''Rev It Up'' is the second album by the

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band

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, released by

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in 1990. It entered the

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at No. 20, and placed two songs inside the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. However, it did not match up to its predecessor in the US and EMI dropped the band shortly thereafter. Therefore, this album is the band's last release from a major label. The race car on the US cover belonged to local racing legend and all around hero Bobby Baldwin. The European and Japanese covers show a picture of the band, which is on the back cover for the US release. A remastered version was released on CD by Rock Candy Records in February 2023

Reception

''Rev It Up'' received generally mixed reviews from critics, including a score of 3 out of 5 from AllMusic.

Track listing

Personnel

;Vixen * Janet Gardner – lead vocals, rhythm guitar *

Jan Kuehnemund Janice Lynn Kuehnemund (; November 18, 1962– October 10, 2013) was an American guitarist who founded the all-female hard rock/glam metal band Vixen. Life and career Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Kuehnemund formed an all-female band known a ...

– lead guitar, backing vocals * Share Pedersen – bass, backing vocals *

Roxy Petrucci Roxanne Dora Petrucci (born March 17, 1962) is an American drummer best known for her work with the glam metal bands Madam X (band), Madam X and Vixen (band), Vixen. Biography Petrucci and her sister, Maxine Petrucci, first formed Madam X with v ...

– drums, backing vocals ;Additional musicians *Michael Alemania – keyboards ;Production *Randy Nicklaus - producer *Dennis MacKay - engineer * Chad Blinman, Chris Fuhrman, Mike Gunderson, Gina Immel, Rob Jacobs, Bill Kennedy, Chad Munsey - assistant engineers *

Mike Shipley Michael Shipley (7 October 1956 – 25 July 2013) was an Australian mixing engineer, audio engineer, and record producer. Shipley's music career spanned more than 30 years – mostly working in Los Angeles. At the Grammy Awards of 2012 he ...

- mixing *

George Marino George Marino (April 15, 1947June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s. Biography Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He attended ...

- mastering at

Sterling Sound George Marino (April 15, 1947June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s. Biography Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He attended ...

, New York *Mark Sullivan - production coordinator *David Reilly - sound technician for Jan Kuehnemund's guitar *Jack Benson - second engineer

Charts

References

{{Authority control Vixen (band) albums 1990 albums EMI Records albums