Vinnie Vincent Invasion (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Vinnie Vincent Invasion
Type = studio
Artist = Vinnie Vincent Invasion

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Released = August 2, 1986
Recorded =
Genre = Hard rock
Heavy metal
Glam metal
Length =
Label = Capitol
Producer =
Reviews =
This album = "Vinnie Vincent Invasion"
(August 2, 1986)
Next album = "All Systems Go"
(May 21, 1988)

"Vinnie Vincent Invasion" is a 1986 album by Vinnie Vincent Invasion.

John Norum did a cover of "Back on the Streets" on his 1987 album "Total Control".

Track listing

#"Boyz Are Gonna Rock" (Vinnie Vincent)– 4:54
#"Shoot U Full of Love" (Vincent) – 4:44
#"No Substitute"(Vincent) – 3:52
#"Animal" (Vincent) – 5:33
#"Twisted" (Vincent) – 4:49
#"Do You Wanna Make Love" (Vincent, Robert Fleischman) – 3:23
#"Back on the Streets" (Vincent, Richard Friedman) – 4:50
#"I Wanna Be Your Victim" (Vincent) – 4:36
#"Baby-O" (Vincent) – 3:43
#"Invasion" (Vincent, Fleischman) – 7:50

Credits

*Robert Fleischman - Vocals
*Vinnie Vincent - Guitars; vocals
*Dana Strum - Bass; backing vocals
*Bobby Rock - Drums

Notes

The album peaked at No. 63 on the "Billboard" Pop Album Charts and sold about 400,000 copies. Two singles were released: "Boyz Are Gonna Rock" and "Back on The Streets" but a music video was only made for "Boyz Are Gonna Rock". The song "Animal" appeared on the soundtrack for the movie Summer School. The band opened for Alice Cooper in 1987 to support the record.

In the video for "Boyz Are Gonna Rock," the singer in the video is Mark Slaughter rather than the actual singer, Robert Fleischman. Apparently, Fleischman had left the band prior to filming the video and Mark Slaughter ended up lip synching to Fleischman's vocals.

The song "Invasion" (for the CD and audio cassette versions) contained about three full minutes of looping guitar feedback at the end of the song. The record version had this same feedback at the end, but the difference was that it never ended until you picked up the needle! This was because the sound went all the way to the end of the vinyl, causing the needle to loop it over and over again.

The songs "Boyz Are Gonna Rock" and "Back on the Streets" are 2 of 4 Vinnie Vincent Invasion songs featured on the 2008 tribute album "." "Boyz Are Gonna Rock" features drums by Andre LaBelle, who had previously drummed on Vinnie's third (and unreleased) album "Guitars from Hell." [cite web | url=http://www.splitscreenentertainment.com | title=KISS MY ANKH: A Tribute To Vinnie Vincent | publisher=SplitScreen Entertainment | accessdate=2008-08-31]

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