This is ex-Runaway’s lead guitarist’s third solo studio release, and her most successful. This was also the beginning of her association with Sharon Osbourne’s management company, hence the co-write on Close My Eyes Forever. You can’t beat extra royalties, eh Sharon? To be fair this is a really good album with a super slick production by Mike Chapman who gets a couple of co-writes himself.
Everyone is familiar with Kiss Me Deadly and the aforementioned Close My Eyes Forever, which were huge hits for Lita, and you could not move without hearing or watching those tunes, but it’s the lesser known tracks that I really like. Can’t Catch Me which was written with Lemmy is my favourite on the album, as it shifts along at a killer pace with a wicked groove and Lita shows she’s no mug on guitar. Blueberry is a typical Mike Chapman tune, very similar to the hits he had in the 70’s with the likes of Sweet. Fatal Passion is more Motley Crüe than the Crüe themselves. Side 1 is a killer side of music and is let down somewhat by Side 2 which has to much filler.
8/10 from The Grooveman.
