Dangerous Curves (album)

1991 studio album by Lita Ford

Dangerous Curves

Studio album by

Lita Ford

Released

November 12, 1991

Recorded

1990–1991

Studio

Ocean Way (Hollywood)
Sunset Sound (Hollywood)

Genre

Glam metal

Length

43:53

Label

RCA Records

Producer

Tom Werman, Eddie DeLena

Lita Ford chronology

Stiletto
(1990)

Dangerous Curves
(1991)

The Best of Lita Ford
(1992)

Singles from Dangerous Curves

"Shot of Poison" / "Larger Than Life"
Released: October 1991

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	0/10^[2]
Kerrang!	^[3]

Dangerous Curves is the fifth solo studio album by American hard rock/heavy metal singer and guitarist Lita Ford, released in 1991. Though it was a popular release and received heavy video rotation on MTV,^[4] the album was not as successful as its predecessor due to its predominantly glam metal sound and the fact that musical tastes were shifting towards alternative rock in late 1991.^[4] The album charted on both the US and UK charts in 1992 and the single, "Shot of Poison", was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1993. This was Lita Ford's second ever Grammy nomination and her first since 1984's "Dancin' On The Edge".^[5]

The track "Black Widow" is not to be confused for the track "Die for Me Only (Black Widow)" from Ford's 1983 debut Out for Blood.

Track listing

Side one

"Larger Than Life" (Michael Dan Ehmig, Lita Ford, Myron Grombacher) – 3:53
"What Do Ya Know About Love?" (Randy Cantor, Michael Caruso, Cal Curtis) – 3:52
"Shot of Poison" (Ford, Grombacher, Jim Vallance) – 3:31
"Bad Love" (Ehmig, David Ezrin, Ford, Joe Taylor) – 4:20
"Playin' with Fire" (Ehmig, Ford, Vallance) – 4:08

Side two

"Hellbound Train" (Ehmig, Ezrin, Ford, Grombacher, Kevin Savigar) – 6:06
"Black Widow" (Ehmig, Ezrin, Ford, Taylor) – 3:30
"Little Too Early" (Rick Blakemore, Al Pitrelli, Joe Lynn Turner) – 2:58
"Holy Man" (Ehmig, Ford) – 4:42
"Tambourine Dream" (Ehmig, Ford, Grombacher) – 4:53
"Little Black Spider" (Ford) – 1:46

Personnel

Band members

Lita Ford - lead vocals, guitars
Joe Taylor - guitar
David Ezrin - keyboards
Matt Bissonette - bass guitar
Myron Grombacher - drums

Additional musicians

Howard Leese - guitar
Jeff Scott Soto, Debbie Holiday, Joe Lynn Turner, Michael Caruso, Anne Marie Hunter - backing vocals

Production

Tom Werman - producer, mixing
Eddie DeLena - associate producer, engineer, mixing
Clif Norrell, Mike Piersante - assistant engineers
Michael Dan Ehmig - vocal arrangements
Howie Weinberg - mastering at Masterdisk, New York
Neal Avron - remastering engineer

Charts

Chart (1991-1992)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[6]	51
US Billboard 200^[7]	132

References

^ Henderson, Alex. "Lita Ford Dangerous Curves review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 159. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
^ Reynolds, Dave (26 October 1991). "Curve Ball". Kerrang!. Vol. 364. London, UK: Spotlight Publications. p. 26.
^ ^a ^b Sherman, Dale. 20th Century Rock And Roll : Women In Rock. Collector's Guide Publishing, inc, p53
^ Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^ "Lita Ford Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2024.