Hot Wire (Kix album)

Hot Wire is the fifth studio album by the glam metal band Kix. It was released on July 9, 1991 on East West Records.

Hot Wire
Studio album by
Kix
ReleasedJuly 9, 1991
GenreGlam metal, hard rock
Length46:08
LabelEast West
ProducerTaylor Rhodes
Kix chronology
Blow My Fuse
(1988)		 Hot Wire
(1991)		 Live
(1993)
Singles from Hot Wire
  1. "Hot Wire"
    Released: 1991
  2. "Girl Money"
    Released: 1991
  3. "Tear Down the Walls"
    Released: 1991
  4. "Same Jane"
    Released: 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Entertainment Weekly(B-)[2]
Robert Christgau[3]

Background

Hot Wire peaked at number 64 on the Billboard 200 in October 1991.[4] It failed to match the sales of Kix's previous album, Blow My Fuse, selling slightly over 200,000 copies.[5] Producer Taylor Rhodes co-wrote five of the albums' ten songs with Donnie Purnell (the only Kix member credited as a songwriter). At the same time, Crack the Sky member John Palumbo and songwriter Bob Halligan Jr. (Judas Priest, Kiss, Icon, Blue Öyster Cult) got two co-writing credits each.

Track listing
  1. "Hot Wire" (Donnie Purnell, Taylor Rhodes) – 5:22
  2. "Girl Money" (Purnell, Rhodes) – 3:58
  3. "Luv-a-Holic" (Purnell) – 4:39
  4. "Tear Down the Walls" (Purnell, Rhodes) – 4:35
  5. "Bump the La La" (Purnell, Rhodes) – 3:28
  6. "Rock & Roll Overdose" (Purnell, Rhodes) – 4:29
  7. "Cold Chills" (Halligan, Purnell) – 5:19
  8. "Same Jane" (Halligan, Purnell) – 4:33
  9. "Pants on Fire (Liar, Liar)" (John Palumbo, Purnell) – 4:12
  10. "Hee Bee Jee Bee Crush" (Palumbo, Purnell) – 5:33

Personnel

Kix
  • Steve Whiteman – lead vocals, harmonica, saxophone, acoustic guitar on "Tear Down the Walls"
  • Ronnie "10/10" Younkins – rhythm guitar
  • Brian "Damage" Forsythe – lead guitar
  • Donnie Purnell - bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant - drums, percussion, backing vocals

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Garza, Janiss (12 July 1991). "Hot Wire (1991)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  3. Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide: Kix". Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. Hot Wire (Billboard 200 chart), Billboard, October 5, 1991.
  5. http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/kix/bio.jhtml


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