Phantom Blue
Studio album by
Released1989 (1989)[1]
StudioPrairie Sun Recording Studios in Cotati, California
GenreHeavy metal, hard rock, glam metal
Length31:11
LabelShrapnel
ProducerSteve Fontano, Marty Friedman, Peter Marrino
Phantom Blue chronology
Phantom Blue
(1989)
Built to Perform
(1993)
Alternative Cover
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"Meldrum, Friedman3:30
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" Archived 2013-10-27 at the Wayback Machine. 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. Archived from the original on 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  4. McDonald, Linda (2007-08-25). "New "Fear Of The Dark" Japanese promo video!" Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. Ultimate Metal Forum. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
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