Trouble walkin '
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October 13, 1989 |
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| Label (s) | Atlantic Records / Megaforce Records | |||
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10 |
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44:27 |
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Eddie Kramer , Ace Frehley , John Regan |
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Studio (s) |
Dreamland Recording Studios , Northlake Sound |
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Trouble Walkin ' is the first album released as a solo album by the American guitarist Ace Frehley after leaving the group Kiss in 1982; Before leaving, he had released a successful solo album as a member of Kiss in 1978. In 1987 and 1988 Frehley had released two studio albums and one live album as a member of the band Frehley's Comet, which he and John Regan founded .
History of origin
On May 17th, 1988 the group Frehley's Comet had released their last album, Second Sighting . In the months after its release , the band toured as opening act for Iron Maiden, among other things . After the concert in New Orleans on August 2, 1988, rhythm guitarist Tod Howarth left the band, and drummer Jamie Oldaker left a little later. From mid-1989 the name Frehley's Comet was no longer used and the band, which now included Richie Scarlet (rhythm guitar) and Sandy Slavin (drums), was only called Ace Frehley Band .
Scarlet had already belonged to the founding formation of Frehley's Comet and had helped determine the musical direction with which the group had started recording their debut album. He could play rhythm and lead guitar, and had a profound influence on the sound of Trouble Walkin 'by engaging in guitar duels with Ace Frehley that the two guitarists at Rick Derringer and Johnny Winter had heard and seen. Frehley and Scarlet share the guitar solos on many tracks on the album .
The production of the album took Eddie Kramer , who also Frehley's first solo album and the debut album of Frehley's Comet had produced. With the exception of Trouble Walkin ' , the drum parts of all songs were recorded by Anton Fig.
Also, if Trouble Walkin ' was published under the name of Frehley's, it contained several titles that did not come from his pen, so among other things the song Trouble Walkin' , which was written by Bill Wray and Phil Brown or as a single published Do Ya , a cover version of the song by the Electric Light Orchestra . Another cover was Hide Your Heart , written by Paul Stanley , Desmond Child and Holly Knight , which was released by Bonnie Tyler on her album Notes From America in 1988 and also appeared on the Kiss album Hot in the Shade in 1989 by Robin Beck in Trouble or Nothin ' was published and in the same year on the album Lightning Strikes Twice by Molly Hatchet was located.
To make the album as successful as possible, prominent guests were called in to record backing vocals : On June 23, 1989, members of the band Skid Row , Sebastian Bach , Snake Sabo and Rachel Bolan recorded the soundtracks for Trouble Walkin ' , Back to School and more songs on; Peter Criss , formerly the drummer for Kiss, contributed backing vocals and percussion recordings for Shot Full of Rock , Do Ya , Hide Your Heart , Trouble Walkin ' and 2 Young 2 Die .
publication
Trouble Walkin 'was released on October 13, 1989. The cover showed Ace Frehley holding a puppet cross in his right hand. Below the cross are three blurred images of Frehley playing the guitar; evidently, the impression should be created that they are the puppets that Frehley is conducting with his threads. In the upper left corner of the cover is the logo, which is overwritten with the words Trouble Walkin ' .
In November 2013, the album was re-released in a remastered version by Rock Candy Records .
reception
The German magazine Rock Hard awarded 8 out of 10 possible points and wrote:
“If you like it straight and robust, but always sophisticated, you can now save yourself reading, rush to the next record store and get the new FREHLEY album» Trouble Walkin '«. Well, the last album »Second Sighting« was - due to its partly badly commercialized song material - not the hit, but these mistakes have been ironed out this time - and Ace tinkered the production with his rock'n'roll guitar play or his cheeky chants come across best. In plain language that means nothing else than that the sound of the seventies is experiencing a renaissance on »Trouble Walkin '«, and the master has such oversong as »Shot Full Of Love«, »Fractured III« (cool instrumental), the title track or »Hide Your Heart «. Without any ifs or buts, this fourth Frehley solo album is the best so far and can best be compared with his almost legendary Kiss solo album from '78. "
Trouble Walkin ' reached number 102 on the Billboard 200 and stayed there for nine weeks.
Do Ya was released as a single, but had no effect on the album's sales because the song didn't hit the charts.
Track list
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- Shot Full of Rock (vocals: Ace Frehley; text and music: Ace Frehley, Richie Scarlet) - 4:47
- Do Ya (vocals: Ace Frehley; text and music: Jeff Lynne) - 3:47
- Five Card Stud (vocals: Ace Frehley; text and music: Ace Frehley, Marc Ferrari) - 4:01
- Hide Your Heart (vocals: Ace Frehley; text and music: Paul Stanley, Desmond Child , Holly Knight) - 4:33
- Lost in Limbo (vocals: Ace Frehley; text and music: Richie Scarlet, Ace Frehley) - 4:10
- Trouble Walkin ' (vocals: Ace Frehley; text and music: Bill Wray, Phil Brown) - 3:08
- 2 Yound 2 Die (vocals: Richie Scarlet; text and music: Ace Frehley, Richie Scarlet) - 4:29
- Back to School (vocals: Ace Frehley; text and music: Ace Frehley, John Regan) - 3:43
- Remember me (vocals: Ace Frehley; lyrics and music: Carter Cathcart, Ace Frehley) - 5:01
- Fractured III (Instrumental; Music: Ace Frehley, John Regan) - 6:48