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Michael Monroe Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm (born 17 June 1962), better known by his stage name Michael Monroe, is a Finnish rock musician who rose to fame as the vocalist and saxophonist for the glam punk band Hanoi Rocks and has served as the frontman ...

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ed edition was reissued through Lemon Recordings in 2003. The album is Monroe's most commercially successful solo release to date, reaching No. 14 on the

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, No. 161 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200,"Not Fakin' It - Michael Monroe , Awards"
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in Japan.Väntänen, Ari. ''"Michael Monroe"''. Like Kustannus. 2011. . The single "Man with No Eyes" reached No. 90 on the UK singles chart.https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25990/michael-monroe/ The music video for "Dead, Jail or Rock 'n' Roll" featured

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; it was later covered by the band Warrant for their 2002 album '' Under the Influence''. The track "Angel" is a re-recording of the song "She's No Angel" which had appeared on Monroe's previous album, '' Nights Are So Long'' (1987).

Musical style

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rock to his usual mix of punk, glam, and '70s heavy metal". ''

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Track listing

Personnel

*Michael Monroe – lead vocals, harmonica,

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, arrangement (tracks 1, 3–10), producer (tracks 1–3, 9) *

– backing vocals (tracks 1, 5) *Phil Grande – lead and rhythm guitar (all tracks), arrangement (tracks 4, 6, 7, 10) *

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– guitar (tracks 1–3) *

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– guitar (tracks 1–3, 9), slide guitar (track 1) *Ed Roynesdal – keyboard, piano (tracks 5, 6) * Ian Hunter – piano (track 3) *

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– drums (tracks 1–3, 9) *

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– drums (tracks 4–8, 10) *Sue Hadjopoulos – percussion (tracks 1, 4, 6–10), tambourine (track 2) * John Regan – bass (tracks 1–3) *

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– bass (tracks 4–10) *

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– saxophone *

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– backing vocals (tracks 1–3, 5), arrangement (tracks 2, 5, 6, 9) *Suha Gur – background vocals (track 1) *Dave Hansen – background vocals (track 1) *Stephen Innocenzi – background vocals (track 1) *Brian Sperber – background vocals (track 1),

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assistance * Holly Beth Vincent – background vocals (track 2) *Kim Lesley – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 9, 10) *Nicole Hart – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 9, 10) *Gennaro – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 9, 10) *The Monroettes – background vocals (tracks 7, 8) * Brian James – arrangement (track 3) *

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– arrangement (track 8) Technical *Michael Frondelli – engineering, mixing, production *Will Garrett – engineering *Rod O'Brien – engineering (tracks 1–3, 9) *Ellen Fitton – engineering assistance *Billy Miranda – engineering assistance (tracks 1–3, 9) *George Marino – mastering *Frankie "Teardrop" Miles – production assistance *John Scarpati - cover photography

Charts

References

{{Authority control Michael Monroe albums 1989 albums PolyGram albums