''Steelheart'' was the first full-length album by the American

glam metal Glam metal (also known as hair metal or pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal that features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat rock anthems, and slow power ballads. It borrows heavily from the fashion and image of 1970s glam r ...

band

Steelheart Steelheart is an American glam metal band from Norwalk, Connecticut, that formed in 1989. At the time that their debut was recorded, the band's members consisted of vocalist Miljenko Matijevic, lead guitarist Chris Risola, rhythm guitarist Fran ...

. It was released on July 10, 1990, and re-released with a new cover in 1991. It reached #40 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album was certified Gold by the

RIAA The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/o ...

in 1991.

Track listing

# "Love Ain't Easy" – 3:41 (

Miljenko Matijevic Miljenko Matijevic (born November 30, 1964) is a Croatian-American singer, best known as the lead vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Steelheart. He has a big following in South Korea and has worked on several South Korean TV series. He ha ...

, James Ward) # "Can't Stop Me Lovin' You" – 5:06 (Matijevic) # "Like Never Before" – 4:45 (Matijevic, Ward) # "

I'll Never Let You Go "I'll Never Let You Go" (also titled "I'll Never Let You Go (Angel Eyes)") is a power ballad by American glam metal band Steelheart. It was released as the second single from their 1990 self-titled debut album. It peaked at No. 23 on the ''Bill ...

" – 5:06 (Matijevic) # "Everybody Loves Eileen" – 6:20 (Matijevic, Ward) # "Sheila" – 7:40 (Ward) # "Gimme Gimme" – 5:23 (Matijevic, Ward) # "Rock'n Roll (I Just Wanna)" – 4:10 (Matijevic, Ward) # " She's Gone" – 6:35 (Matijevic) # "Down n' Dirty" – 6:42 (Matijevic, Ward)

Personnel

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

Chris Risola Chris Risola is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the original lead guitarist for the glam metal band Steelheart. Career Risola first started playing guitar at age 13. In high school, he studied music theory and forme ...

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

* Frank DiCostanzo -

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...

* James Ward -

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* John Fowler -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

Additional personnel

* Zael Ahmad -

background 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 used ...

* Yazid Khan -

violinist The following lists of violinists are available: * List of classical violinists, notable violinists from the baroque era onwards * List of contemporary classical violinists, notable contemporary classical violinists * List of violinist/composers, ...

* Jai Winding -

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

on "She's Gone" * Engineered by Jeff Coppage, Lori Fumar,

Clif Norrell Clif Norrell is an American record producer, recording engineer, music mixer, and musician. He has worked with many prominent artists including Bruce Springsteen, R.E.M., Jeff Buckley, No Doubt, Rush, Faith No More, Shania Twain, Mick Jagger, ...

and Paul Northfield * Mixed by Paul Northfield

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control 1990 debut albums Steelheart albums MCA Records albums Albums produced by Mark Opitz