Extreme
(A&M Records 1989 AMA5238)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some wear to edges/corners
Lyric Insert is discoloured
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Extreme is an American rock band, headed by frontmen Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt, that reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Among some of Extreme’s musical influences are Van Halen, Queen, Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin. The band played at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992 and Cherone joined Van Halen in 1996. The band has described their music as “funky metal” in the early days, but it would evolve much more in the mid-1990s by blending classic rock influences with post-grunge and alternative rock.
They have released five studio albums, two EPs (in Japan) and two compilation albums since their formation. The band was one of the most successful rock acts of the early 1990s, selling over 10 million albums worldwide. Extreme achieved their greatest success with their 1990 album Pornograffitti, which peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200, and was certified gold in May 1991 and double platinum in October 1992. That album featured the acoustic ballad single “More Than Words”, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
Extreme is the first studio album by the American glam metal band Extreme, released in 1989 by A&M Records. The album reached No. 80 on the Billboard 200, and produced the minor Mainstream Rock hit “Kid Ego”. The single “Play with Me” is featured on the soundtrack for the comedy film Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, an opening episode of season 4 of Stranger Things, and the 2007 rhythm game, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s.
Track listing
All songs written by Cherone & Bettencourt, except “Mutha (Don’t Wanna Go to School Today)” by Cherone, LeBeaux & Hunt.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Little Girls” | 3:47 |
| 2. | “Wind Me Up” | 3:37 |
| 3. | “Kid Ego” | 4:04 |
| 4. | “Watching, Waiting” | 4:54 |
| 5. | “Mutha (Don’t Wanna Go to School Today)” | 4:52 |
| 6. | “Teacher’s Pet” | 3:02 |
| 7. | “Big Boys Don’t Cry” | 3:34 |
| 8. | “Smoke Signals” | 4:14 |
| 9. | “Flesh ‘n’ Blood” | 3:31 |
| 10. | “Rock a Bye Bye” | 5:57 |
| 11. | “Play with Me” (not present on any vinyl releases except Australia and New Zealand) | 3:29 |
| Total length: | 45:00 | |
Personnel
- Pat Badger – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Nuno Bettencourt – guitar, synthesizer, piano, backing vocals, percussion, orchestration, mixing
- Gary Cherone – lead & backing vocals, design, logo design
- Paul Geary – drums, percussion, backing vocals, logo design
- Additional musicians
- The Lollipop Kids – background vocals (tracks 5, 11)
- Rapheal May – harmonica (track 1)
- Production
- Mack – producer on all tracks, except 2, 3 and 4, engineer, mixing
- Bob St. John – engineer, mixing
- Nigel Green – mixing on tracks 2, 3 and 4
- Howie Weinberg – mastering at Masterdisk, New York
- Jeff Gold – art direction
- Harris Savides – photography
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