''In Heat'' is the fourth
studio album
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by the American
glam metal
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band
Black 'n Blue
Black 'N Blue is an American heavy metal band from Portland, Oregon, United States. The current members are lead vocalist Jaime St. James, bassist Patrick Young, drummer Pete Holmes, and guitarists Brandon Cook and Doug Rappoport . The band is ...
. It was produced by
Kiss
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bassist
Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; he, חיים ויץ, ; born August 25, 1949) is an Israeli-American musician. Also known by his stage persona The Demon, he is the bassist and co-lead singer of Kiss, the hard rock band he co-founded with Paul ...
.
Track listing
;Side one
# "Rock On" ''
(Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; he, חיים ויץ, ; born August 25, 1949) is an Israeli-American musician. Also known by his stage persona The Demon, he is the bassist and co-lead singer of Kiss, the hard rock band he co-founded with Paul ...
, Jaime St. James
Jaime St. James (born January 27, 1960) is the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the glam metal band Black 'N Blue. He also served briefly in the mid-2000s as the lead singer of Warrant, but he left upon the return of the band's original ...
, Tommy Thayer
Thomas Cunningham Thayer (born November 7, 1960) is an American musician and songwriter. He is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the American hard rock band Kiss. He was also lead guitarist for the band Black 'n Blue.
Early life
Thomas Cun ...
)'' – 3:45
# "Sight for Sore Eyes" ''
(Simmons, St. James, Thayer, Pat Regan)'' – 3:31
# "Heat It Up! Burn It Out!" ''
(St. James, Thayer, Jeff Warner
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Storm worked for World Championship Wrestling most notably, as a member of the tag team Maximum Overdrive with ...
)'' – 4:21
# "Suspicious" ''
(St. James, Thayer, Regan)'' – 3:42
# "The Snake" ''
(St. James, Thayer)'' – 4:41
;Side two
#
"Live It Up" ''(Simmons, St. James, Warner)'' – 3:37
# "Gimme Your Love" ''( Adam Mitchell, St. James, Thayer)'' – 3:45
# "Get Wise to the Rise" ''(St. James, Thayer)'' – 4:36
# "Great Guns of Fire" ''(St. James, Thayer)'' – 4:37
# "Stranger" ''(Simmons, St. James)'' – 4:33
Personnel
;Black 'n Blue
* Jaime St. James
Jaime St. James (born January 27, 1960) is the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the glam metal band Black 'N Blue. He also served briefly in the mid-2000s as the lead singer of Warrant, but he left upon the return of the band's original ...
– vocals
* Tommy Thayer
Thomas Cunningham Thayer (born November 7, 1960) is an American musician and songwriter. He is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the American hard rock band Kiss. He was also lead guitarist for the band Black 'n Blue.
Early life
Thomas Cun ...
– lead guitar
* Jeff Warner
Jeffrey Warner (born September 9, 1965) is a retired American professional wrestler and boxer best known by the ring name J. W. Storm.
Storm worked for World Championship Wrestling most notably, as a member of the tag team Maximum Overdrive with ...
– rhythm guitar
* Patrick Young – bass
* Pete Holmes – drums
;Additional musicians
*John Purdell
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, Pat Regan – keyboards
;Production
*Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; he, חיים ויץ, ; born August 25, 1949) is an Israeli-American musician. Also known by his stage persona The Demon, he is the bassist and co-lead singer of Kiss, the hard rock band he co-founded with Paul ...
– producer
*Pat Regan – associate producer on tracks 2 and 4
*Dave Wittman – engineer, mixing
*Adam Yellin, Andrew Udoff, Danny Mormando, David Reitzas, Jon Magnusson, Scott Mabuchi – assistant engineers
*George Marino
George Marino (April 15, 1947 – June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s.
Biography
Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He at ...
– mastering at Sterling Sound
George Marino (April 15, 1947 – June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s.
Biography
Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He at ...
, New York
*Hugh Syme
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– art direction and design
*John Kalodner
John David Kalodner is a retired American A&R (artists and repertoire) executive.
History
John David Kalodner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was a writer and photographer at ''Concert'' magazine. He went on to be a photographer for v ...
– A&R
References
Black 'n Blue albums
1988 albums
Albums produced by Gene Simmons
Geffen Records albums
Albums recorded at Electric Lady Studios
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