Hot Wire (Kix album)

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Hot Wire
Kix-HotWire.jpg
Studio album by Kix
Released July 9, 1991
Genre Glam metal, hard rock
Length 46:08
Label East West
Producer Taylor Rhodes
Kix chronology
Blow My Fuse
(1988)Blow My Fuse1988		 Hot Wire
(1991)		 Live
(1993)Live1993
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
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
Entertainment Weekly (B-)[2]
Robert Christgau (choice cut)[3]

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

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]

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
  • Ronnie "10/10" Younkins – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Brian "Damage" Forsythe – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Donnie Purnell - bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant - drums, percussion

External links

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
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  4. ↑ Hot Wire (Billboard 200 chart), Billboard, October 5, 1991.
  5. ↑ [1]

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