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creature in the '' Alien'' film series. Atomic Playboys was also the name of Stevens' band at the time, which was only meant to be a one-album effort upon him being signed to Warner Bros. In a 2001 interview, when asked about the possibly of reforming the group, Stevens replied: "Absolutely not. That group was a very expensive hobby".

Track listing

All tracks written by Steve Stevens, except where noted.

Personnel

* Steve Stevens –

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(except track 1), production *Perry McCarty – lead vocals *Phil Ashley – keyboard,

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* Thommy Price –

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– drums (tracks 4, 8) * Kasim Sulton – bass (track 1) *Chris Botti –

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(track 2) *Kent Smith – horn (track 2), horn arrangement (track 2) *Mike Davis – horn (track 2) *Andy Snitzer – horn (track 2) *Daniel Wilensky – horn (track 2) *Paul Winger –

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*Nate Winger – background vocals *Paulette Brown – background vocals (tracks 2, 9) *Bunny Hull – background vocals (track 2) *

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, mixing *Debi Cornish – engineering *Danny Mormando – engineering *Joel Stoner – engineering *Jeff DeMorris – engineering *John Kubick –

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– executive production

Chart performance

In popular culture

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References

{{Authority control Steve Stevens albums 1989 debut albums Warner Records albums Albums produced by Ted Templeman Albums produced by Beau Hill Albums with cover art by H. R. Giger Albums recorded at the Village (studio)