Lita Ford with Ozzy Osbourne - Close My Eyes Forever [Single] (1989)

Year: February 1989 (CD 1989)
Label: BMG Music (Austria), PD49409
Style: Glam Metal, Hard Rock
Country: London, England (September 19, 1958)
Time: 13:20
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 103 Mb

“Close My Eyes Forever,” the powerful duet between Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne released in 1989, gave each artist their first Top 10 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In the wake of Ozzy’s passing on Tuesday (July 22nd), Ford said that the metal icon changed her life.
Ford checked in with SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk the day after Ozzy’s death (as transcribed by Blabbermouth), telling the host, “He changed my life, from the time I was 13 years old going to [a] Black Sabbath concert. That was it. That was the day and the night the light bulb went off over my head, and I just thought, ‘I have to do this. This is what I wanna do…. And so that night I came out of there, and I knew what I was gonna do with my future.”
As for the hit duet, Ford noted, “It’s just really ironic that I got to have a Top 10 hit single with Ozzy. And I have to say it was one of the highlights of my life. And we will all miss him, but his music will live on. And that’s what we have to do, is just focus on the music and all the good things that he’s left everybody.”
She added, “And I’m sure he would’ve probably been gone a long time ago if not for [his wife and manager] Sharon. I mean, Sharon was the best, and she took good care of Ozzy, and so she kept him going and she made him into the superstar that he is today.”
Just weeks prior to his passing, Ozzy had declared that “Close My Eyes Forever” was the best duet he had ever recorded.
At her concert at KK’s Steel Mill in Wolverhampton, England, on Wednesday, Ford dedicated “Close My Eyes Forever” to Ozzy, asking fans to hold their phone lights up in honor of the metal legend.
(consequence.net/2025/07/lita-ford-honors-ozzy-osbourne/)

01. Close My Eyes Forever (Remix) (04:44)
02. Under The Gun (04:50)
03. Blueberry (03:46)

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Cinderella - Long Cold Winter [5 bonus tracks] (1988)

Year: July 5, 1988 (CD Sep 10, 2010)
Label: Bad Reputation (Japan), BAD100801
Style: Glam Metal, Hard Rock
Country: Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Time: 65:25
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 508 Mb

Cinderella were really asking for the hair metal label when they dressed up like a cross between the New York Dolls and a Madison Avenue transvestite on their debut album “Night Songs,” even if musically they sound nothing like Poison, Warrant, Winger, or Ratt, the truest examples of that genre moniker. Cinderella actually sounded like a toned down AC/DC with ballads, incorporating more blues than their reputation would belie. Tom Keifer strutted around like the cock-of-the-walk with his throat ripped out (before singing like he just had his throat ripped out almost caused to him literally have his throat ripped out), and the remainder of the band followed suit, riding the blues with a small infusion of glam to some truly classic albums.
If you’ve never heard “Gypsy Road,” I suggest you just stop listening to music right now. It’s the best song off “Long Cold Winter,” their career in general, and arguably of the entire genre itself. That ballsy, bluesy riff is the kind that generations should pass down when teaching their young how to properly rock (something that is sadly in major decline). “Gypsy Road” is the blues drenched pinnacle of “Long Cold Winter,” and sets the tone for what is easily their dirtiest and prettiest album at the same time. Even though 90% of power ballads seemed a tad forced due to record company execs demanding them as they bent over songwriters crying tears of sheer terror onto the pages of the contracts that so ripped them off, but “Don’t Know What You Got Till It’s Gone” is absolutely sincere.  It has that towering chorus, those pleading verses, that tear-jerking refrain. It’s like Warrant’s “Heaven” or Steelheart’s “I’ll Never Let You Go” if Jani Lane or whoever Steelheart’s lead singer could write better ballads. The story behind “Long Cold Winter” is the singles are the real stand-outs but the lesser known tracks are great blues jams. “Last Mile” is a melodic clinic that showcases great chorus harmonization and should have been much bigger, and “Coming Home” is arguably the most underrated song in the history of “hair metal.” I’ve seen Cinderella live twice and believe it or not that song is the one that resonates the most.
“Long Cold Winter” stands as one of the greatest pillars of 80’s hard rock, eclipsing “Night Songs” which is good in its own right and annihilates everything else they ever did. I like “Gypsy Road” so much that I get pissed off when somebody plays “Shake Me” or “Nobody’s Fool” or any other song than “Gypsy Road” itself. Tom paid the price for his screeching, as the guy can barely talk anymore, but his balls-out approach on this album was probably worth it.
(sputnikmusic.com/review/47434/Cinderella-Long-Cold-Winter/)

