Rev It Up is the second album by the American glam metal band Vixen, released on July 31, 1990, through EMI. It entered the UK Albums Chart 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 is Janet Gardner – lead vocals Jan Kuehnemund – guitar, backing vocals Share Pedersen – bass, backing vocals Roxy Petrucci – 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 - mixing George Marino - mastering at Sterling Sound, New York Mark Sullivan - production coordinator David Reilly - sound technician for Jan Kuehnemund's guitar Jack Benson - second engineer
Charts + Chart performance for Rev It UpChart (1990)Peak positionEuropean Albums (Music & Media)41Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)14
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