Out for Blood (Lita Ford album)

Out for Blood
Studio album by Lita Ford
Released	1 May 1983
Recorded	Cherokee Studios, Fiddler's Studios and Fidelity Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	Glam metal, heavy metal
Length	35:19
Label	Mercury
Producer	Neil Merryweather, Artie Ripp, Joel Soiffer
Lita Ford chronology
Out for Blood (1983) Dancin' on the Edge (1984)
Re-released cover art

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10[2]
Kerrang!	(mixed)[3]

Out for Blood is the debut solo album from guitarist/vocalist Lita Ford, formerly of the band The Runaways.

The original cover art for this album featured Lita standing in front of a spiderweb holding a broken blood-spurting guitar. It was later replaced with a cover of Lita standing in front of a purple background with her guitar.

The album's artwork saw Ford adopting a very heavy metal-inspired image, an image she would maintain for much of the next decade.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Out for Blood" (Lita Ford, Neil Merryweather) – 2:56
2. "Stay with Me Baby" (Ford) – 4:31
3. "Just a Feeling" (Ford) – 4:41
4. "Ready, Willing and Able" (Ford, Merryweather) – 2:59
5. "Die for Me Only (Black Widow)" (Ford, Merryweather) – 3:05

Side two

6. "Rock 'n' Roll Made Me What I Am Today" (Pete Heimlich) – 2:53
7. "If You Can't Live with It" (Ford) – 4:20
8. "On the Run" (Ford, Merryweather) – 2:50
9. "Any Way That You Want Me" (Chip Taylor) – 3:36
10. "I Can't Stand It" (Ford) – 3:28

Personnel

• Lita Ford - lead & rhythm guitars, lead vocals
• Neil Merryweather - bass, harmony vocals, backing vocals, producer, mixing
• Dusty Watson - drums, backing vocals

Production

• Artie Ripp - producer, engineer, mixing
• Joel Soiffer - producer, engineer, mixing
• Bruce Wildstein, Cliff Zellman, John Hanlon, Laura Livingstone, Rick Neiswonger - assistant engineers
• Andrew Nicholas - mastering

References