Hot Wire (Kix album)

Hot Wire
Studio album by Kix
Released	July 9, 1991
Genre	Glam metal, hard rock
Length	46:08
Label	East West
Producer	Taylor Rhodes
Kix chronology
Blow My Fuse (1988) Hot Wire (1991) Live (1993)
Singles from Hot Wire
"Hot Wire" Released: 1991 "Girl Money" Released: 1991 "Tear Down the Walls" Released: 1991 "Same Jane" Released: 1991

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	(B-)[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]

Hot Wire is the fifth studio album by the glam metal band Kix. It was released on July 9, 1991 on East West Records.

Background

Hot Wire peaked at number 64 on the Billboard 200 in October 1991.^[4] It failed to match the sales of Kix's previous album, Blow My Fuse, selling slightly over 200,000 copies.^[5]

Track listing

1. "Hot Wire" (Donnie Purnell, Taylor Rhodes) – 5:22
2. "Girl Money" (Purnell, Rhodes) – 3:58
3. "Luv-a-Holic" (Purnell) – 4:39
4. "Tear Down the Walls" (Purnell, Rhodes) – 4:35
5. "Bump the La La" (Purnell, Rhodes) – 3:28
6. "Rock & Roll Overdose" (Purnell, Rhodes) – 4:29
7. "Cold Chills" (Halligan, Purnell) – 5:19
8. "Same Jane" (Halligan, Purnell) – 4:33
9. "Pants on Fire (Liar, Liar)" (John Palumbo, Purnell) – 4:12
10. "Hee Bee Jee Bee Crush" (Palumbo, Purnell) – 5:33

Personnel

Kix

• Steve Whiteman – lead vocals, harmonica, saxophone, acoustic guitar on "Tear Down the Walls"
• Ronnie "10/10" Younkins – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Brian "Damage" Forsythe – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Donnie Purnell - bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant - drums, percussion

External links

• Kix Official Website
• Guitar.com 2014 interview with Kix guitarist Brian Forsythe

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Garza, Janiss (12 July 1991). "Hot Wire (1991)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
3. Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide: Kix". Retrieved 22 November 2014.
4. Hot Wire (Billboard 200 chart), Billboard, October 5, 1991.