Sleaze Roxx: Winger

Released 1988 (Atlantic)

Billboard Chart Position #21

Track List:
01. Madalaine
02. Hungry
03. Seventeen
04. Without The Night
05. Purple Haze
06. State Of Emergency
07. Time To Surrender
08. Poison Angel
09. Hangin' On
10. Headed For A Heartbreak
11. Higher And Higher

Band:
Kip Winger - vocals, bass and keyboards
Reb Beach - guitar and background vocals
Rod Morgenstein - drums and background vocals
Paul Taylor - keyboards and background vocals

Additional Musicians:
Dweezil Zappa - guitar
Beau Hill - background vocals
Ira McLaughlin - background vocals
Hae Young Ham - strings
Maria Kitsopoulos - strings
Sandra Park - strings
Rebecca Young - strings

Production:
Produced and engineered by Beau Hill.

Review:
The self-titled debut disc from Winger has proved to be a classic in the pop-metal genre. The harder songs such as "Madalaine", "Hungry" (#85) and "Seventeen" (#26) faired well (especially on MTV where Kip Winger's good looks helped sell the band), but it was the ballad "Headed For A Heartbreak" that shot up to #19 on the singles chart and made Winger a household name.
A cover of the Jimi Hendrix classic "Purple Haze" was thrown in for good measure. Winger was one of the most successful hair-metal bands of the 1980's, selling millions of albums, but have also received more flack then any of the other bands of the genre despite their incredible musicianship. The band still tours occasionally to this day, and they deserve two thumbs up!

Reviewed by Pam for Sleaze Roxx, April 2003.

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