''Welcome to Bop City'' is the first album from Swedish glam metal / hard rock band

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, released in 1988 on the CMM (Club Mariann Music) label in Sweden and in 1989 on the

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label in the UK. The album was later remixed and released in 1989 under the band's new name

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on Relativity Records in the US, charting respectably at #99 on

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and selling close to half a million copies. It is the band's only album with

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singer Zinny J. Zan on vocals, who joined after hearing the band's early demos. The album was re-released on CD in 2008 on the Italian label

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Track listing

#"Bop City" - 4:06 #"Shout It Out" - 4:16 #"I Don't Care 'Bout Nothin'" - 4:29 #"Squeezin' Teazin'" - 3:58 #"The Explorer" (instrumental) - 4:02 #"Nowhere Fast" - 4:29 #"I'm Your Love" - 5:00 #"Dirt Talk" - 4:36 #"Nervous"- 4:27

Personnel

* Zinny J. Zan - Vocals *

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- Guitars *Tim Tim (

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) - Bass *Stixx Galore - Drums *Tord Jacobsson - Drums (on "The Explorer")

References

1988 albums {{1980s-metal-album-stub