Black 'n Blue (album)

Black 'N Blue
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1984
StudioDierks Studios, Stommeln, West Germany
GenreGlam metal, heavy metal
Length40:07
LabelGeffen
ProducerDieter Dierks
Black 'n Blue chronology
Black 'N Blue
(1984)
Without Love
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[3]
Rock Hard7.0/10[4]

Black 'N Blue is the debut studio album by American glam metal band Black 'n Blue, released in 1984. The album includes the band's only song to chart as a single, Hold On to 18. In 2015, the album was ranked 28th at Rolling Stone's "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time".[3]

The track "Chains Around Heaven" had previously appeared on both the second and third pressings of the compilation album Metal Massacre (1982).

  1. ^ "Black 'N Blue review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  3. ^ a b Eddy, Chuck (13 October 2015). "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Review Album : Black 'N Blue - Black 'N Blue". Rock Hard (in German). No. 8. 1984. Retrieved December 1, 2021.