White Lion "Big Game (Japan, Victor Entertainment, VIDP-1466)"

Big Game is the third studio album by the American glam metal band White Lion. It was released on June 5, 1989, by Atlantic Records, reaching #19 on The Billboard 200 album chart, #28 in Canada and #47 In the UK. The album contains the MTV hits, "Little Fighter", "Radar Love" and "Cry for Freedom". This album has a lighter sound than previous albums.

In the first half of 1989, still riding high on the multi platinum success of Pride, White Lion re-entered the studio following the completion of their Pride tour to record the next album, a decision the group later came to regret due to the effects of fatigue from the heavy touring. A musically eclectic follow-up to Pride, the album featured the single "Little Fighter", in Memory of The Rainbow Warrior, a Greenpeace boat which was intentionally sabotaged and sunk by the French Secret Service while docked in an Auckland harbour, New Zealand in 1985 and served as the inspiration for the Steven Seagal film On Deadly Ground. In 1989, a fundraising double album was released entitled "Greenpeace Rainbow Warriors". A cover of Golden Earring's "Radar Love" was released as the second single, followed by "Cry for Freedom" a political song about apartheid in South Africa and was one of many songs from the band that addressed social or political issues such as uprising to oppression. "Goin' Home Tonight" was also released as a single.

All of the singles featured music videos and the album quickly went gold, peaking at #19 on the US album charts and charting very well around the world. Following the album's release the band continued touring with Ozzy Osbourne in US, and later in the fall of 1989 they have their own headline tour in Europe.

Mike Tramp has later told in interviews that he thinks the album is "half-finished". He and guitarist Vito wrote the album over two weeks in a Palm Springs hotel room and soon recorded the album quickly. It was a decision they have regretted, but they were inexperienced and felt pressure from the record company at that point.

Tracklist:

1. Goin' Home Tonight  ゴーイン・ホーム・トゥナイト 4:57
2. Dirty Woman  ダーティ・ウーマン 3:27
3. Little Fighter  リトル・ファイター 4:22
4. Broken Home  ブロークン・ホーム 4:57
5. Baby Be Mine  ベイビー・ビー・マイン 4:08
6. Living On The Edge  リビング・オン・ジ・エッジ 5:02
7. Let's Get Crazy  レッツ・ゲット・クレイジー 4:50
8. Don't Say It's Over  ドント・セイ・イッツ・オーバー 4:04
9. If My Mind Is Evil  イフ・マイ・マインド・イズ・イービル 4:56
10. Radar Love レイダー・ラブ 5:56
11. Cry For Freedom  クライ・フォー・フリーダム 6:12

Time:  53:05

Issued in a standard jewel case with OBI, 15-page booklet in English release information and lyrics, Japanese lyrics and commentary.

Recording information:

Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By, Liner Notes – Michael Wagener

Mastered By – George Marino

Engineer [Additional] – Christopher "Triumph" Steinmetz

Engineer [Assistant Drumtracks] – Lawrence "Larry" Ethan

Engineer [Two-Day-Assistant] – Mr. And Mrs. Garth "The Canadian Fart" Richardson