Shrinking Violet (album)

Shrinking Violet
Shrinking Violet
Studio album by L.A. Guns
Released	June 1, 1999
Genre	Glam metal, heavy metal, hard rock, blues rock
Length	57:20
Label	Perris
Producer	Gilby Clarke
L.A. Guns chronology
Alternative Cover
	Deluxe Reissue

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10^[2]

Shrinking Violet is the sixth studio album by glam metal band L.A. Guns, first released on June 1, 1999, through Perris Records,^[1] and is the only L.A. Guns album with singer Jizzy Pearl. The album was reissued, with bonus tracks and new artwork, on May 24, 2010, through Favored Nations.^[3] The album was produced by former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke^[1] who also provided additional guitars on the track "Dreamtime".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jizzy Pearl, Tracii Guns, Johnny Crypt, Steve Riley, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Girl You Turn Me On"		4:46
2.	"Shrinking Violet"		3:13
3.	"Dreamtime"	Guns, Riley	4:49
4.	"Barbed Wire"		5:48
5.	"I'll Be There"		3:59
6.	"California"		3:29
7.	"Cherries"		3:52
8.	"Decide"		5:42
9.	"Big Lil' Thing"		3:02
10.	"It's Hard"		4:47
11.	"Bad Whiskey"		5:02
12.	"How Many More Times" (Led Zeppelin cover)	John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page	8:51

Deluxe Reissue^[1]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Girl You Turn Me On"		4:46
2.	"Shrinking Violet"		3:13
3.	"Dreamtime"		4:49
4.	"Barbed Wire"		5:48
5.	"I'll Be There"		3:59
6.	"California"		3:29
7.	"Cherries"		3:52
8.	"Big Lil' Thing"		3:02
9.	"Bad Whiskey"		5:02
10.	"Decide" (live)		5:42
11.	"Rip and Tear" (live)	Phil Lewis, Guns, Mick Cripps, Riley	9:14
12.	"Never Enough" (live)	Paul Black, Lewis, Guns, Cripps, Riley	3:59
13.	"The Ballad of Jayne" (live)	Lewis, Guns, Cripps, Riley	4:47
14.	"One More Reason" (live)	Black, Lewis, Guns, Riley	3:30

Personnel

Jizzy Pearl - lead vocals
Tracii Guns - guitars, theremin, arrangements
Johnny Crypt - bass guitar, additional vocals, engineer
Steve Riley - drums

Additional personnel

Gilby Clarke - additional guitar on "Dreamtime", producer, engineer
Teddy Andreadis - piano, synth and organ on "Dreamtime" and "Barbed Wire"

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Huey, Steve. "L.A. Guns - Shrinking Violet review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
^ "L.A. GUNS: 'Shrinking Violet' Reissue Artwork Unveiled". Blabbermouth.net. Feb 22, 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06.

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[AMG-1] Huey, Steve. "L.A. Guns - Shrinking Violet review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2021-05-03.

[martin-2] Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.

[3] "L.A. GUNS: 'Shrinking Violet' Reissue Artwork Unveiled". Blabbermouth.net. Feb 22, 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06.

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