Wicked Wonderland (album)

Wicked Wonderland
Studio album by Lita Ford
Released October 2, 2009 (Europe)
October 6, 2009 (US)
Genre Heavy metal
Length 65:30
Label earMusic/Edel (Europe)
JLRG Entertainment (US)
Producer Lita Ford, Jim Gillette, Greg Hampton
Lita Ford chronology

Greatest Hits Live!
(2000)
Wicked Wonderland
(2009)
Living Like a Runaway
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic (unfavorable)[1]
Chronicles of Chaos [2]

Wicked Wonderland is the seventh studio album by American rock-musician Lita Ford and her first of new material in almost 15 years.

Ford said about the album: "Everybody has their own 'Wicked Wonderland'. It's a place where you can do whatever you want and get as freaky as you feel. These songs are my version of that - they're all about my life…well, the parts that happen when the kids are in bed and my husband and I get into the boudoir."(...)"This is definitely the heaviest stuff I’ve ever recorded. I've evolved and matured as a person and so has my music. It’s lyrically very real."[3]

In October, 2009 the album also was released as limited edition vinyl LP, with modified track listing (without two last songs as well as with different track order) and different artwork.[4]

In popular culture

The track "Betrayal" is one of the 108 songs that appear in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game, Brütal Legend, to which Lita also contributed her likeness and voice to the character "Rima, Queen of the Zaulia".[5] The track is featured as background music for one of the cutscenes in the game's story mode, and can be played on the in-game radio once unlocked.

Track listing

  1. "Crave" - 3:46
  2. "Piece (Hell Yeah)" - 3:41
  3. "Patriotic S.O.B." - 4:32
  4. "Scream 4 Me" - 3:57
  5. "Inside" - 4:12
  6. "Wicked Wonderland" - 3:50
  7. "Indulge" - 4:42
  8. "Love" - 5:31
  9. "Betrayal" - 3:58
  10. "Sacred" - 4:34
  11. "Truth" - 3:55
  12. "Everything" - 3:35
  13. "Bed" - 6:51
  14. "Garden" - 4:06
  15. "Push" - 4:16

Personnel

References

  1. Jurek, Thom. "Lita Ford - Wicked Wonderland review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  2. Kalis, Quentin. "Lita Ford - Wicked Wonderland". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  3. "LITA FORD Invites The World Into Her 'Wicked Wonderland'". Blabbermouth.net. June 29, 2009. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  4. "LITA FORD: 'Wicked Wonderland' Vinyl To Feature Different Artwork". Blabbermouth.net. August 12, 2009. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  5. "LITA FORD Talks Upcoming Album, 'Brütal Legend' Game". Blabbermouth.net. July 8, 2009. Retrieved 2014-07-17.