Faster Pussycat (album)

Faster Pussycat is the first album by the band of the same name. The album reached #97 on the Billboard 200 chart.[4] Videos were made for several of the songs on the album, including "Don't Change That Song", which had a video directed by Russ Meyer.

Faster Pussycat
Studio album by
Faster Pussycat
ReleasedJuly 7, 1987
Recorded1986-1987
GenreGlam metal
Length36:13
LabelElektra
ProducerRic Browde
Faster Pussycat chronology
Faster Pussycat
(1987)		 Wake Me When It's Over
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB[2]
Melodic[3]

The band performed "Cathouse" and "Bathroom Wall" in the film The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, and they were interviewed in the segment as well.

The album was reissued on CD by UK-based company Rock Candy Records, with expanded liner notes and photos.

Style

Unlike most of the rest of their music, this album is generally seen as just being a pure glam metal album without the later blues or industrial influences they would take in.[5][6][7][8][9]

Track listing
  1. "Don't Change That Song" (Taime Downe, Greg Steele) – 3:40
  2. "Bathroom Wall" (Downe) – 3:40
  3. "No Room for Emotion" (Downe, Brent Muscat) – 3:56
  4. "Cathouse" (Downe) – 3:42
  5. "Babylon" (Downe, Steele) – 3:14
  6. "Smash Alley" (Downe, Muscat) – 3:28
  7. "Shooting You Down" (Downe) – 3:46
  8. "City Has No Heart" (Downe, Muscat) – 4:19
  9. "Ship Rolls In" (Downe, Steele) – 3:26
  10. "Bottle in Front of Me" (Downe, Muscat) – 3:02

Reception

In 2005, Faster Pussycat was ranked number 498 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[10]

Personnel
  • Taime Downe - lead vocals
  • Greg Steele - guitar, backing vocals
  • John Dubo - guitar, backing vocals
  • Eric Stacy - bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mark Michals - drums, backing vocals

References
  1. Faster Pussycat at AllMusic
  2. Robert Christgau review
  3. Melodic review
  4. "Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  5. "Whatever Happened To: The B-Listers of Hair Metal". Consequence of Sound. 2010-09-26. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  6. "Top 50 Glam Metal Albums". Metal Rules. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  7. "10 Hair Metal Albums That Don't Suck". Consequence of Sound. 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  8. "Top 20 Hair Metal Albums of All Time: The Complete List". LA Weekly. 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  9. Westhoff, Ben (6 December 2011). "Chuck Klosterman's Favorite Hair Metal Albums". LA Weekly. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  10. [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 7. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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