''King Kobra III'', released in 1988 on

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, was the first and last album by the Edwards, Michael-Phillips, Northrup, Hart and Appice line-up of

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. After the demise of the original line-up, remaining members Carmine Appice and David Michael-Phillips teamed up with Johnny Edwards, Jeff Northrup and Larry Hart, all 3 members of the

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band Northrup at the time. The album featured a strong selection of 1980s style mainstream metal. However, a lack of album sales resulted in the dissolution of the band. Bassist

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, who appeared on the first two albums as bassist, does not play here. However, he does contribute backing vocals. The model posing on the album cover is Carmine's then wife, Sarah Appice, who also makes a cameo appearance in the "Take It Off" promotional video.

Track listing

#"Mean Street Machine" ''( David Michael-Phillips,

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, Bryson Jones)'' - 4:26 #"Take It Off" ''(Phillips, Mark Free, Appice)'' - 3:58 #"Walls of Silence" ''( Jeff Northrup)'' - 5:23 #"Legends Never Die" ''( Gene Simmons,

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, Adam Mitchell)'' - 5:04 #"Redline" ''(Phillips, Appice, Jones)'' - 4:07 #"Burning in Her Fire" ''(Northrup)'' - 3:33 #"Perfect Crime" ''(Northrup, Johnny Edwards, Glenn Hicks, Larry Hart)'' - 3:56 #"It's My Life" ''(Simmons,

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)'' - 3:40 #"#1" ''(Phillips, Appice, Jones)'' - 5:08

Personnel

;Band members * Johnny 'Boy' Edwards –

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* David Michael-Phillips –

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and rhythm guitars, acoustic and slide guitars, bass,

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are ...

, co-producer *Jeff Northrup – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals *Larry Hart – bass guitar *

– drums, backing vocals, producer ;Additional musicians *

, Steve Sacchi, Mark Olsen, Bryson Jones,

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, Sarah Appice, Bob Spinella, Dave Flynn - backing vocals ;Production *Alex Woltman - engineer, co-producer *Elliot Solomon - engineer and co-producer on "Take It Off" *Mark Paladino, Duane Baron, Rick Clifford, Angelo Arcuri, Bret Newman - additional engineering

References

Catalogue: (Vinyl) New Renaissance NRR-26; (CD) New Renaissance NRCD-26 {{Authority control King Kobra albums 1988 albums Albums recorded at Sound City Studios