L.A. Guns (album)

L.A. Guns
Studio album by L.A. Guns
Released	January 4, 1988
Recorded	1987
Genre	Glam metal
Length	36:36
Label	Vertigo
Producer	Jim Faraci
L.A. Guns chronology
Collector's Edition No. 1 (1985) L.A. Guns (1988) Cocked & Loaded (1989)

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L.A. Guns is the first official full length album of the band L.A. Guns. This album was released in 1988. Following the success of the second album, Cocked & Loaded, this album reached gold status in the US.

Drummer Nickey "Beat" Alexander played on this album, but his replacement Steve Riley is in the album's band photo and list of band members, because he was by then an official member of L.A. Guns. A large majority of the songs were written by previous L.A. Guns vocalist Paul Black.

The album includes several remakes, including "Hollywood Tease" (previously done by singer Phil Lewis's old band Girl), and "Shoot For Thrills" (previously done by bass guitarist Kelly Nickels's old band Sweet Pain).

Torme, which was one of Phil Lewis's pre-L.A. Guns bands, had previously recorded a song titled "Sex Action", but they are two different songs with the same title. The L.A. Guns version of this song was featured on the NBC show Parks & Recreation in the episode "Tom's Divorce".

Track listing

1. "No Mercy" (Guns/Cripps/Lewis/Alexander) - 2:46
2. "Sex Action" (Guns/Lewis) - 3:41
3. "One More Reason" (Guns/Lewis) - 3:06
4. "Electric Gypsy" (Guns/Lewis) - 3:25
5. "Nothing to Lose" (Cripps/Lewis/Stoddard) - 4:12
6. "Bitch Is Back" (Guns/Cripps/Lewis) - 2:51
7. "Cry No More" (Instrumental) (Guns) - 1:18
8. "One Way Ticket" (Guns/Black) - 4:20
9. "Hollywood Tease" (Girl cover) (Lewis/Collen) - 2:52
10. "Shoot for Thrills" (Sweet Pain cover) (Nickels) - 4:29
11. "Down in the City" (Nickels/Guns) - 3:58
12. "Winter's Fool"- (Japan bonus track)

Personnel

• Phil Lewis: lead vocals
• Tracii Guns: lead guitar
• Mick Cripps: rhythm guitar
• Kelly Nickels: bass guitar
• Nickey "Beat" Alexander: drums