White Lion "Mane Attraction (Japan, Atlantic Records, AMCY-228)"

Mane Attraction is the fourth studio album by the glam metal band White Lion. It was released in 1991 by Atlantic Records, and reached No. 61 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 31 in the UK.

After a year of writing and recording, White Lion released Mane Attraction in the spring of 1991, which was received well by the fans. Unfortunately, the album failed to reach the top 20 like the last two albums. It received little airplay due to the rising popularity of grunge. The album featured the singles "Love Don't Come Easy" which peaked at number 24 on the Mainstream Rock chart, "Lights and Thunder", an eight-minute heavy rock epic with a complex structure inspired by Led Zeppelin's "Achilles Last Stand" and a re-recorded version of the band's debut single "Broken Heart", all of which had music videos. The song "Out with the Boys" was released as a rare promo single. The album also contained White Lion's only instrumental song, "Blue Monday", a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan, who had died while the band was writing for the album.

The album's power ballads "You're All I Need" which was released as a promo single, "Till Death Do Us Part" and "Farewell to You" gained a huge amount of radio airplay in Indonesia and the Philippines. Mike Tramp is married to Indonesian actress Ayu Azhari. "You're All I Need" also inspired Ahmad Dhani to create a song for Dewa 19 titled "Kangen".

A music video montage was released for the song "Farewell to You" which featured on the band's video album Escape from Brooklyn in 1992.

Greg D'Angelo and James Lomenzo left the band soon after the album's release, citing "musical differences", but White Lion carried on with bassist Tommy "T-Bone" Caradonna and drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Suicidal Tendencies, Y&T). After briefly touring in support of Mane Attraction, Tramp and Bratta decided to call it a day, their last show being held in Boston at the Channel Club in September 1991.

Tracklist:

1. Lights And Thunder = ライツ・アンド・サンダー 8:09
2. Broken Heart = ブロークン・ハート 4:07
3. Leave Me Alone = リーブ・ミー・アローン 4:26
4. Love Don't Come Easy = ラブ・ドント・カム・イージー 4:10
5. You're All I Need = ユーアー・オール・アイ・ニード 4:25
6. It's Over = イッツ・オーバー 5:17
7. Warsong = ウォーソング 6:56
8. She's Got Everything = シーズ・ガット・エブリシング 6:53
9. Till Death Do Us Part = ティル・デス・ドゥ・アス・パート 5:30
10. Out With The Boys = アウト・ウィズ・ザ・ボーイズ 4:33
11. Blue Monday = ブルー・マンデイ 4:20
12. Farewell To You = フェアウェル・トゥ・ユー 4:24

Time:   63:45

Comes in a standard jewel case with obi and includes, a booklet, a fold-out insert with liner notes Japanese/English track list, Japanese commentary, and lyrics translated into Japanese.

Recording information:

Producer – Richie Zito

Mastered By – George Marino

Engineer [2nd, Basic Tracks] – Brian Scheuble, John Aguto

Engineer [2nd, Mixing] – Randy Wine

Engineer [2nd, Overdubs] – Sarah Browder

Engineer, Mixed By – Phil Kaffel

Art Direction – Bob Defrin

Recorded At – A&M Studios

Mixed At – A&M Studios

Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Basic Tracks & Mixing at A&M Studios, Los Angeles

Overdubs at O'Henry Studio, Toluca Lake

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

White Lion "Pride (USA, Atlantic Records, 7 81768-2)"

Pride is the second studio album by the American-Danish glam-metal band White Lion, released on June 22, 1987, by Atlantic Records. The album featured the two top ten hits "Wait" and "When the Children Cry". It peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200 and remained in the Billboard Top 200 for a full year, selling two million copies in the US alone.

