Ace Frehley "Trouble Walkin' (Japan, Megaforce/Atlantic Records, 22P2-3051)"

Trouble Walkin' is the second full-length solo album released by Ace Frehley (two previous albums were credited to Frehley's Comet). The album features guest performances by former Kiss drummer Peter Criss, as well as Skid Row members Sebastian Bach, Rachel Bolan and Dave Sabo.

The album peaked at No. 102 on the Billboard 200 chart. The lone single, a cover of The Move's "Do Ya", did not chart. "Hide Your Heart", co-written by Paul Stanley, first appeared on Bonnie Tyler's Hide Your Heart album, and later appeared on Kiss' Hot in the Shade, which was released four days later. Lead vocals for "2 Young 2 Die" were provided by rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Richie Scarlet. Former Kiss drummer Peter Criss was thanked for his contributions which were limited to backing vocals on "Hide Your Heart", "Trouble Walkin'", "2 Young 2 Die" and "Back to School".

UK-based company Rock Candy Records reissued this album on CD in 2014.

Track listing

All lead vocals by Ace Frehley, except where noted.

1. "Shot Full of Rock" Frehley, Richie Scarlet 4:47
2. "Do Ya" Jeff Lynne 3:47
3. "Five Card Stud" Frehley, Marc Ferrari 4:01
4. "Hide Your Heart" Paul Stanley, Desmond Child, Holly Knight 4:33
5. "Lost in Limbo" Frehley, Scarlet 4:10
6. "Trouble Walkin'" Bill Wray, Phil Brown 3:08
7. "2 Young 2 Die" Frehley, Scarlet (Lead Vocals: Scarlet) 4:29
8. "Back to School" Frehley, John Regan 3:43
9. "Remember Me" Frehley, James Carter Cathcart 5:01
10. "Fractured III" Frehley, Regan (Instrumental) 6:48

Recording information:

Eddie Kramer - producer, engineer, mixing at Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, NY

David Cook, Mike Reiter, Eddie Solan, Chris Laidlaw - engineers

Scott Mabuchi - mixing

Ted Jensen - mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City

Bob Defrin - art direction

Larry Freemantle - cover design

Brad Hitz - photography

Various Artists "A Tribute To The Priest (Germany, Nuclear Blast, NB 1022)"

A Tribute to the Priest is a tribute album for Judas Priest, released on 9 September 2002.

Track listing

"Hell Bent for Leather" - Annihilator (2:53)
Originally released on Killing Machine (US title : Hell Bent For Leather).
"Metal Gods" - Primal Fear (3:37)
Originally released on British Steel.
"Delivering the Goods" (live) - Skid Row (4:50)
Originally released on Killing Machine (US title : Hell Bent For Leather).
"Riding on the Wind" - Witchery (2:47)
Originally released on Screaming for Vengeance.
"Screaming for Vengeance" - Iced Earth (4:37)
Originally released on Screaming for Vengeance.
"Jawbreaker" - Siebenbürgen (3:54)
Originally released on Defenders of the Faith.
"Breaking the Law" - HammerFall (2:12)
Originally released on British Steel.
"Electric Eye" - Benediction (4:17)
Originally released on Screaming for Vengeance.
"Painkiller" - Death (6:02)
Originally released on Painkiller.
"All Guns Blazing" - Silent Force (3:24)
Originally released on Painkiller.
"Dreamer Deceiver" - Steel Prophet (5:24)
Originally released on Sad Wings of Destiny.
"Never Satisfied" - Armored Saint (4:34)
Originally released on Rocka Rolla.
"Green Manalishi" - Therion (3:21)
Originally released on Killing Machine (US title : Hell Bent For Leather).
"Diamonds And Rust" - Thunderstone (3:25)
Originally released on Sin After Sin.

Skid Row "40 Seasons: The Best Of Skid Row (Japan, Atlantic Records, AMCY-2884)"

40 Seasons: The Best of Skid Row is a compilation album by American heavy metal band Skid Row, released in 1998. It includes the chart-topping singles "18 and Life", "I Remember You" and "Youth Gone Wild".

The compilation features songs from the first three Skid Row studio albums Skid Row, Slave to the Grind and Subhuman Race. The tracks "Into Another", "My Enemy" and "Breakin' Down" were remixed for this album with more tender, slightly cleaner mixes, presumably so they fit more suitingly with the other tracks. It also includes two unreleased tracks, one from the 1988 Skid Row sessions, and one from the 1990-91 Slave to the Grind sessions. The Japanese version features a bonus track from the B-Side Ourselves EP.

