''Living Like a Runaway'' is the eighth solo studio album from

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, released in June 2012. This is the first album of Ford's to be released on SPV/Steamhammer Records. "SPV gets who I am, my work, and what it takes to bring this project to life. I'm very excited to have them on my team," says Ford. The album was co-written and produced by rock guitarist

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and represents a return to form for Lita, who drew inspiration from her "ugly divorce" from

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. "Gary Hoey and I wanted to approach this record by getting back to basics," she said. "We want to strip away all the electronics and plug-ins and keep it to vocals, guitar, bass, and drums. Going back to basics is going back to what punk, metal and

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was for me." She added, " he album title''Living Like a Runaway'' means freedom and empowerment. To do what I want and to pursue my dreams while answering to no one."

Reception

Since its release, ''Living Like a Runaway'' has been met with positive reviews. Reviewer William Clark of Guitar International.com gave the album a positive review, saying "If you take a step back from the powerful storyline, the music itself is classic Lita Ford, and that’s what really brings ''Living Like a Runaway'' over the top".

Track listing

# "Branded" ''(

)'' - 3:47 # "Hate" ''(Ford, Michael Dan Ehmig, Hoey)'' - 3:55 # "The Mask" ''(Ford)'' - 4:09 # "Living Like a Runaway" ''(Ford, Ehmig, Hoey)'' - 4:47 # "Relentless" ''(Hoey)'' - 3:48 # "Mother" ''(Ford)'' - 2:55 # "Devil in My Head" ''(Ford, Ehmig, Hoey)'' - 5:22 # "Asylum" ''(Ford, Hoey)'' - 4:34 # "Luv 2 Hate U" ''(Ford, Ehmig, Hoey)'' - 3:45 # "A Song to Slit Your Wrists By" ''(

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cover) # "Boiling Point" ''(Ford, Ehmig)'' - 4:09 (

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bonus track) # "Bad Neighborhood" ''(Ford,

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cover)

Personnel

- lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, executive producer *

- guitars, bass, keyboards, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Love 2 Hate U", producer, engineer, mixing * Matt Scurfield - drums *The Uptown Horns: **Crispin Cioe - baritone/tenor/alto saxophone **Arno Hecht - tenor saxophone **Larry Etkin - trumpet *Mickey Kanan, Tayla Lemieux - backing vocals *

- guitar on "Bad Neighborhood" *Pete "Boardz" Peloquin - drum engineer, assistant mixing engineer (Metronome Media Group) *Bobby Collin - executive producer

References

{{Authority control Lita Ford albums 2012 albums SPV/Steamhammer albums