Atomic Playboys

Atomic Playboys
Cover art by H. R. Giger
Studio album by Steve Stevens
Released	1989
Recorded	Right Track Recording in New York City, New York; The Enterprise Studios in Los Angeles, California; The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, California
Genre	Hard rock
Length	50:17
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Ted Templeman, Beau Hill, Steve Stevens
Steve Stevens chronology
Atomic Playboys (1989) Black Light Syndrome (1997)

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Atomic Playboys is the first studio album by guitarist Steve Stevens, released in 1989 through Warner Bros. Records. It charted at #119 on that year's Billboard 200, and featured cover art by surrealist artist H.R. Giger, who designed the Xenomorph creature in the Alien film series. The title track was used in the closing credits of Australian television network The Nine Network's coverage of Formula One throughout the early 1990s, whilst "Power of Suggestion" featured in the 1994 film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Atomic Playboys"	Steve Stevens	5:47
2.	"Power of Suggestion"	Stevens	4:37
3.	"Action"	Andy Scott, Mick Tucker, Brian Connolly, Steve Priest	4:44
4.	"Desperate Heart"	Stevens, Perry McCarty, Beau Hill, Fiona	4:33
5.	"Soul on Ice"	Stevens	3:57
6.	"Crackdown"	Stevens	5:44
7.	"Pet the Hot Kitty"	Stevens, McCarty, Hill	4:03
8.	"Evening Eye"	Stevens, McCarty	3:56
9.	"Woman of 1,000 Years"	Stevens	4:21
10.	"Run Across Desert Sands (Instrumental)"	Stevens	3:52
11.	"Slipping into Fiction"	Stevens	4:43
Total length:			50:17

Japanese edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Warm Female"	4:10

Personnel

• Steve Stevens – vocals, guitar, bass (except track 1), production
• Perry McCarty – vocals
• Phil Ashley – keyboard, preamplifier
• Thommy Price – drums (except tracks 4, 8)
• Anton Fig – drums (tracks 4, 8)
• Kasim Sulton – bass (track 1)
• Chris Botti – horn (track 2), horn arrangement (track 2)
• Kent Smith – horn (track 2), horn arrangement (track 2)
• Mike Davis – horn (track 2)
• Andy Snitzer – horn (track 2)
• Daniel Wilensky – horn (track 2)
• Paul Winger – background vocals
• Nate Winger – background vocals
• Paulette Brown – background vocals (tracks 2, 9)
• Bunny Hull – background vocals (track 2)
• Fiona – background vocals (track 4)
• Dave Wittman – engineering, mixing
• Debi Cornish – engineering
• Danny Mormando – engineering
• Joel Stoner – engineering
• Jeff DeMorris – engineering
• John Kubick – digital editing
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Beau Hill – background vocals, production
• Ted Templeman – executive production

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1989	Billboard 200	119