Without Love (Black 'n Blue album)

Without Love is the second studio album by the American glam metal band Black 'n Blue. It was produced by Bruce Fairbairn. The album features a guest appearance by Loverboy's Mike Reno on the song, "We Got the Fire".

Without Love
Studio album by Black 'n Blue
Released	16 September 1985^[1]
Studio	Little Mountain Sound Studios, Mushroom Studios and Ocean Sound Studio, Vancouver, Canada
Genre	Glam metal
Length	39:31
Label	Geffen
Producer	Bruce Fairbairn
Black 'n Blue chronology
Black 'n Blue (1984) Without Love (1985) Nasty Nasty (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10^[3]
Kerrang!	4.2/5^[4]
Rock Hard	4.0/10^[5]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Rockin' on Heaven's Door" (Jaime St. James, Tommy Thayer) – 3:30
2. "Without Love" (Richardson,Jim Vallance) – 3:38
3. "Stop the Lightning" (St. James, Thayer) – 4:08
4. "Nature of the Beach" (St. James, Thayer) – 3:50
5. "Miss Mystery" (St. James, Thayer, Richardson) – 4:00

Side two

6. "Swing Time" (St. James, Richardson) – 3:21
7. "Bombastic Plastic" (St. James) – 3:38
8. "We Got the Fire" (St. James, Thayer, Warner) – 3:11
9. "Strange Things" (St. James, Thayer, Warner) – 3:24
10. "Two Wrongs (Don't Make It Love)" (St. James,Richardson) – 3:51

CD edition bonus track

11. "Same Old Song and Dance" (Joe Perry, Steven Tyler) – 4:14 (Aerosmith cover)

Personnel

Black 'n Blue

• Jaime St. James – lead and backing vocals
• Tommy Thayer – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Jeff Warner – rhythm guitar
• Patrick Young – bass
• Pete Holmes – drums

Additional musicians

• Jim Vallance – electronic drums
• Adam Bomb – additional guitar
• Dave Pickell, Doug Johnson, Steve Porcaro – keyboards
• Mike Reno – backing vocals on "We Got the Fire"

Production

• Bruce Fairbairn – producer, mixing
• Bob Rock – engineer, mixing
• Mike Fraser, Rob Porter – additional engineers
• George Marino – mastering

References

1. "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. 6 September 1985. p. 25. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
2. AllMusic review
3. Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
4. Simmons, Sylvie (17 October 1985). "Black Attack". Kerrang!. No. 105. London, UK: Morgan Grampian. p. 27.
5. "Review Album : Black 'N Blue - Without Love". Rock Hard (in German). No. 14. 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2021.