House of Lords (House of Lords album)

House of Lords
Studio album by House of Lords
Released October 18th 1988
Recorded 1988 at Oceanway Studios and O'Henry Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Hard rock, glam metal
Length 44:35
Label Simmons/RCA
Producer Gregg Giuffria, Andy Johns, Gene Simmons
House of Lords chronology

House of Lords
(1988)		 Sahara
(1990)
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Allmusic [1]

House of Lords is the eponymous debut album by House of Lords, a Giuffria spin-off band, featuring keyboardist Gregg Giuffria. It was released in 1988 on Kiss bassist Gene Simmons' own label and distributed by RCA Records. The album reached position No. 78 in The Billboard 200 Chart on February 25, 1989.[2]

Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick (with whom the band would later tour) co-wrote the song "Slip of the Tongue". Jeff Scott Soto of Talisman can be found on backing vocals throughout the whole album. Many other popular hard rock musicians has contributed to the songwriting of the songs on the album, including Stan Bush, David Glen Eisley of Giuffria, Johnny Warman and Mandy Meyer of Asia.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Pleasure Palace"  Gregg Giuffria, David Glen Eisley 6:21
2. "I Wanna Be Loved"  Mandy Meyer, Steve Johnstad 3:22
3. "Edge of Your Life"  Lanny Cordola, Chuck Wright, Bret Aldstadt 5:19
4. "Lookin' for Strange"  Cordola, Wright, Giuffria, James Christian 4:03
5. "Love Don't Lie"  Stan Bush 4:19
6. "Slip of the Tongue"  Giuffria, Eisley, Rick Nielsen 3:30
7. "Hearts of the World"  Giuffria, Cordola, Wright 4:17
8. "Under Blue Skies"  Giuffria, Eisley, Johnny Warman 4:36
9. "Call My Name"  Giuffria, Wright, Christian, Cordola 4:04
10. "Jealous Heart"  Giuffria, Eisley, David Roberts 4:38
2000 re-issue bonus tracks
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
11. "Love Don't Lie" (Remix)Bush 3:37

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Production

References

  1. ↑ "House of Lords House of Lords review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
  2. ↑ "House of Lords Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
  3. ↑ "Chuck Wright Interview". Music Legends. Retrieved 3 July 2013.

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