Without Love is the second studio album by the American glam metal band Black 'n Blue. It was produced by Bruce Fairbairn. The album features a guest appearance by Loverboy's Mike Reno on the song, "We Got the Fire".
| Without Love | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 16 September 1985[1] | |||
| Studio | Little Mountain Sound Studios, Mushroom Studios and Ocean Sound Studio, Vancouver, Canada | |||
| Genre | Glam metal | |||
| Length | 39:31 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Producer | Bruce Fairbairn | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[3] |
| Kerrang! | 4.2/5[4] |
| Rock Hard | 4.0/10[5] |
Track listing edit
- Side one
- "Rockin' on Heaven's Door" (Jaime St. James, Tommy Thayer) – 3:30
- "Without Love" (Richardson,Jim Vallance) – 3:38
- "Stop the Lightning" (St. James, Thayer) – 4:08
- "Nature of the Beach" (St. James, Thayer) – 3:50
- "Miss Mystery" (St. James, Thayer, Richardson) – 4:00
- Side two
- "Swing Time" (St. James, Richardson) – 3:21
- "Bombastic Plastic" (St. James) – 3:38
- "We Got the Fire" (St. James, Thayer, Warner) – 3:11
- "Strange Things" (St. James, Thayer, Warner) – 3:24
- "Two Wrongs (Don't Make It Love)" (St. James,Richardson) – 3:51
CD edition bonus track edit
- "Same Old Song and Dance" (Joe Perry, Steven Tyler) – 4:14 (Aerosmith cover)
Personnel edit
- Black 'n Blue
- Jaime St. James – lead and backing vocals
- Tommy Thayer – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Jeff Warner – rhythm guitar
- Patrick Young – bass
- Pete Holmes – drums
- Additional musicians
- Jim Vallance – electronic drums
- Adam Bomb – additional guitar
- Dave Pickell, Doug Johnson, Steve Porcaro – keyboards
- Mike Reno – backing vocals on "We Got the Fire"
- Production
- Bruce Fairbairn – producer, mixing
- Bob Rock – engineer, mixing
- Mike Fraser, Rob Porter – additional engineers
- George Marino – mastering
References edit
- ^ "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. 6 September 1985. p. 25. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- ^ Simmons, Sylvie (17 October 1985). "Black Attack". Kerrang!. No. 105. London, UK: Morgan Grampian. p. 27.
- ^ "Review Album : Black 'N Blue - Without Love". Rock Hard (in German). No. 14. 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
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