Rev It Up
title: "Rev It Up" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["vixen-(band)-albums", "hard-rock-albums", "glam-metal-albums", "heavy-metal-albums", "1990-albums", "emi-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rev_It_Up" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Rev It Up |
| type | Studio |
| artist | Vixen |
| cover | Vixenrev.jpg |
| released | |
| recorded | |
| studio | |
| genre | |
| length | 51:54 |
| label | EMI |
| producer | Randy Nicklaus |
| prev_title | Vixen |
| prev_year | 1988 |
| next_title | Tangerine |
| next_year | 1998 |
| :: |
| name = Rev It Up | type = Studio | artist = Vixen | cover = Vixenrev.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = | studio = | genre = | length = 51:54 | label = EMI | producer = Randy Nicklaus | prev_title = Vixen | prev_year = 1988 | next_title = Tangerine | next_year = 1998
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
| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = Select | rev2score = | noprose = yes
Rev It Up received generally mixed reviews from critics, including a score of 3 out of 5 from AllMusic.
Track listing
| title1 = Rev It Up | writer1 = Janet Gardner, Share Pedersen, Ron Keel, Steve Diamond | length1 = 5:00 | title2 = How Much Love | writer2 = Jan Kuehnemund, Jack Conrad, Steve Plunkett | length2 = 4:40 | title3 = Love Is a Killer | writer3 = Roxy Petrucci, Harry Paress | length3 = 4:43 | title4 = Not a Minute Too Soon | writer4 = Gardner, Pedersen | length4 = 4:26 | title5 = Streets in Paradise | writer5 = Kuehnemund, Conrad, Plunkett | length5 = 4:32 | title6 = Hard 16 | writer6 = Pedersen, Gardner | length6 = 4:05 | title7 = Bad Reputation | writer7 = Kuehnemund, Gardner, Brian Miku | length7 = 4:09 | title8 = Fallen Hero | writer8 = Kuehnemund, Petrucci, Ralph Carter | length8 = 5:17 | title9 = Only a Heartbeat Away | writer9 = Pedersen, Gardner | length9 = 5:07 | title10 = It Wouldn't Be Love | writer10 = Diane Warren | length10 = 4:42 | title11 = Wrecking Ball | writer11 = Pedersen, Gardner | length11 = 5:10 | headline = Japanese edition bonus tracks | title12 = Edge of a Broken Heart | note12 = live | writer12 = Richard Marx, Fee Waybill | length12 = 4:53 | title13 = Cruisin | note13 = live | writer13 = Kuehnemund, Gardner, Keith Krupp | length13 = 5:01 | headline = 2006 Japanese remastered edition bonus tracks | title12 = Highway to Heartache | note12 = previously unreleased | writer12 = Gardner, Kuehnemund, Pedersen, Petrucci | length12 = 3:51 | title13 = I Want You to Rock Me | note13 = live at Daytona Beach, 1989 | writer13 = David Cole, Gardner | length13 = 4:50
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
::data[format=table title="Chart performance for ''Rev It Up''"] | Chart (1990) | Peak position | European Albums (Music & Media) | Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) | |---|---|---|---| | 41 | | | | | 14 | | | | ::
References
References
- (1990-07-06). "Upcoming Releases". CMJ New Music Report.
- Henderson, Alex. "Vixen — Rev It Up". [[Rovi Corporation]].
- Marlowe, Chris. (September 1990). "Vixen: ''Rev It Up''".
- (1990-09-01). "European Top 100 Albums".
- Pennanen, Timo. (2006). "Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972". [[Otava (publisher).
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