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, with artwork by the band's bassist

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. It has a heavier sound than its successor, with less elements of pop metal. It is the only album to feature the original lead vocalist Steevi Jaimz. The album was released in America on Combat records. The compact disc is now considered a collector's item, and is much sought after by Tigertailz fans. The CD was re-released in the US on May 27, 2008, on independent label Krescendo. In 2021,

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listed ''Young and Crazy'' as one of their ten 'obscure but brilliant hair metal albums' in an article. On 15 October 2022, original vocalist Steevi Jaimz performed a one-off 35th anniversary show at the 229 in London. The album was performed live in full for the first time with a backing band featuring Kai from

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on guitar, previous Tigertailz drummer Robin Guy, and

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bassist Rob Lane.

Track listing

# "Star Attraction" - 2:51 # "Hollywood Killer" - 3:39 # "Ballerina" (Instrumental) - 0:51 # "Livin' Without You" - 4:17 # "Shameless" - 4:20 # "City Kidz" - 3:56 # "Shoot to Kill" - 3:20 # "Turn Me On" - 2:44 # "She'z Too Hot" - 3:12 # "Young and Crazy" - 3:03 # "Fall in Love Again" - 4:44 All songs written by S. Jaimz/J. Pepper, except "She'z Too Hot" written by P. Tate

Personnel

;Tigertailz *Steevi Jaimz -

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 withou ...

*Jay Pepper -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

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 ...

, keyboards *Ace Finchum - drums with: * Tim Lewis - keyboards *Jakki Lynn, Toni - backing vocals

References

{{Authority control 1987 debut albums Tigertailz albums Music for Nations albums Combat Records albums