''Black'' is

Lita Ford Lita Rossana Ford (born 19 September 1958) is an English-born American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. She was the lead guitarist for the all-female rock band the Runaways in the late 1970s, before embarking on a successful glam metal solo ...

's sixth

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and featured a change of style in her music, compared to her other albums. ''Black'' sees Ford move into other musical styles such as

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and

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, while still maintaining her

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and

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roots. There would be a 14-year gap between ''Black'' and her next studio album, 2009's '' Wicked Wonderland''.

Track listing

All songs were written by Michael Dan Ehmig and

, except where noted. # "Black" – 5:07 # "Fall" ''(Rodger Carter, Larry 'Bones' Dennison, Ford, Debby Holiday)'' – 5:18 # "Loverman" – 5:55 # "Killin' Kind" ''(Ehmig, Ford,

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)'' – 4:29 # "Hammerhead" – 4:37 # "Boilin' Point" – 3:51 # "Where Will I Find My Heart Tonight" – 4:17 # "War of the Angels" – 4:46 # "Joe" ''(Carter, Dennison, Ford, Holiday)'' – 5:40 # "White Lightnin'" – 3:58 # "Smokin' Toads" (Instrumental) ''(Ford)'' – 4:13 # "Spider Monkeys" – 6:51

Personnel

Musicians

- lead vocals, all guitars * Larry 'Bones' Dennison - bass *Rodger Carter - drums and percussion ;Additional personnel *

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- additional percussion *

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- harmonica *

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- cello on "War of the Angels" *

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, Michael Dan Ehmig, Dave King, Pork Chop,

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, Billy DiCicco - backing vocals

Production

*The Robb Brothers - producers, engineers, mixing *Matt Ellard, Doug Trantow, Joe Breuer, Mike Gibson - assistant engineers *Steve Hall - mastering *Guitar and Studio Technician- Toni Francavilla

References

1995 albums Lita Ford albums ZYX Music albums {{1990s-hard-rock-album-stub