Vixen "Rev It Up (Limited Edition Picture CD, Japan, EMI USA, TOCP-6137)"

Rev It Up is the second album by the American hard rock band Vixen, released by EMI in 1990. It entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 20, and placed two songs inside the Billboard Hot 100. However, it did not match up to its predecessor in the US and EMI dropped the band shortly thereafter. Therefore, this album is the band's last release from a major label. The race car on the US cover belonged to local racing legend and all around hero Bobby Baldwin. The European and Japanese covers show a picture of the band, which is on the back cover for the US release. A remastered version was released on CD by Rock Candy Records in February 2023.

Rev It Up received generally mixed reviews from critics, including a score of 3 out of 5 from AllMusic.

Track listing

1. "Rev It Up" Janet Gardner, Share Pedersen, Ron Keel, Steve Diamond 5:00
2. "How Much Love" Jan Kuehnemund, Jack Conrad, Steve Plunkett 4:40
3. "Love Is a Killer" Roxy Petrucci, Harry Paress 4:43
4. "Not a Minute Too Soon" Gardner, Pedersen 4:26
5. "Streets in Paradise" Kuehnemund, Conrad, Plunkett 4:32
6. "Hard 16" Pedersen, Gardner 4:05
7. "Bad Reputation" Kuehnemund, Gardner, Brian Miku 4:09
8. "Fallen Hero" Kuehnemund, Petrucci, Ralph Carter 5:17
9. "Only a Heartbeat Away" Pedersen, Gardner 5:07
10. "It Wouldn't Be Love" Diane Warren 4:42
11. "Wrecking Ball" Pedersen, Gardner 5:10

Japanese edition bonus tracks

1. "Edge of a Broken Heart" (live) Richard Marx, Fee Waybill 4:53
2. "Cruisin'" (live) Kuehnemund, Gardner, Keith Krupp 5:01

Production

Randy Nicklaus - producer

Dennis MacKay - engineer

Chad Blinman, Chris Fuhrman, Mike Gunderson, Gina Immel, Rob Jacobs, Bill Kennedy, Chad Munsey - assistant engineers

Mike Shipley - mixing

George Marino - mastering at Sterling Sound, New York

Mark Sullivan - production coordinator

David Reilly - sound technician for Jan Kuehnemund's guitar

Jack Benson - second engineer

1st press is a limited picture CD and came without inlay.