''Dangerous Curves'' is the fifth studio album by American

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...

/ heavy metal singer and guitarist

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 ...

, released in 1991. Though it was a popular release and received heavy video rotation on MTV,Sherman, Dale. ''20th Century Rock And Roll : Women In Rock''. Collector's Guide Publishing, inc, p53 the album was not as successful as its predecessor due to its predominantly

glam metal Glam metal (also known as hair metal or pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal that features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat rock anthems, and slow power ballads. It borrows heavily from the fashion and image of 1970s glam r ...

sound and the fact that musical tastes were shifting towards

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...

in late 1991. The album charted on both the US and UK charts in 1992 and the single, "Shot of Poison", was nominated for a

Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance The Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to female recording artists for works (songs or albums) conta ...

in 1993. This was Lita Ford's second ever Grammy nomination and her first since 1984's "Dancin' On The Edge".

The track "Black Widow" is not to be confused for the track "Die for Me Only (Black Widow)" from Ford's 1983 debut ''Out for Blood''.

Track listing

;Side one # "Larger Than Life" ''(Michael Dan Ehmig, Lita Ford, Myron Grombacher)'' – 3:53 # "What Do Ya Know About Love?" ''(Randy Cantor, Michael Caruso, Cal Curtis)'' – 3:52 # "Shot of Poison" ''(Ford, Grombacher,

Jim Vallance James Douglas Vallance (born May 31, 1952) is a Canadian songwriter, arranger and producer. He is best known as the songwriting partner of Canadian musician Bryan Adams. Vallance began his professional career as the original drummer and main song ...

)'' – 3:31 # "Bad Love" ''(Ehmig, David Ezrin, Ford, Joe Taylor)'' – 4:20 # "Playin' with Fire" ''(Ehmig, Ford, Vallance)'' – 4:08 ;Side two #

"Hellbound Train" ''(Ehmig, Ezrin, Ford, Grombacher,

Kevin Savigar Kevin Savigar (born 9 November 1956) is an English session keyboardist, record producer, songwriter, and composer based in Los Angeles, CA. Perhaps most recognised for his longtime collaboration with Rod Stewart, Savigar has also contributed to ...

)'' – 6:06 # "Black Widow" ''(Ehmig, Ezrin, Ford, Taylor)'' – 3:30 # "Little Too Early" ''(Rick Blakemore,

Al Pitrelli Al Pitrelli is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Joe Lynn Turner, Asia and Savatage. Career Early career (1982–1995) Pitrelli attended the Berklee College of Music ...

Joe Lynn Turner Joe Lynn Turner (born Joseph Arthur Mark Linquito, August 2, 1951) is an American singer known for his work in the hard rock bands Rainbow, Yngwie J. Malmsteen and Deep Purple. During his career, Turner fronted and played guitar with pop ro ...

)'' – 2:58 # "Holy Man" ''(Ehmig, Ford)'' – 4:42 # "Tambourine Dream" ''(Ehmig, Ford, Grombacher)'' – 4:53 # "Little Black Spider" ''(Ford)'' – 1:46

Personnel

;Band members * Lita Ford - lead vocals, guitars * Joe Taylor - guitar * David Ezrin - keyboards * Matt Bissonette - bass guitar * Myron Grombacher - drums ;Additional musicians *

Howard Leese Howard M. Leese (born June 13, 1951, in Hollywood, California, United States) is an American guitarist, record producer, and musical director who played with Heart as guitarist and keyboardist for 23 years (1975 through 1998). He continues to rec ...

- guitar *

Jeff Scott Soto Jeff Scott Soto (born November 4, 1965) is an American rock singer of Puerto Rican descent. He is best known for being the vocalist on Yngwie Malmsteen's first two albums, and (briefly) the lead vocalist for Journey in 2006–2007. Soto also sa ...

, Debbie Holiday,

, Michael Caruso, Anne Marie Hunter - backing vocals ;Production *

Tom Werman Tom Werman (born 1945) is an American former record producer responsible for many hard rock and Heavy metal music, heavy metal albums. Early life and education Werman was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, Newton ...

- producer, mixing *Eddie DeLena - associate producer, engineer, mixing *

Clif Norrell Clif Norrell is an American record producer, recording engineer, music mixer, and musician. He has worked with many prominent artists including Bruce Springsteen, R.E.M., Jeff Buckley, No Doubt, Rush, Faith No More, Shania Twain, Mick Jagger, ...

Mike Piersante Mike Piersante is a recording engineer and mixer. 2009 Grammy Awards Mike Piersante won two Grammy Awards in 2009 for his work as Engineer/Mixer. The first Grammy was for "Please Read the Letter" a duet track by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. ...

- assistant engineers *Michael Dan Ehmig - vocal arrangements *

Howie Weinberg Howie Weinberg is an American audio mastering engineer with over 2,257 mastering credits, three TEC Awards, 21 Grammy Awards, two Juno Awards, and one Mercury Prize. Career Weinberg mastered Herbie Hancock's 1983 album ''Future Shock''. Other m ...

- mastering at

Masterdisk Masterdisk is an American multimedia company in New York, located at 8 John Walsh Boulevard in Peekskill. They provide production services such as audio mastering, vinyl cutting and enhanced CD and DVD production. Their clients include such no ...

, New York *

Neal Avron Neal Avron (born December 31, 1965) is an American record producer, mixer, audio engineer, and musician. Working predominantly in rock music, Avron began working on records in 1993 and achieved his production breakthrough when he co-produced Eve ...

- remastering engineer

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1991 albums Lita Ford albums Albums produced by Tom Werman RCA Records albums