''Faster Pussycat'' is the first album by the
band of the same name.
The album reached number 97 on the
Billboard 200
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chart. 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
Russell Albion Meyer (March 21, 1922 – September 18, 2004) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. He is known primarily for writing and directing a series of successful sexploitation films that fea ...
.
The song "Babylon" featured scratching by one time club DJ Riki Rachtman. Riki was Taime Downe's roommate and together they opened the nightclub Cathouse
The band performed "Cathouse" and "
Bathroom Wall
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" 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
Rock Candy Records is an independent record label based in the United Kingdom. Founded by ex-''Kerrang!'' writers Derek Oliver and Dante Bonutto, the label primarily specializes in CD reissues of rock and heavy metal albums from the 1970s and ...
, 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.
Track listing
# "Don't Change That Song" (Taime Downe, Greg Steele) – 3:40
# "Bathroom Wall" (Downe) – 3:40
# "No Room for Emotion" (Downe, Brent Muscat) – 3:56
# "Cathouse" (Downe) – 3:42
# "Babylon" (Downe, Steele) – 3:14
# "Smash Alley" (Downe, Muscat) – 3:28
# "Shooting You Down" (Downe) – 3:46
# "City Has No Heart" (Downe, Muscat) – 4:19
# "Ship Rolls In" (Downe, Steele) – 3:26
# "Bottle in Front of Me" (Downe, Muscat) – 3:02
Reception
In 2005, ''Faster Pussycat'' was ranked number 498 in ''
Rock Hard
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'' magazine's book of ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''.
Personnel
;Faster Pussycat
*
Taime Downe
Taime Downe (; born Gustave Molvik on September 29, 1964) is an American musician best known as the lead singer of the 1980s hard rock/glam metal band Faster Pussycat.
Life and career
In high school, Downe formed a band named The Bondage Boy ...
– lead vocals
* Greg Steele – guitar, backing vocals
*
Brent Muscat
Brent Muscat (born April 23, 1967) is an American musician best known as the guitarist of glam metal band Faster Pussycat
Faster Pussycat is an American hard rock/glam metal band from Los Angeles, formed in 1985 by vocalist Taime Downe, g ...
– guitar, backing vocals
* Eric Stacy – bass guitar, backing vocals
* Mark Michals – drums, backing vocals
Charts
References
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1987 debut albums
Faster Pussycat albums
Elektra Records albums