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(Redirected from Vicious Circle (L.A. Guns album)) 1994 studio album by L.A. Guns
Vicious Circle
Studio album by L.A. Guns
ReleasedOctober 4, 1994
Studio
  • Ocean Way (Hollywood)
  • 4th Street Recorders (Santa Monica)
  • Red Zone (Burbank, California)
GenreHard rock
Length56:06
LabelPolydor
Producer
  • Jim Wirt
  • Michael James Jackson
(Crystal Eyes)
L.A. Guns chronology
Best Of: Hollywood a Go-Go
(1994) 		Vicious Circle
(1994) 		American Hardcore
(1996)
Singles from L.A. Guns
  1. "Long Time Dead"
    Released: 1994 (1994)
  2. "Face Down"
    Released: 1994 (1994)
  3. "Killing Machine"
    Released: 1994 (1994)

Vicious Circle is the fourth album by the American hard rock band L.A. Guns. The first single was "Long Time Dead". The band supported the album with a North American tour.

Production

Michael "Bones" Gersema drums on several songs. "I'd Love to Change the World" is a cover of the Ten Years After song.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Calgary HeraldA−
Chicago Tribune
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Rock Hard8.0/10
The Tampa Tribune

The Chicago Tribune stated that the band "hasn't wandered a bit from the glam metal they helped popularize in the late '80s—a raunchy sound that makes the true headbanger cringe," but conceded that the album "also features some danceable tunes." The Calgary Herald determined that "bow-taut guitar solos are slung against arrows of melody fired at the bulls-eye of '70s rock." The Tampa Tribune opined that "guitarist Tracii Guns' trigger-finger riffs still fire faster than a speeding bullet."

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Face Down"Kelly Nickels, Mick Cripps, Michael Gersema, Phil Lewis, Tracii Guns4:11
2."No Crime"Nickels, Gersema, Steve Dior2:35
3."Long Time Dead"Nickels, Cripps, Lewis, Guns3:22
4."Killing Machine"Nickels, Cripps, Lewis, Guns3:27
5."Fade Away"Nickels, Cripps, Gersema, Lewis, Guns4:11
6."Tarantula" (instrumental)Nickels, Cripps, Lewis, Guns0:56
7."Crystal Eyes" (American and European bonus track)Nickels, Cripps, Lewis, Steve Riley, Guns5:53
8."Nothing Better to Do"Nickels, Cripps, Lewis, Guns2:52
9."Chasing the Dragon"Nickels, Cripps, Gersema, Lewis, Guns4:50
10."Kill That Girl"Nickels, Cripps, Lewis, Guns3:13
11."I'd Love to Change the World" (Ten Years After cover)Alvin Lee3:39
12."Who's in Control (Let 'Em Roll)"Nickels, Cripps, Lewis, Guns4:02
13."I'm the One"Nickels, Cripps, Gersema, Lewis, Guns2:28
14."Why Ain't I Bleeding"Nickels, Cripps, Lewis, Guns4:32
15."Kiss of Death"Gersema, Lewis, Dior5:55
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."Death in America"Nickels, Cripps, Gersema, Lewis, Guns3:41
17."Empire Down" 3:29
Total length:57:23

Personnel

  • Phil Lewis – lead vocals except on "Nothing Better to Do", acoustic guitar
  • Tracii Guns – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Mick Cripps – lead and rhythm guitar, piano, keyboards, bass on track 4, backing vocals
  • Kelly Nickels – bass guitar, lead vocals on "Nothing Better to Do", backing vocals
Additional musicians
  • Guy Griffin – acoustic guitar on track 15
  • Michael “Bones” Gersema – drums on tracks 1, 5, 9, 13–17, backing vocals on tracks 1, 13 and 14
  • Myron Grombacher – drums on tracks 2, 10–12
  • Nickey Alexander – drums on track 4
  • Steve Riley – drums on track 7
  • Doni Gray – drums on track 8
  • Steve Councel – harmonica on track 8, 14 and 15, backing vocals on track 8
  • Cliff Brodsky – piano on track 8
  • Steve Dior – backing vocals on track 2
  • Jim Wirt – backing vocals
Production
  • Jim Wirt – producer, engineer, mixing of tracks 6, 11 to 13
  • Michael James Jackson – producer and engineer on "Crystal Eyes"
  • Dan Daniel, Dennis Degher, Jeff Graham, Mark Shoffner, Marnie Riley, Tim Allison – assistant engineers
  • Mick Guzauski – mixing of tracks 1 to 5, 7 to 10, 14, 15
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Robert Bisbo – album cover art

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) 58
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) 13

References

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  2. "L.A. Guns Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
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  4. Weatherford, Mike (10 Feb 1995). "On Tuesday, it's L.A. Guns...". Las Vegas Review-Journal. p. 2D.
  5. Harrison, Tom (17 Mar 1995). "L.A. Guns aiming to be respected old guys". The Province. p. B16.
  6. ^ McEwen, Mary-Lynn (5 Mar 1995). "RECENT RELEASES". Calgary Herald. p. C2.
  7. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "L.A. Guns - Vicious Circle review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  8. ^ Golemis, Dean (2 Mar 1995). "Recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 8.
  9. Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  10. "L.A. GUNS - Vicious Circle". ROCK HARD Heavy-Metal-Magazin.
  11. ^ Woitas, Nanette (March 10, 1995). "L.A. GUNS, Vicious Circle". FRIDAY EXTRA!. The Tampa Tribune. p. 21.
  12. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  13. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
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