Charts

Album Year Chart Position 1989 Swedish Albums Chart[5] 35 UK Albums Chart[6] 39 Billboard 200 (US)[7] 57

Singles Year Single Chart Position 1989 "Dreams in the Dark" Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)[8] 38

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. "Badlands - Badlands (Album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
6. "Badlands Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
7. "Badlands Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
8. "Badlands Chart History: Mainstream Rock". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved June 23, 2018.

External links

• Album information at Black Sabbath Online