''Steelheart'' is the first album by the American

glam metal Glam metal (also known as hair metal or pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal music, heavy metal that features pop music, pop-influenced Hook (music), hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat arena rock, rock anthems, and slow Sentimental ballad#Powe ...

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 Fra ...

. It was released on July 10, 1990, and re-released with a new cover in 1991. It reached No. 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 hard rock band Steelheart. He has a big following in South Korea and has worked on several South Korean TV series. H ...

, 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" – 6:30 (Matijevic) # "Down n' Dirty" – 6:42 (Matijevic, Ward)

Personnel

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

* Chris Risola -

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

* James Ward -

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

, keyboards * John Fowler -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

Additional personnel

* 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, D ...

and Paul Northfield * Mixed by Paul Northfield

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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