Once Bitten (Great White album)

Once Bitten
Studio album by
Great White
ReleasedJune 17, 1987[1][2]
Recorded1987
StudioTotal Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
Genre
Length46:32
LabelCapitol
ProducerAlan Niven, Mark Kendall, Michael Lardie
Great White chronology
Shot in the Dark
(1986) 		Once Bitten
(1987) 		...Twice Shy
(1989)
Singles from Once Bitten
  1. "Rock Me" / "Fast Road"
    Released: 1987
  2. "Save Your Love" / "Mistreater"
    Released: 1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal2/10[5]
Rock Hard7.5/10[6]

Once Bitten is the third studio album by American glam metal band Great White. It was released on June 17, 1987, by Capitol Records. The album became a commercial success, selling more than one million copies and being certified Platinum in April 1988.[1] The anthem "Rock Me" became a hit single, charting in September 1987,[7] and is one of Great White's best known songs. AllMusic explains in their review that it brought Great White a broader audience.[8] "Save Your Love" also charted, becoming their most famous power ballad at the time, in February 1988.[7] "Lady Red Light" and "All Over Now" would become fan favorites and be included among 15 tracks on their later retrospective, "Absolute Hits".[9] It was the band's last album to feature bassist Lorne Black.

In the UK, the track listing was significantly altered, losing four new tracks and replacing them with songs from 1986 album Shot in the Dark and with a live version of "What Do You Do". Russell would state that this was because of complications surrounding Shot in the Dark's release.[10] The album's opening track, "Lady Red Light", was featured on the NBC show Parks and Recreation in the episode "Tom's Divorce". The model photographed on the cover is Traci Martinson who appeared in four of their videos. [11]

  1. ^ a b "Great White – Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (2014). The big book of hair metal : the illustrated oral history of heavy metal's debauched decade. Minneapolis, MN. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-7603-4546-7. OCLC 858901054.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "Top 50 Glam Metal Albums". Metal Rules. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Great White Once Bitten review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  6. ^ "Great White – Once Bitten..." Rock Hard (in German). Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Great White – Chart history – Billboard". Billboard.com. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  8. ^ "Once Bitten... - Great White – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  9. ^ "Absolute Hits – Great White – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  10. ^ Reynolds, Dave (1987). "Great White – Putting The Colour Back Into White". Metal Forces. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  11. ^ Mosqueda, Ruben (February 14, 2017). "Jack Russell Interview - Sleaze Roxx". Retrieved October 16, 2024.