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and Pretty Maids, and released in 1992 by Columbia Records. After the relative commercial failure of the band's previous album, '' Jump the Gun'' (1990), the bass guitarist Allan Delong, the keyboard player Alan Owen and the drummer Phil More left the group by late 1990, leaving only the singer Ronnie Atkins and the guitarist Ken Hammer. The two remaining members began writing songs for a new album, this time with "full creative control" according to Atkins. Due to the tumultuous situation around the band, Atkins and Hammer wrote "aggressive and heavy" songs. According to Atkins, the band decided to work with the Danish producer Flemming Rasmussen to avoid the "over-produced" sound of ''Jump the Gun''. To complete the band's line-up, Atkins and Hammer recruited drummer Michael Fast and bass guitar player Kenn Jackson. The album includes the single "

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Track listing

Personnel

*Ronnie Atkins - lead vocals *Ken Hammer - lead guitar *Michael Fast - drums *Kenn Jackson - bass guitar *Alan Owen - keyboards *Dominic Gale - keyboards Additional musician *Knud Lindhard - backing vocals

References

External links

Pretty Maids website
1992 albums Pretty Maids albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Flemming Rasmussen {{1990s-hard-rock-album-stub