Track listing

1. "Youth Gone Wild" Rachel Bolan, Dave Sabo Skid Row 3:21
2. "18 and Life" Bolan, Sabo Skid Row 3:49
3. "Piece of Me" Bolan Skid Row 2:48
4. "I Remember You" Bolan, Sabo Skid Row 5:14
5. "The Threat" Bolan, Sabo Slave to the Grind 3:48
6. "Psycho Love" Bolan Slave to the Grind 3:58
7. "Monkey Business" Bolan, Sabo Slave to the Grind 4:19
8. "Quicksand Jesus" Bolan, Sabo Slave to the Grind 5:21
9. "Slave to the Grind" Sebastian Bach, Bolan, Sabo Slave to the Grind 3:31
10. "Into Another" (remix) Bolan, Sabo Subhuman Race 3:59
11. "Frozen" (demo 1994) Bolan, Sabo Subhuman Race 5:32
12. "My Enemy" (remix) Scotti Hill, Rob Affuso, Bolan Subhuman Race 3:32
13. "Breakin' Down" (remix) Sabo Subhuman Race 4:28
14. "Beat Yourself Blind" (live from The Astoria, London 1995) Bach, Hill, Bolan, Sabo Subhuman Beings on Tour 5:20
15. "Forever" (previously unreleased 1988) Hill, Bolan, Sabo New track 4:04
16. "Fire in the Hole" (previously unreleased 1991) Hill, Bolan New track 3:26
17. "Psycho Therapy" (Ramones cover, unlisted Japanese version bonus track) Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone B-Side Ourselves 2:32

Skid Row "Subhuman Race (Japan, Atlantic Records, AMCY-802)"

Subhuman Race (stylized sUBHUMAN rACE) is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Skid Row, released on March 28, 1995, by Atlantic Records. This is the last Skid Row album with singer Sebastian Bach and drummer Rob Affuso, and the last one to be released on Atlantic. Despite receiving positive reviews, Subhuman Race was not as successful as the band's first two albums. Certain tracks from the album were remixed for the band's compilation 40 Seasons: The Best of Skid Row, given more tender, slightly cleaner mixes to fit better with the other tracks.

Released during the decline of hard rock and heavy metal, Subhuman Race marked a significant change in the band's sound, with Bob Rock replacing Michael Wagener as its producer, and resembling a mixture of heavy metal with grunge, alternative, punk rock, thrash metal and groove metal influences. It has also been noted as more of a dark album than previous works.

To promote Subhuman Race, Skid Row supported Van Halen in North America on their Balance tour. Following the album and tour, they released a live EP titled Subhuman Beings on Tour, featuring live performances from the Subhuman Race tour. The band has not played any songs from Subhuman Race since the album's tour in 1995–1996, though Bach has occasionally played them on his solo tours, including "Beat Yourself Blind", "Frozen", and the singles "My Enemy", "Into Another" and "Breakin' Down". "Beat Yourself Blind" was the only song from this album to be performed live since Bach's departure, until ZP Theart performed "Medicine Jar" in 2018, while "Remains to Be Seen" has never been played live once.

The album debuted at #35 on the Billboard 200, staying for nine weeks, being a significant drop off from Slave to the Grind's #1 debut. By July 1999, Subhuman Race has sold 165,424 copies, falling significantly behind their previous records.

The band members also do not reflect positively on their work on Subhuman Race. In an interview in November 2006, bassist Rachel Bolan expressed his negative feelings about the album: "That record was a nightmare. Internally the band had fallen apart but we were forced to go in and do another record and it was a nightmare with the recording, writing and producing. We worked with someone we had not worked with before after being so successful with Michael and we were used to the way he did things. I am not slighting Bob at all, he is a genius producer but it was bad timing. I did not have the greatest time, it was nobody's fault, it was just the way things were. Also the record absolutely sucks." In a June 2018 interview on the "Rock Talk with Mitch Lafon" podcast, vocalist Sebastian Bach indicated that, despite featuring "some good tunes", the "very dated production sound" of Subhuman Race has made it an unlistenable album: "In the same way, probably, Lars Ulrich might think St. Anger is dated to that time, I think Subhuman Race might be our St. Anger."

Track listing

1. "My Enemy" Scotti Hill, Rob Affuso, Rachel Bolan, 3:38
2. "Firesign" Sebastian Bach, Bolan, Hill, Dave Sabo 4:54
3. "Bonehead" Bolan, Sabo 2:16
4. "Beat Yourself Blind" Bach, Hill, Bolan, Sabo 5:02
5. "Eileen" Bach, Affuso, Bolan, Sabo 5:36
6. "Remains to be Seen" Hill, Bolan, Sabo 3:34
7. "Subhuman Race" Hill, Bolan, Sabo 2:40
8. "Frozen" Bolan, Sabo 4:43
9. "Into Another" Bolan, Sabo 4:02
10. "Face Against My Soul" Bach, Bolan, Sabo, Affuso, 4:20
11. "Medicine Jar" Hill, Bolan, Sabo 3:36
12. "Breakin' Down" Sabo 4:30
13. "Iron Will" Hill, Affuso, Bolan, Sabo [†]7:43
14. "Frozen (Demo Version)" 

 † The song "Iron Will" ends at 4:45 followed by 2:15 of silence before a hidden track plays.

Issued with a 24-page booklet.

Recording information:

Recorded at Greenhouse Studios in Vancouver and Seacoast Sound in Victoria, British Columbia; and also at Thin Man Cantina in New Jersey, USA.

Mixed at Warehouse Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Mastered at Sterling Sound in New York City.