Cocked & Loaded by L.A. Guns, album cover
Album

Cocked & Loaded

Released22 August 1989
LabelVertigo
Popularity50.2
Also cited19 August 1989

Cocked & Loaded is the second album by the American glam metal band L.A. Guns, released on 22 August 1989 on Vertigo. It followed their self-titled debut of the previous year, and the band got to work on a follow-up quickly. It was recorded at Hollywood studios One on One, Music Grinder and Conway Recording, with Duane Baron, John Purdell and Tom Werman producing. It is also the first L.A. Guns record to feature drummer Steve Riley.

The record did well. It reached number 38 on the Billboard 200 and went gold in the US in 1990. "The Ballad of Jayne" climbed to number 33 on the Hot 100, and "Rip and Tear" joined it in the Mainstream Rock top 50. Critics welcomed the way the band's sound had developed since the debut. The whole album was later re-recorded as Cocked & Re-Loaded, and in 2018 Consequence placed it among its "10 Hair Metal Albums That Don't Suck".

Cocked & Loaded: tracklist, credits and charts

14 tracks · 54:49

Tracklist

  1. 1Letting GoCripps, Guns, Lewis, Nickels, Riley1:04
  2. 2Slap in the FaceCripps, Guns, Lewis, Nickels, Riley3:50
  3. 3Rip and TearCripps, Guns, Lewis, Nickels, Riley4:14
  4. 4Sleazy Come Easy GoCripps, Guns, Lewis, Nickels, Riley4:05
  5. 5Never EnoughBlack, Cripps, Guns, Lewis, Nickels, Paris, Riley, Roy, Tripp4:16
  6. 6MalariaCripps, Guns, Lewis, Nickels, Riley5:27
  7. 7The Ballad of JayneCripps, Guns, Lewis, Nickels, Riley4:34
  8. 8MagdalaineCripps, Guns, Lewis, Nickels, Riley6:09
  9. 9Give a LittleCripps, Guns, Lewis, Nickels, Riley3:32
  10. 10I'm AddictedCripps, Guns, Lewis, Nickels, Riley1:58
  11. 1117 CrashCripps, Guns, Lewis, Nickels, Riley3:41
  12. 12Showdown (Riot on Sunset)Cripps, Guns, Lewis, Nickels, Riley3:22
  13. 13Wheels of FireCripps, Guns, Lewis, Nickels, Riley5:01
  14. 14I Wanna Be Your ManCripps, Guns, Lewis, Nickels, Riley3:38
Produced by
Duane Baron, John Purdell, Tom Werman
Recorded at
Conway Recording Studios (Hollywood, California), Music Grinder Studios (Hollywood, California), One on One Studios (North Hollywood, California)
Recorded
April–June 1989
Mixed at
Conway Recording Studios, The Village
Engineered by
Duane Baron, John Purdell
Label
Vertigo
Length
54:49

Line-up

  • Mick Cripps · acoustic guitar, guitar, piano, background vocals
  • Tracii Guns · 12 string guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric sitar, theremin, background vocals
  • Kelly Nickels · bass guitar, harmonica, background vocals
  • Steve Riley · drums (drum set), percussion
  • Phil Lewis · lead vocals
  • Rick Nielsen · background vocals · guest
  • Robin Zander · background vocals · guest

Singles

  • “Rip and Tear”
  • “Never Enough”
  • “The Ballad of Jayne”

Peak chart positions

ChartPeak
UK Albums Chart · 198945
Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 198923

Certifications

RegionCertification
United States · 1990Gold

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How we know the release date wikipedia + wikidata; also seen: 1989-08-19 (musicbrainz)
SourceDateNote
MusicBrainz19 August 1989
Wikipedia infobox22 August 1989
Wikidata22 August 1989
US release22 August 1989earliest US date
UK / Europe release1989earliest UK or European date
9 editions
DateCountryLabelBarcodeKind
1989USVertigo042283859227other
1989XEVertigo042283859210other
1989DEVertigo042283859227other
1989USVertigoother
1989USVertigo0208314235241other
19 August 1989JPVertigo4988011317071original
22 August 1989USVertigo042283859227other
2012GBRock Candy5060211501074other
19 October 2017XEUniversal Music0600753724736other
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