Stiletto (album)

Stiletto

Released

May 15, 1990

Recorded

BMG Recording Studios, New York City,
Cove City Sound Studios, Glen Cove, New York,
Horizon Studios, Sicklerville, New Jersey,
Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California

Genre

Glam metal

Length

51:31

Label

RCA

Producer

Mike Chapman

Lita Ford chronology

Lita
(1988)

Stiletto
(1990)

Dangerous Curves
(1991)

Singles from Stiletto

"Hungry" / "Big Gun"
Released: July 1990
"Lisa" / "The Ripper"
Released: 1990 (UK only)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Stiletto is the fourth studio album by rock-musician Lita Ford. It included the singles "Hungry" and "Lisa". The album reached position No. 52 in the US Billboard 200 chart.^[2]

Track listing

Side one

"Your Wake Up Call" (Mike Chapman, David Ezrin, Lita Ford, Myron Grombacher, Don Nossov) – 1:59
"Hungry" (Michael Dan Ehmig, Ford) – 4:57
"Dedication" (Chapman) – 3:34
"Stiletto" (Ford, Holly Knight) – 4:37
"Lisa" (Ehmig, Ford) – 4:45
"The Ripper" (Ezrin, Ford) – 5:20

Side two

"Big Gun" (Ford, Grombacher, Nossov) – 4:37
"Only Women Bleed" (Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner) – 6:03
"Bad Boy" (Ford, Mark Spiro) – 3:59
"Aces & Eights" (Ford, Grombacher, Kevin Savigar) – 4:20
"Cherry Red" (Ehmig, Ford) – 4:09
"Outro" (Ezrin, Ford, Grombacher, Nossov) – 1:56

Personnel

Band members

Lita Ford – guitar, vocals
David Ezrin – keyboards
Don Nossov – bass guitar
Myron Grombacher – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

Pablo Calagero - baritone sax
Richie Cannata - tenor sax, horns arrangements
Barry Danelian - trumpet
Kevin Osborne - trombone, backing vocals, horns arrangements
Mike Chapman, Tim Lawless, Ozzie Melendez - backing vocals
Ralph Schuckett - strings arrangements

Production

Mike Chapman - producer, mixing
Marc DeSisto, Steve Marcantonio, Brian McGee, Dave Wittman - engineers
Neal Avron, Dan Hetzel, Mike Kloster, Jay Newland, Ingrid M. Paaske, Steve Rossi, Tommy Skarupa, Vic Steffans, Ted Trewhalla, Thomas R. Yezzi - assistant engineers
Ted Trewhalla, William Wittman - mixing
George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC - mastering

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1990	Swiss Albums Chart^[3]	26
	Swedish Albums Chart^[4]	36
	Billboard 200 (USA)^[2]	52
	RPM100 Albums (Canada)^[5]	54
	UK Albums Chart^[6]	66

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1990	"Hungry"	Mainstream Rock (USA)^[7]	14
		UK Singles Chart^[8]	76
		Billboard Hot 100 (USA)^[7]	98

References

↑ Henderson, Alex. "Lita Ford Stiletto review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
1 2 "Stiletto Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
↑ "Lita Ford - Stiletto". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
↑ "Lita Ford – Stiletto (album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 52, No. 15, August 25, 1990". Library and Archives Canada. 25 August 1990. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
↑ "Artist Chart History – Lita Ford". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
1 2 "Stiletto Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
↑ "The Official Charts Company - Hungry by Lita Ford Search". The Official Charts Company. 17 July 2014.

Lita Ford

Patrick Kennison Marty O'Brien Bobby Rock Mitch Perry Scot Coogan

Studio albums	Out for Blood (1983) Dancin' on the Edge (1984) Lita (1988) Stiletto (1990) Dangerous Curves (1991) Black (1995) Wicked Wonderland (2009) Living Like a Runaway (2012)

Live albums	Greatest Hits Live! (2000) The Bitch Is Back ... Live (2013)

Compilation albums	The Best of Lita Ford (1992)

Singles	"Kiss Me Deadly"

Related articles	Discography The Runaways

Book:Lita Ford

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