Love You to Pieces is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Lizzy Borden , released in 1985 by Metal Blade Records .[4] The album would produce the song "American Metal" which would later be added to the Metal Blade Records 20th Anniversary box set.[5]
Love You to Pieces Released July 1985[1] Studio Music Grinder Studios, Sunswept Studios and MadDog Studios, Los Angeles, California Genre Heavy metal Length 40 :45 Label Metal Blade Producer Lizzy Borden, Brian Slagel
Give 'Em the Axe (1985)
Love You to Pieces (1985)
The Murderess Metal Road Show (1986)
In 2001, the album was re-released by Metal Blade Records with bonus tracks[6] and again on vinyl in 2018 before the release of the band's album My Midnight Things .[7]
Track listing
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Side one Title Writer(s) 1. "Council for the Cauldron" Lizzy Borden, Tony Matuzak, Gene Allen, Michael Davis, Joey Scott Harges 3:12 2. "Psychopath" Borden, Allen 3:38 3. "Save Me" Borden, Matuzak 4:03 4. "Red Rum" Borden, Matuzak, Allen, Davis, Harges 3:53 5. "Love You to Pieces" Borden, Matuzak 4:29
Side two Title Writer(s) 6. "American Metal" Borden 5:54 7. "Flesheater" Borden, Davis, Matuzak, Allen, Harges 4:52 8. "Warfare" Borden, Matuzak 5:54 9. "Godiva" Borden, Matuzak, Allen, Davis, Harges 2:29 10. "Rod of Iron" Borden, Matuzak 4:32
2001 reissue bonus tracks Title Writer(s) 11. "Wild One" (demo) Borden 3:17 12. "Whiplasher" (live demo) Borden, Matuzak 2:23 13. "Warfare" (live demo) Borden, Matuzak 2:26 14. "Dirty Pictures" (demo) Borden 3:44 Total length: 52:41
Personnel
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Lizzy Borden
Lizzy Borden – lead and backing vocals
Gene Allen – guitars, backing vocals
Tony Matuzak – guitars
Michael Davis – bass, backing vocals
Joey Scott Harges – drums, backing vocals
Additional musicians
Jon Natisch, Mark Benson, Tony Copozzi – backing vocals
Production
Randy Burns – engineer
Eddie Schreyer – mastering at Capitol Records , Los Angeles
Brian Slagel – executive producer
Tom Baker – 2001 remastering
References
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^ "Gatefold of Best of Metal Blade, Vol. 1" . Metal Blade Records. Retrieved March 26, 2023 .
^ Mason, Stewart. Love You to Pieces at AllMusic
^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties . Burlington, Ontario , Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing . p. 199. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5 .
^ Sharpe-Young, Garry; Halford, Rob (2007). Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death, Black, Gothic, Doom, Nu . Jawbone Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-1-906002-01-5 . Retrieved September 19, 2017 .
^ Torreano, Bradley. "Various Artists - Metal Blade Records: 20th Anniversary review" . AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved August 16, 2018 .
^ "Lizzy Borden "Love You To Pieces (Reissue)" CD - Metal Blade Records" . www.indiemerch.com . Retrieved July 21, 2018 .
^ "Lizzy Borden - Love You To Pieces And Menace To Society LP Reissues Available" . Bravewords.com . Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles . March 7, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018 .