Vixen "Vixen (UK, EMI-Manhattan Records, CDP-7-46991-2)"

Vixen is an American rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1980. During its most commercially successful period from 1987 to 1992, the band consisted of Jan Kuehnemund (lead guitar), Janet Gardner (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Share Ross (bass guitar), and Roxy Petrucci (drums).

Vixen is the debut studio album by American rock band Vixen, released on August 31, 1988, by EMI's Manhattan Records. It includes the singles "Edge of a Broken Heart" and "Cryin'", which reached numbers 26 and 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively.

Richard Marx, one of the late 1980s' most successful recording artists, was heavily involved in Vixen's early career, co-producing the album and writing one of their highest-charting singles, "Edge of a Broken Heart".

The three songs co-written by Jeff Paris, "Cryin'", "One Night Alone" and the bonus track "Charmed Life" were previously released on Paris's 1987 solo album Wired Up. "Give It Away" is credited to Paris's real name Geoffrey Leib and was included on his previous album Race to Paradise from 1986.

Vixen was ranked at number 43 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 6, 1989.

A remastered CD, featuring 6 bonus tracks, was reissued by Rock Candy Records in September 2023.

Tracklist:

1. "Edge of a Broken Heart" Richard Marx/Fee Waybill 4:24
2. "I Want You to Rock Me" David Cole/Janet Gardner   3:30
3. "Cryin'"    Gregg Tripp/Jeff Paris   3:32
4. "American Dream" Jon Butcher 4:19
5. "Desperate" Brian Miku/Leah Santos/Jan Kuehnemund  4:16
6. "One Night Alone"    Tripp/Paris   3:50
7. "Hell Raisers"    Scott Metaxas/Kenneth Dubman/Vixen/Spencer Proffer   4:27
8. "Love Made Me"   John Keller/Marcy Levy/Michael Caruso   3:18
9. "Waiting" Kuehnemund/Gardner   3:11
10. "Cruisin'" Kuehnemund/Gardner/Keith Krupp   4:24
11. "Charmed Life" Tripp/Paris   4:05

Recording information:

Richard Marx - producer and arrangements on track 1

Brian Foraker - engineer and mixing on track 1

David Cole - producer, engineer, mixing and arrangements on tracks 2, 3, 5, 8–11

Rick Neigher - producer and arrangements on tracks 2, 3, 5, 8–11

Spencer Proffer - producer and arrangements on tracks 4, 6, 7

Hans Peter Huber - engineer and mixing on tracks 4, 6, 7

Peter Doell - additional engineering

Annette Cisneros, Jimmy Perziosi, Judy Clapp, Mark Stebbeds - assistant engineers

Greg Fulginiti - mastering at Artisan Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California

Susanne Marie Edgren, Lewis Kovac - production coordinators

Henry Marquez - art direction

Manufactured by Capitol Records - Hollywood, California.

Made in UK.

Printed in England.