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Lita (album) - Wikipedia

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Lita

Studio album by

Lita Ford

Released

February 2, 1988

Recorded

1987

Studio

Record One, Los Angeles

Genre

Hair metal^[1]

Length

40:15

Lita Ford chronology

Dancin' on the Edge
(1984)

Lita
(1988)

Stiletto
(1990)

Singles from Lita

"Kiss Me Deadly" / "Broken Dreams"
Released: April 1988
"Back to the Cave" (remix) / "Under the Gun"
Released: November 1988
"Close My Eyes Forever" (remix) / "Under the Gun"
Released: February 1989
"Falling In and Out of Love" (remix) / "Fatal Passion"
Released: 1989

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	4/10^[3]
Kerrang!	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[5]

Lita is the third solo studio album by the American glam metal singer and guitarist Lita Ford. Released in February 1988, it was her first for RCA Records and her first published with the supervision of new manager Sharon Osbourne. Musicians Don Nossov and Myron Grombacher, who were best known for being the rhythm section of the successful American singer Pat Benatar, joined Ford for the recording sessions while Charles Dalba and Tommy Caradonna played drums and bass during the promotional tour.

The album is Ford's most successful, reaching No. 29 on the US Billboard 200 chart and being certified platinum.^[6] It produced the hit singles "Close My Eyes Forever" (a duet with Ozzy Osbourne) and "Kiss Me Deadly" which peaked at numbers 8 and 12 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[7] "Kiss Me Deadly" was named the 76th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.^[8]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Back to the Cave"	Mike Chapman, David Ezrin, Lita Ford	4:01
2.	"Can't Catch Me"	Ezrin, Ford, Lemmy Kilmister	3:58
3.	"Blueberry"	Chapman	3:47
4.	"Kiss Me Deadly"	Mick Smiley	4:01
5.	"Falling In and Out of Love"	Ezrin, Ford, Nikki Sixx	5:07

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Fatal Passion"	Ezrin, Ford, Punky Peru	4:41
7.	"Under the Gun"	Ford	4:48
8.	"Broken Dreams"	Ezrin, Ford	5:12
9.	"Close My Eyes Forever"	Ford, Ozzy Osbourne	4:42

Personnel

Band members

Lita Ford – guitar, vocals
David Ezrin – keyboards
Don Nossov – bass guitar
Myron Grombacher – drums

Additional musicians

Craig Krampf – additional percussion and drums
Ozzy Osbourne – duet vocals on "Close My Eyes Forever"
Llory McDonald, Mike Chapman – background vocals

Production

Mike Chapman – producer
George Tutko – engineer, mixing at Village Recorders and One on One Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Brett Swain, Charlie Brocco, Jimmy Hoyson, Toby Wright – assistant engineers
George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
Ria Lewerke – art direction
Moshe Brakha – photography

Charts

Chart performance for *Lita*
Chart (1988)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[9]	42
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)^[10]	38
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[11]	45
US Billboard 200^[12]	29

Certifications

Certifications for *Lita*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[13]	Gold	50,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[14]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Bukszpan, Daniel (2003). The encyclopedia of heavy metal. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. p. 74. ISBN 0-7607-4218-9. OCLC 51804645.
^ Huey, Steve. "Lita Ford Lita review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 125. ISBN 978-1894959315.
^ Watts, Chris (February 6, 1988). "Don't De-Lita". Kerrang!. Vol. 173. London, UK: Spotlight Publications.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 257.
^ "Lita Ford Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
^ "Lita Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
^ "Vh1 Top 100 Hard Rock Songs". Spreadit. January 1, 2009. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 8276". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
^ "Charts.nz – Lita Ford – Lita". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^ "Lita Ford Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Lita Ford – Lita". Music Canada. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
^ "American album certifications – Lita Ford – Lita". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 23, 2022.

v t e Lita Ford
Lita Ford Patrick Kennison Marty O'Brien Bobby Rock Mitch Perry Scot Coogan
Studio albums	Out for Blood (1983) Dancin' on the Edge (1984) Lita (1988) Stiletto (1990) Dangerous Curves (1991) Black (1995) Wicked Wonderland (2009) Living Like a Runaway (2012)
Live albums	Greatest Hits Live! (2000) The Bitch Is Back ... Live (2013)
Compilation albums	The Best of Lita Ford (1992)
Singles	"Kiss Me Deadly" "Close My Eyes Forever"
Related articles	Discography The Runaways

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