Enuff Z'nuff (album)

Enuff Z'Nuff
Studio album by
Enuff Z'Nuff
ReleasedAugust 18, 1989 (1989-08-18)
StudioRoyal Recorders, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Genre
Length42:47
LabelAtco
ProducerEnuff Z'Nuff, Ron Fajerstein
Enuff Z'Nuff chronology
Enuff Z'Nuff
(1989) 		Strength
(1991)
Singles from "Enuff Z'Nuff"
  1. "New Thing"
    Released: 1989
  2. "Fly High Michelle"
    Released: 1990
  3. "For Now[3]"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

Enuff Z'Nuff is the debut studio album by American glam metal band Enuff Z'Nuff, released on August 18, 1989, through Atco Records. This debut album continues to be the best selling album in the band's catalog. The album's first single, "New Thing", received steady radio and MTV airplay, peaking at No. 67 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6] Their follow-up single, a ballad called "Fly High Michelle," would prove to be the band's biggest hit, peaking at No. 47 on the same chart.[6] Promotional CDs were created for another song, a ballad called "For Now," but this single was apparently cancelled while the band focused on their follow-up record, 1991's Strength. By 1991 the album had sold 300,000 copies.[7]

Additional exposure for the album occurred with the album tracks "Hot Little Summer Girl" and "I Could Never Be Without You" being featured on the popular TV shows Beverly Hills, 90210 and Northern Exposure. A few years later, the band's glam appearance in their video for "Fly High Michelle" would be parodied on MTV's Beavis & Butt-head.

The video for "New Thing" was placed on New York Times list of the 15 Essential Hair-Metal Videos.[8]

Track listing

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Credits adapted from the original CD release.[9] All songs written by Donnie Vie and Chip Z'Nuff, except where noted.

  1. "New Thing" – 4:22
  2. "She Wants More" – 4:39
  3. "Fly High Michelle" (Vie) – 4:17
  4. "Hot Little Summer Girl" (Vie, Ron Fajerstein) – 2:57
  5. "In the Groove" – 6:49
  6. "Little Indian Angel" – 3:30
  7. "For Now" – 4:29
  8. "Kiss the Clown" (Vie) – 3:16
  9. "I Could Never Be Without You" (Vie) – 3:43
  10. "Finger on the Trigger" (Vie, Derek Frigo) – 4:45

Personnel

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Enuff Z'Nuff
Production
  • Ron Fajerstein – producer
  • Dan Harjung – engineer
  • Rich Denhart – additional engineering
  • Michael Koppelman, Dave Kent – assistant engineers
  • Paul Lani – mixing
  • George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
  • Bob Defrin – art direction

Charts

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Album

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Chart (1989) Peak
position
Billboard 200[6] 74

References

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  1. ^ Beaujour, Tom (2019-08-31). "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  2. ^ a b Frey, Michael. "Enuff Z'nuff - Enuff Z'nuff review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  3. ^ "New & Active" (PDF). Radio & Records. 1990-04-20. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 107. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  5. ^ Neely, Kim. Review: Enuff Z'Nuff[dead link‍]. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2009-12-21.
  6. ^ a b c "Enuff Z'nuff Chart History". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  7. ^ Wild, David (1991-05-16). "The High-Powered Pop Flashback of Enuff Z'Nuff". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  8. ^ Edwards, Gavin (2020-05-05). "15 Essential Hair-Metal Videos". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  9. ^ Enuff Z'nuff (1989). Enuff Z'nuff (CD booklet). New York City, New York: ATCO Records. 7 91262-2.
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