Red Light Fever (Hot Leg album)

Red Light Fever
Studio album by Hot Leg
Released February 9, 2009
February 17, 2009
Recorded August 2008–?
Genre Glam metal, hard rock, glam rock
Length 34:28
Label Barbecue Rock
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Singles from Red Light Fever
  1. "Trojan Guitar"
    Released: October 20, 2008
  2. "I've Met Jesus"
    Released: December 15, 2008
  3. "Cocktails"
    Released: March 2, 2009

Red Light Fever is the debut album by the musical group Hot Leg, led by singer/songwriter Justin Hawkins, formerly of The Darkness. It was released in Europe on February 9, 2009 and in the United States on February 17, 2009.[1]

Contents

Background

Writing of Red Light Fever began when lead vocalist/front man Justin Hawkins left The Darkness. Several demos were leaked onto the internet mid-2007, leading many people to believe he was releasing a solo album, however, in August 2008 it was announced that Hawkins had formed a band with which to bring his newly penned music to the public again. In January 2009, it was announced via the band's MySpace page that the debut album would be released in Europe on February 9.

Songs featured on the album include, "Whichever Way You Want to Give It", "You Can't Hurt Me Anymore", "Gay in the 80s", the download-only single "Trojan Guitar" and Christmas 'super-smash' "I've Met Jesus". Promotional song "Heroes" was not included on the album. Other songs on the album include; "Chickens", "Prima Donna" and "Cocktails", their first major single release.

Every track on the record was scored, performed and recorded by Justin Hawkins. The album was mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering. Chas Bayfield co-wrote lyrics to the tracks "Cocktails", "Gay in the 80s" and "I've Met Jesus". Hawkins' Eurovision collaborator Beverlei Brown appears on the track "Ashamed".

Track listing

All songs written by Justin Hawkins except where noted.

  1. "Chickens" – 3:16
  2. "You Can't Hurt Me Anymore" – 3:19
  3. "Ashamed" – 3:04
  4. "I've Met Jesus" (Hawkins, Chas Bayfield) – 3:09
  5. "Trojan Guitar" – 5:25
  6. "Cocktails" (Hawkins, Bayfield) – 3:58
  7. "Gay in the 80s" (Hawkins, Bayfield) – 3:17 (used as a B-side to "Cocktails" vinyl version)
  8. "Prima Donna" – 3:27
  9. "Whichever Way You Wanna Give It" – 3:23
  10. "Kissing in the Wind" – 3:30

Outtakes

  1. "Heroes" – 2:44 (was available as a download on the official hot leg site for a limited time)
  2. "Cupboard Love" – 4:26 (used as a B-side to "I"ve Met Jesus" CD version)
  3. "Automatic" – 4:02 (used as a B-side to "I"ve Met Jesus" CD version)
  4. "Take Take Take" – 2:32 (free to download on the official hot leg site)
  5. "All I Gotta Do" – 3:31 (used as a B-side to "Cocktails" CD version)

Personnel

Singles

Release date Song
October 20, 2008 "Trojan Guitar"
December 15, 2008 "I've Met Jesus"
March 2, 2009 "Cocktails"

Notes

  1. ^ UK. "Hot Leg | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Profile.myspace.com. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=294049608. Retrieved 2011-08-25. 

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