''Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz'' is the debut album from the band

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. It reached #130 on the United States

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in 1989. Although its original release met with modest success, the album is considered an incredibly influential classic within the glam metal musical community. It was released on MCA Records, and was produced by Howard Benson, who would go on to have a production career in the 90s and beyond, working with

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among many others. There are videos for the songs "Rock And Roll (Is Gonna Set The Night On Fire)", "I Wanna Be with You”.

Track listing

# Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz - 4:48 # Rock and Roll (Is Gonna Set The Night On Fire) - 3:13 # Wild Angels - 5:08 # 48 Hours - 2:59 # Toast of the Town* - 3:18 # Rock and Roll Outlaws - 2:33 # Only the Young - 3:51 # The Last Kiss - 2:39 # Your Mama Won't Know - 3:42 # I Wanna Be with You - 3:57 * *This is a cover of a

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song which appeared as the b-side to their debut single, "Stick To Your Guns", released on their Leathür Records label in 1981.

Bonus

The 2003 bonus re-issue featured some extra tracks, a couple of which had been recorded as part of

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solo project. #Slam Dunk #She's My Baby #Two Hearts #Over the Edge #I Just Wanna Have Something to Do (''

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cover'')

Limited Edition

A very limited-release 2011 re-issue featured a cover of ''Department of Youth'', by

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, originally released on Welcome to my Nightmare in 1975.

Personnel

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* Steve "Sex" Summers –

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* Kristy "Krash" Majors –

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– bass, backing vocals * Kari Kane –

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, backing vocals

Additional musicians

*Howard Benson – keyboards *Matt Bradley – vocals *Phil Balvano – vocals *Jennifer "Miss Frosty" Hoopes, Paris Hampton, Maura Eagan, Candice Gartland, Elizabeth Goldner, Katharine Lundy – backing vocals

Production

*Produced By Howard Benson *Recorded, Engineered & Mixed By Howard Benson & Bill Jackson *Assistant Engineers: Brian Stover, Brooke Hendricks, George Schureman, Jeff Chestek, Mike Cohn *Glen LaFerman – photography *Paula Janecek – artwork, design, layout design

References

{{Authority control 1989 debut albums Pretty Boy Floyd (American band) albums Albums produced by Howard Benson MCA Records albums