Love Is for Suckers

Love is for Suckers
Studio album by Twisted Sister
Released	August 13, 1987
Recorded	At Atlantic Studios, NYC
Genre	Heavy metalGlam metal
Length	38:18
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Beau Hill
Twisted Sister chronology
Come Out and Play (1985) Love is for Suckers (1987) Still Hungry (2004)

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Love Is for Suckers is the fifth album by the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. According to the Live At Wacken DVD, the material was originally meant to be a solo album by Twisted Sister's lead singer, Dee Snider, but the label pushed for it to be released under the Twisted Sister name instead. Love Is For Suckers was released by Atlantic Records on August 13, 1987. The tour for the album ended in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 10, 1987. Two days later, on October 12, 1987, vocalist Dee Snider announced his departure from the band.

This would be Twisted Sister's final studio album, as all albums since have been compilations or live albums (with the single exception of Still Hungry in 2004 which was simply a rerecording of 1984's Stay Hungry).

Dee Snider has stated that he likes many of songs on the album, vocally. However he feels that if they play any of them live, then it may bring back bad memories for the band.

No songs from this album appeared on the band's 1992 greatest hits album Big Hits and Nasty Cuts.

Track listing

1. "Wake Up (The Sleeping Giant)" (Dee Snider) – 4:19
2. "Hot Love" (Dee Snider) – 3:28
3. "Love Is for Suckers" (Marky Carter, Dee Snider) – 3:25
4. "I'm So Hot for You" (Dee Snider) – 4:05
5. "Tonight" (Dee Snider) – 3:51
6. "Me and the Boys" (Dee Snider) – 3:52
7. "One Bad Habit" (Dee Snider) – 3:18
8. "I Want This Night (To Last Forever)" (Mark Tanner, Marty Wagner, Dee Snider) – 4:18
9. "You Are All That I Need" (Dee Snider) – 4:17
10. "Yeah Right" (Dee Snider) – 3:14

Re-release bonus tracks

11. "Feel Appeal" [*] – 3:19
12. "Statutory Date" [*] – 3:11
13. "If That's What You Want" [*] – 4:25
14. "I Will Win" [*] – 3:29

Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position	Total weeks
Canadian Albums Chart	78	8
German Albums Chart	59
Norwegian Albums Chart	11	8
Swedish Albums Chart	43	2
Swiss Albums Chart	17	1
UK Albums Chart	57	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 200	74	11

Credits

Twisted Sister

• Dee Snider – lead vocals
• Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda - lead guitar
• Jay Jay French - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Mark "The Animal" Mendoza – bass, backing vocals
• Joe Franco – drums, percussion (credited as Joey "Seven" Franco)

Additional musicians

• Reb Beach – guitars
• Beau Hill – keyboards, backing vocals
• The New West Horns – horns
• Jimmy Chalfant – backing vocals
• Steve Whiteman – backing vocals
• Kip Winger – backing vocals

Production

• Beau Hill - producer, engineer, arrangement
• Stephen Benben - engineer
• Ira McLaughlin - assisted engineering
• Ted Jensen - mastering at Sterling Sound, NYC
• Reb Beach - arrangement
• Twisted Sister - arrangement
• Ronni le Tekro - arrangement
• Bob Defrin - art direction
• Frank Moscati - photography
• Dee Snider - cover concept

Single

• "Hot Love" / "Tonight"

Released on August 1, 1987, this was Twisted Sister's final single release. The single version of "Hot Love" is longer than the album version.