''Sin-Decade'' is the fourth

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by the Danish

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/ heavy metal band

Pretty Maids Pretty Maids is a Danish Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Horsens. Formed in 1981 by Ken Hammer, and completed with Ronnie Atkins in 1982, their sound and music can be described as classic guitar-laden heavy rock with a strong emphasis ...

. It was produced by

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and Pretty Maids, and released in 1992 by

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. 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 " Please Don't Leave Me" (a cover version of the John Sykes song) which has become Pretty Maids'

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. It was later re-recorded in an acoustic version for the band's fifth studio album, '' Stripped'' (1993).

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

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