Wake Me When It's Over

For the 1960 comedy, see Wake Me When It's Over (film). For the Willie Nelson song, see Wake Me When It's Over (Willie Nelson song).
Wake Me When It's Over
Studio album by
Faster Pussycat
ReleasedAugust 28, 1989[1]
Recorded1988–1989
Genre
Length60:42
LabelElektra[2]
ProducerJohn Jansen
Faster Pussycat chronology
Faster Pussycat
(1987) 		Wake Me When It's Over
(1989) 		Whipped!
(1992)
Singles from Wake Me When It's Over
  1. "House of Pain Poison Ivy 1989"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Chicago Tribune[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]
St. Petersburg Times[7]

Wake Me When It's Over is the second album by Faster Pussycat, released in 1989.[8] The band moved away from the glam metal of their first album to a more blues-influenced sound.[9]

Music videos were produced for "Poison Ivy" and "House of Pain". "House of Pain" reached No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the video, which was directed by future film director Michael Bay, was in rotation on MTV.[citation needed] The album peaked at No. 48 on the Billboard 200.[10] The album has been certified gold by the RIAA.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  2. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 241.
  3. ^ Huey, Steve. Wake Me When It's Over at AllMusic
  4. ^ Kot, Greg (9 Nov 1989). "Home Entertainment....Recordings". Chicago Tribune. p. 15E.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 402.
  6. ^ Gold, Jonathan (29 Oct 1989). "POP MUSIC SPECIAL The Record Industry's Big Push". Los Angeles Times. p. 52.
  7. ^ Hall, Ken (20 Oct 1989). "SOUND BITES". St. Petersburg Times. p. 17.
  8. ^ Phillips, William; Cogan, Brian (March 20, 2009). Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313348013 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Popoff, Martin (2014). The big book of hair metal : the illustrated oral history of heavy metal's debauched decade. Minneapolis, MN: Voyageur Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-7603-4546-7. OCLC 858901054.
  10. ^ "Faster Pussycat". Billboard.