Girls with Guns (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Girls with Guns
Type = studio
Artist = Tommy Shaw


Released = 1984
Recorded = 1984
Genre = Rock
Length = 48:53
Label = A&M
Producer = Mike Stone
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:tgjw7ipjg75r link]
Last album =
This album = "Girls with Guns"
(1984)
Next album = "What If?"
(1985)

"Girls with Guns" is the debut solo album from Styx guitarist/vocalist Tommy Shaw. It was released in October 1984 by A&M Records.

The title track was a top 10 hit at rock radio, peaking at #6 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and reaching a high of #33 on the Hot 100. "Girls With Guns" was featured in a first season episode of "Miami Vice" called "Glades."

A second single, the ballad "Lonely School", was released in late 1984 and peaked at #60 on the Hot 100 in January 1985. The videos for both singles received premiere status and strong rotation at MTV, and the network aired a concert special featuring Shaw.

The CD and cassette formats of the album feature extended versions of the ballad "Kiss Me Hello" and the dance-rock track "Outside In The Rain".

The "Girls With Guns" album charted on the Billboard 200 Albums chart for 25 weeks, peaking at #50.

Track listing

All words & music by Tommy Shaw except as noted.
# "Girls with Guns" – 3:11
# "Come In and Explain" – 4:20
# "Lonely School" – 5:03
# "Heads Up" (Tommy Shaw, Eddie Wohlford, Kenny Loggins) – 4:42
# "Kiss Me Hello" – 5:37 [vinyl] ; 7:47 [CD/cassette extended version]
# "Fading Away" – 4:03
# "Little Girl World" – 3:32
# "Outside in the Rain" – 4:32 [vinyl] ; 5:59 [CD/cassette extended version]
# "Free to Love You" (Shaw, Wohlford) – 4:49
# "The Race Is On" (Shaw, Wohlford) – 5:27

Personnel

*Tommy Shaw: Six and Twelve-string Electric guitars, Mandolin, Acoustic Guitar, Lead vocals
*Steve Holley: drums, percussion
*Brian Stanley: Bass Guitar
*Peter Wood: Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer
*Ritchie Cannata: Saxophone solo on "The Race is On"
*Molly Duncan: Saxophone section on "The Race is On"
*Carol Kenyon: Duet Vocal on "Outside in the Rain"

*Produced by Mike Stone for Mike Stone Ltd.