Phantom Blue (album)

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Phantom Blue
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Studio album by
Phantom Blue
Released1989 (1989)[1]
StudioPrairie Sun Recording Studios in Cotati, California
GenreHeavy metal, hard rock
Length31:11
LabelShrapnel
ProducerSteve Fontano, Marty Friedman, Peter Marrino
Phantom Blue chronology
Phantom Blue
(1989) 		Built to Perform
(1993)
Alternative Cover
Roadrunner Records edition
Roadrunner Records edition
Singles from Phantom Blue
  1. "Why Call It Love?" / "Fought It Out"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]
Rock Hard6.5/10[3]

Phantom Blue is the self-titled first studio album by all-female heavy metal band Phantom Blue, released in 1989 through Shrapnel Records (United States) and Roadrunner Records (Europe and Japan). Guitarist Marty Friedman, at the time a member of the band Cacophony, and later of Megadeth, is credited as a co-producer. According to drummer Linda McDonald, the music video for "Why Call It Love?" was filmed within a maximum security prison in Carson City, Nevada.[4]

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Going Mad"Nicole Couch3:25
2."Last Shot"Michelle Meldrum3:24
3."Why Call It Love?"Steve Fontano, Jerry Marquez4:13
4."Frantic Zone"Couch3:29
5."Slow It Down"Couch3:21
6."Walking Away"Couch, Fontano3:31
7."Fought It Out"Couch2:47
8."Never Too Late"Fontano, Marty Friedman, Couch, Meldrum3:31
9."Out of Control"Couch3:30
Total length:31:11

Personnel[]

Phantom Blue
Additional musicians
  • Mike Mani, Dan Meblin – keyboards
  • Jennifer Hall – background vocals
Production

References[]

  1. ^ "Phantom Blue - Phantom Blue". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 261. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  3. ^ Stratmann, Holger (1989). "Review Album: Phantom Blue - Phantom Blue". Rock Hard (in German). No. 34. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  4. ^ McDonald, Linda (2007-08-25). "New "Fear Of The Dark" Japanese promo video!". Ultimate Metal Forum. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
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