Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz

1989 studio album by Pretty Boy Floyd

Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz

Studio album by

Pretty Boy Floyd

Released| October 5, 1989
Recorded| Kajem/Victory Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genre| Glam metal[1][2]
Label| MCA
Producer| Howard Benson
Pretty Boy Floyd chronology
|  | Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz
(1989)  | A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock n' Roll
(1998)

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Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz is the debut album by the American band Pretty Boy Floyd.[4][5] It reached No. 130 on the United States Billboard chart in 1989. It was released on MCA Records and was produced by Howard Benson.

The band produced videos for the songs "Rock and Roll (Is Gonna Set the Night on Fire)" and "I Wanna Be with You”.

## Track listing

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1. Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz - 4:48
2. Rock and Roll (Is Gonna Set the Night on Fire) - 3:13
3. Wild Angels - 5:08
4. 48 Hours - 2:59
5. Toast of the Town* - 3:18
6. Rock and Roll Outlaws - 2:33
7. Only the Young - 3:51
8. The Last Kiss - 2:39
9. Your Mama Won't Know - 3:42
10. I Wanna Be with You - 3:57

* *This is a cover of a Mötley Crüe song which appeared as the b-side to their debut single, "Stick To Your Guns", released on their Leathür Records label in 1981.

## Bonus

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The 2003 bonus re-issue featured some extra tracks, a couple of which had been recorded as part of Kristy Majors solo project.

1. Slam Dunk
2. She's My Baby
3. Two Hearts
4. Over the Edge
5. I Just Wanna Have Something to Do (Ramones cover)

## Limited Edition

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A very limited-release 2011 re-issue featured a cover of Department of Youth, by Alice Cooper, originally released on Welcome to my Nightmare in 1975.

## Personnel

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### Pretty Boy Floyd

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* Steve "Sex" Summers – lead vocals
* Kristy "Krash" Majors – guitars, backing vocals
* Vinnie Chas – bass, backing vocals
* Kari Kane – drums, backing vocals

### Additional musicians

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* Howard Benson – keyboards
* Matt Bradley – vocals
* Phil Balvano – vocals
* Jennifer "Miss Frosty" Hoopes, Paris Hampton, Maura Eagan, Candice Gartland, Elizabeth Goldner, Katharine Lundy – backing vocals

## Production

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* Produced By Howard Benson
* Recorded, Engineered & Mixed By Howard Benson & Bill Jackson
* Assistant Engineers: Brian Stover, Brooke Hendricks, George Schureman, Jeff Chestek, Mike Cohn
* Glen LaFerman – photography
* Paula Janecek – artwork, design, layout design

## References

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1. ^ "Top 50 Glam Metal Albums". Metal Rules. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
2. ^ Beaujour, Tom; Bienstock, Richard; Eddy, Chuck; Fischer, Reed; Grow, Kory; Johnston, Maura; Weingarten, Christopher R. (August 31, 2019). "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
3. ^ AllMusic review
4. ^ Popoff, Martin (2014). The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade. Voyageur Press. p. 178.
5. ^ Klosterman, Chuck (September 2002). "Paradise City". Spin. Vol. 18, no. 9\. p. 78.

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* Steve "Sex" Summers
* Kristy "Krash" Majors
* Criss 6
* Ben Graves

* Keri Kelli
* Vinnie Chas
* Aeriel Stiles
* Troy Patrick Farrell
* Keff Ratcliffe

Studio albums|

* Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz (1989)
* Porn Stars (1999)
* Size Really Does Matter  (2004)

EPs|

* A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock n' Roll (1997)

Compilation albums|

* Vault II (2003)
* Tonight Belongs to the Young (2003)

Live albums|

* Live at the Pretty Ugly Club (2001)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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