Wake Me When It's Over
Studio album by
Faster Pussycat
ReleasedAugust 28, 1989[1]
Recorded1988-1989
Genre
Length60:42
LabelElektra[2]
ProducerJohn Jansen
Faster Pussycat chronology
Faster Pussycat
(1987)		 Wake Me When It's Over
(1989)		 Whipped!
(1992)
Singles from Wake Me When It's Over
  1. "House of Pain"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Chicago Tribune[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]
St. Petersburg Times[7]

Wake Me When It's Over is the second album by Faster Pussycat, released in 1989.[8] The band moved away from the glam metal of their first album to a more blues-influenced sound.[9]

Music videos were produced for "Poison Ivy" and "House of Pain". "House of Pain" reached No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the video, which was directed by future film director Michael Bay, was in rotation on MTV. The album peaked at No. 48 on the Billboard 200.[10] The album has been certified gold by the RIAA.[1]

Production

The album was produced by John Jansen. It is marked by a heavier, less glam metal sound.[5]

Critical reception

Spin wrote that "side one is terrible, crammed with constipated glam-metal boogie, "but praised side two's "Slip of the Tongue" and "Tattoo".[11] The St. Petersburg Times wrote that "by smoothing out the rough edges and tightening up the loose performances, Faster Pussycat has traded in its identity for a faceless, albeit commercial, sound."[7] The Calgary Herald thought that "a pleasant surprise is "House of Pain", which is devoid of the syrupy mush that tends to dominate a lot of ballads that crack the charts."[12] Kirk Blows of Music Week called Wake Me When It's Over worthwhile, and noticed that the album gives listeners "more adventure, variety and depth than its predecessor while retaining just enough of the reckless spirit."[13]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Where There's a Whip, There's a Way"Taime Downe, Brent Muscat, Greg Steele6:44
2."Little Dove"Downe, Muscat5:05
3."Poison Ivy"Downe, Eric Stacy4:24
4."House of Pain"Downe, Steele5:47
5."Gonna Walk"Downe, Muscat, Steele4:24
6."Pulling Weeds"Downe, Muscat4:35
7."Slip of the Tongue"Downe4:32
8."Cryin' Shame"Downe, Steele4:51
9."Tattoo"Downe, Muscat, Steele4:56
10."Ain't No Way Around It"Downe, Muscat, Steele4:31
11."Arizona Indian Doll"Downe, Steele4:40
12."Please Dear" (not on all vinyl)Downe, Muscat6:25
Total length:60:42

Personnel

Faster Pussycat

  • Taime Downe – lead vocal
  • Greg Steele – guitar, piano, backing vocal
  • Brent Muscat – guitar, percussion, backing vocal, talk box on "Little Dove"
  • Eric Stacy – electric and fretless bass
  • Mark Michals – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

Production

  • Produced and mixed by John Jansen
  • Recorded and engineered by Ryan Dorn, Ross Hogarth, John Jansen and Rod O'Brien
  • Assistant engineers: Nelson Ayres, Kyle Bess, Michael Bosley and David Knight
  • Mastered by Greg Calbi

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[18] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  2. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 241.
  3. ↑ Huey, Steve. Wake Me When It's Over at AllMusic
  4. ↑ Kot, Greg (9 Nov 1989). "Home Entertainment....Recordings". Chicago Tribune. p. 15E.
  5. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 402.
  6. ↑ Gold, Jonathan (29 Oct 1989). "POP MUSIC SPECIAL The Record Industry's Big Push". Los Angeles Times. p. 52.
  7. 1 2 Hall, Ken (20 Oct 1989). "SOUND BITES". St. Petersburg Times. p. 17.
  8. ↑ Phillips, William; Cogan, Brian (March 20, 2009). Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313348013 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ Popoff, Martin (2014). The big book of hair metal : the illustrated oral history of heavy metal's debauched decade. Minneapolis, MN. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-7603-4546-7. OCLC 858901054.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ↑ "Faster Pussycat". Billboard.
  11. ↑ Spins. SPIN Media LLC. November 1989. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  12. ↑ Miller, Glen (9 Nov 1989). "Metal Discs". Calgary Herald. p. C5.
  13. ↑ Blows, Kirk (7 October 1989). "Review: Faster Pussycat — Wake Me When It's Over" (PDF). Music Week. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 32. ISSN 0265-1548. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022 – via World Radio History.
  14. ↑ "Faster Pussycat | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  15. ↑ "Faster Pussycat Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  16. ↑ "Faster Pussycat Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  17. ↑ "Faster Pussycat Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  18. ↑ "American album certifications – Faster Pussycat – Wake Me When It's Over". Recording Industry Association of America.
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