Charmed Life by Billy Idol (CD, Jul-1996, EMI-Capitol Special Markets)

Album Features
UPC:	724352357321
Artist:	Billy Idol
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1996
Record Label:	EMI-Capitol Special Markets
Genre:	Hard Rock, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Loveless, The
2. Pumping on Steel
3. Prodigal Blues
4. L. A. Woman
5. Trouble with the Sweet Stuff
6. Cradle of Love
7. Mark of Caine
8. Endless Sleep
9. Love Unchained
10. Right Way, The
11. License to Thrill

Details
Playing Time:	54 min.
Producer:	Keith Forsey
Distributor:	EMI Music Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: Billy Idol (vocals, acoustic guitar); Mark Younger-Smith (guitar, bass); Arthur Barrow (keyboards, bass programming); Greg Mathieson (keyboards); Phil Soussan, Jimmy Johnson, Vito (bass); Phil Shenale (bass programming); Mike Baird, Keith Forsey (drums); Stephanie Spruill, Bunny Hull, Alex Brown.Recorded at Lighthouse Studios, Track Record, Conway Studios, and Oasis Studios, Los Angeles, California.The spars code on this disc is both AAD and DDD.This is a special limited edition package with a fold-out poster booklet similar to Aerosmith's "Pump" and Robert Plant's "Manic Nirvana."Personnel: Billy Idol (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, hand claps); Mark Younger-Smith (guitar, hand claps); Arthur Barrow (keyboards, bass guitar, programming); Greg Mathieson (keyboards); Phil Soussan, Jimmy Johnson , Randy Jackson , Vito (bass guitar); Keith Forsey (drums, hand claps, percussion); Michael Baird , Mike Baird (drums); Art Natoli, Rude Dudes, John Diaz (hand claps); P.L.S. Singers, Hell Fire Choir, Alex Brown, Stephanie Spruill, Bunny Hull (background vocals).Audio Mixer: Tommy Vicari.Recording information: Conway Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Lighthouse Studios, L.A; Track Record Studios, North Hollywood, CA; Track Record, L.A.Photographer: Max Aguilera-Hellweg.Arrangers: Keith Forsey; Billy Idol.Like any Billy Idol album, Charmed Life is wildly inconsistent, but it has enough strong songs -- like the gloriously tongue-in-cheek hard rock of "Cradle of Love" -- to make most of the filler on the record forgivable. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Editorial Reviews
Entertainment Weekly Unexpectedly touching... - Rating: A-

4 Stars - Excellent - ...explores new dimensions in his character and his work.
Rolling Stone (19900503)