''Femme Fatale'' is the debut studio album by

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band

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, released in 1988 through

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. It peaked at #141 on

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the following year. The song "Touch and Go" was featured on the soundtrack of the 1988 film ''

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''. The CD was reissued in September 2022 by Rock Candy Records with 4 bonus track.

Track listing

#"Waiting for the Big One" ''(Rich Neighbor,

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)'' - 4:23 #"Falling In and Out of Love" ''(Mazzi Rawd, Lorraine Lewis)'' - 3:48 #"My Baby's Gun" ''(Rawd, Lewis)'' - 3:35 #"Back in Your Arms Again" ''(Rawd, Lewis, Mick Nichols)'' - 4:18 #"Rebel" ''(Reg Laws)'' - 4:28 #"Fortune & Fame" ''(Rawd)'' - 3:34 #"Touch and Go" ''(Rawd, Lewis, Danny Wilde)'' - 4:07 #"If" ''(Rawd, Lewis)'' - 3:56 #"Heat the Fire" ''(Rawd, Lewis)'' - 3:52 #"Cradle's Rockin'" ''(Rawd, Lewis)'' - 3:14

Personnel

Band members

*Lorraine Lewis -

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tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...

*Bill D'Angelo -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

*Mazzi Rawd - guitar,

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, backing vocals *Rick Rael - bass, backing vocals *Bobby Murray -

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, backing vocals

Production

*Jim (H. M.) Faraci - producer *

- producer, engineer and mixing of track 1, mixing of track 2 *Charlie Brocco - engineer *Brian Foraker - mixing of tracks 3 and 4 *Greg Fulginti - mastering

References

External links

Femme Fatale information
1988 debut albums MCA Records albums {{1980s-metal-album-stub