The recording process of the album took six weeks and the album was produced by Michael Wagener. The album's first single, "Wait", was released on June 1, 1987, but did not make waves until MTV began airing the music video in January 1988, seven months after its release, pushing the single to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. In August 1988, more than a year after the album's release, the second single "Tell Me" also featuring a music video hit #58. Pride's third single, a gentle acoustic ballad titled "When the Children Cry", made it all the way to #3, again with heavy MTV rotation of the music video. The album peaked at #11 on the album charts. Pride would remain on the top 200 Billboard album charts for a full year.

The success of "When the Children Cry" would eventually push sales of Pride over the two million mark in the US, achieving double platinum status. In addition, guitarist Vito Bratta was recognized for his instrumental talents by racking up Best New Guitarist awards with both Guitar World magazine and Guitar for the Practicing Musician magazine.

"All You Need Is Rock 'n' Roll" was the fourth single released from the album.

In 1986, the band first recorded a few songs in Frankfurt, in the same studio as "Fight to Survive". But on returning home, they chose to ignore these songs and record a brand new record in Los Angeles. These demo songs can be found on "Pride Take One ´86" and the later "Anthology" album.

When they were recording the drums, Vito played the solo to the song "Wait" as a backing track but the producer was so pleased that they kept the recording. Michael Wagener has said in interviews that he got goosebumps when he heard Vito play the solo. They also borrowed an older Fender Stratocaster that once belonged to Jimi Hendrix to record another solo on the record.

In an interview with drummer Greg D`Angelo, he says that the first demo songs had the same raw sound as the first record, but they took a chance on recording and releasing the record with the new, slightly more commercial sound and the result was satisfactory.

The Pride tour started in June 1987, as White Lion opened for Frehley's Comet. The next year and a half was filled with constant touring, opening for such bands as Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne. KISS in December 1987. In January 1988 White Lion landed the opening slot for AC/DC on their Blow Up Your Video American tour. They would end the tour opening for Stryper in the summer of 1988.

While White Lion toured with AC/DC, the Pride album and "Wait" single charted, due in no small part to MTV airing the "Wait" music video in regular rotation – nearly seven months after the single's release. In February 1988, a show "Live at the Ritz" in New York City was filmed for an MTV concert special and was released on VHS along with another full concert video titled "One Night in Tokyo". The Pride tour ended in the spring of 1989.

Track listing

All tracks written by Vito Bratta and Mike Tramp.

1. "Hungry" 3:55
2. "Lonely Nights" 4:11
3. "Don't Give Up" 3:15
4. "Sweet Little Loving" 4:02
5. "Lady of the Valley" 6:35
6. "Wait" 4:00
7. "All You Need Is Rock 'n' Roll" 5:14
8. "Tell Me" 4:28
9. "All Join Our Hands" 4:11
10. "When the Children Cry" 4:18

Total length: 44:09

Catalog number 7 81768-2 on spine; 81768-2 on CD, insert and inlay.

Track 7 is shown with a printed time of 3:15. It is really 5:15.

Printed in U.S.A.

White Lion "Wait (Single & Video)"

"Wait" is a song recorded by White Lion and written by White Lion vocalist Mike Tramp and guitarist Vito Bratta. It was the lead single from their second album, Pride.

The single was released on June 1, 1987, but did not chart until February 1988, around the time the band filmed their Live in New York concert for MTV. In May 1988, "Wait" finally cracked the top 10 in the US, due in no small part to MTV airing the "Wait" music video in regular rotation—nearly seven months after the single's release. The song peaked at #8 and also charted at #48 in Canada and #88 in the UK.

The music video featured Christie Muhaw of The Flirts, who died in a car accident less than a year after the video propelled the song into the top 10. Her death at only 24 years old made the song's lyrics especially poignant.

"Wait" was re-recorded in 1999 on the album Remembering White Lion (also released as "Last Roar" in 2004) and a live version was released in 2005 on the live album Rocking the USA. The live version was released as a promo and later iTunes single and also features as a bonus track on the album Return of the Pride.

Track listing

1. "Wait" – 4:00
2. "Don't Give Up" – 3:15