Hot Wire is the fifth studio album by the glam metal band Kix. It was released on July 9, 1991 on East West Records.
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| Released | July 9, 1991 | |||
| Studio | Music Grinder and Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Glam metal, hard rock | |||
| Length | 46:08 | |||
| Label | East West | |||
| Producer | Kix, Taylor Rhodes | |||
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| Singles from Hot Wire | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B-)[4] |
Overview edit
Hot Wire peaked at number 64 on the Billboard 200 in October 1991.[5] It failed to match the sales of Kix's previous album, Blow My Fuse, selling slightly over 200,000 copies.[6] Producer Taylor Rhodes co-wrote five of the albums' ten songs with Donnie Purnell (the only Kix member credited as a songwriter). At the same time, Crack the Sky member John Palumbo and songwriter Bob Halligan Jr. (Judas Priest, Kiss, Icon, Blue Öyster Cult) got two co-writing credits each.
Track listing edit
- "Hot Wire" (Donnie Purnell, Taylor Rhodes) – 5:22
- "Girl Money" (Purnell, Rhodes) – 3:58
- "Luv-a-Holic" (Purnell) – 4:39
- "Tear Down the Walls" (Purnell, Rhodes) – 4:35
- "Bump the La La" (Purnell, Rhodes) – 3:28
- "Rock & Roll Overdose" (Purnell, Rhodes) – 4:29
- "Cold Chills" (Purnell, Bob Halligan Jr.) – 5:19
- "Same Jane" (Purnell, Halligan Jr.) – 4:33
- "Pants on Fire (Liar, Liar)" (Purnell, John Palumbo) – 4:12
- "Hee Bee Jee Bee Crush" (Purnell, Palumbo) – 5:33
Personnel edit
- Kix
- Steve Whiteman – lead vocals, harmonica, saxophone, acoustic guitar on "Tear Down the Walls"
- Ronnie "10/10" Younkins – rhythm guitar
- Brian "Damage" Forsythe – lead guitar
- Donnie Purnell – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, mixing on tracks 1-4, 6-9
- Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Production
- Taylor Rhodes – producer on tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, co-producer on tracks 1, 2, 4, mixing on tracks 1-4, 6-9
- Eddie DeLena – engineer, mixing on tracks 5, 10
- Lawrence Ethan, Neal Avron – additional engineering
- George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
- Hugh Syme – art direction, design
- John Scarpati, Mike Hashimoto – photography
External links edit
References edit
- ^ Franck, John. "Kix - Hot Wire review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide: Kix". Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ Garza, Janiss (12 July 1991). "Hot Wire (1991)". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "Kix Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ^ "Kix Biography". VH1. Archived from the original on 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2010-03-12.