01. Bad Seamstress Blues - Fallin' Apart At The Seams (05:19)
02. Gypsy Road (03:56)
03. Don't Know What You Got (05:55)
04. The Last Mile (03:52)
05. Second Wind (03:59)
06. Long Cold Winter (05:24)
07. If You Don't Like It (04:10)
08. Coming Home (04:57)
09. Fire And Ice (03:22)
10. Take Me Back (03:20)
11. Push Push (bonus track live) (03:13)
12. Once Around The Ride (bonus track live) (03:32)
13. Shake Me (bonus track live) (05:12)
14. Galaxy Blues (bonus track live) (05:55)
15. Jumpin' Jack Flash (bonus track live) (03:13)

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Extreme - III Sides To Every Story [Japanese Ed. SHM-CD] (1992)

Year: September 14, 1992 (CD Sep 17, 2008)
Label: Universal Music (Japan), UICY-93682
Style: Hard Rock, Glam Metal
Country: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Time: 76:09
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 516 Mb

Nuno and the boys split this album into three parts based on the three sides of every story: “Yours” “Mine,” and “The Truth.” They rather cleverly weave their political views into some songs, while they don’t cram anything down your throat either. Once again, I listened intently to Nuno Bettencourt’s guitar playing. Although, I didn’t hear the fire I witnessed on “Pornograffiti,” I still heard some funky playing.
This release seemed to be more constructed than previous releases; not controlled, but more compartmentalized and that was the band's purpose by dividing the album into three sections. “Yours” (songs 1-6), deal with political views. “Mine” (songs 7-11) has some romantic overtones. “The Truth” (songs 12-14) have some progressive offerings. Clocking in at seventy-six minutes, "III" is a lot of music to digest. I did get a little bored near the end because the mood changes from song to song in a strange way. The music is still good and taking a few minutes to listen closely will help you appreciate their direction.
Gary Cherone really uses all his vocal ability on this disc. You can see why he was chosen to front Van Halen (albeit briefly). I find it odd that Nuno has said he always wanted to be Eddie Van Halen and then Gary got to sing with him. It’s funny how the music biz works.
Since this disc didn’t have any Top 40 hits, you may not have heard most of the songs here so, if you haven’t heard this CD, consider this fresh music from Extreme.
I do like the Martin Luther King Jr. speech in “Peacemaker Die.” It gives the song and the band's lyrics more depth.
(roughedge.com/cdreviews/e/extreme.htm)

01. Warheads (05:18)
02. Rest In Peace (06:01)
03. Politicalamity (05:04)
04. Color Me Blind (05:00)
05. Cupid's Dead (05:56)
06. Peacemaker Die (06:03)
07. Seven Sundays (04:18)
08. Tragic Comic (04:44)
09. Our Father (04:02)
10. Stop The World (05:57)
11. God Isn't Dead? (02:02)
12. Rise 'n Shine (06:22)
13. Am I Ever Gonna Change (06:56)
14. Who Cares? (08:19)

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Extreme - Pornograffitti [Japanese Ed. SHM-CD] (1990)

Year: August 7, 1990 (CD Sep 17, 2008)
Label: Universal Music (Japan), UICY-93681
Style: Hard Rock, Glam Metal
Country: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Time: 64:28
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 444 Mb

The album begins with “Decadence Dance”, which gives the listener a good sampling of what’s to follow both musically and thematically. Released as a single, the opener was a minor success in the UK, peaking at #36. “Li’l Jack Horny” features intro guitar harmonics for melodic effect by Bettencourt before he changes direction with a strong, bluesy riff. A fine track overall with good melody of lyrics that use nursery rhymes and fables, the song borrowed its title from the six member “Li’l Jack Horn Section”, who performs on this track and “Get the Funk Out”. The latter track is driven by the bass pattern of Badger and features Pat Travers on co-lead vocals.
“More Than Words” is a fine finger-picked ballad where Cherone and Bettencourt are free to fully display their talents at the fullest. For how over-produced most of the rest of the album is, the sparse arrangement here is a brilliant break in the action, and worked well to make this a quasi-classic. Lyrically, the song examines the diminished meaning of phrase “I love you”, as actions speak louder. The song became a #1 smash on the Billboard charts in the US. The subsequent single, “Hole Hearted”, another acoustic track, was also successful, rising to No. 4 on the same popular music chart.
Extreme II: Pornograffitti has some weak moments through the middle of the album. “Money (in God We Trust)” starts with a slight dialogue about the tooth fairy before the upbeat core tries to be anthemic and preachy at the same time. Not very original or interesting and, in fact, the hook borrows heavily from AC/DC’s “What Do You Do for Money Honey”. Likewise, “It’s a Monster” 4:28 – really covers no new ground at all and, while the title track “Pornograffitti” begins with some blistering guitar riffs by Bettencourt and eventually settles into a rudiment-fused groove with steady beat, it really amounts to more Van Halen-style cloning.
The second break from form, “When I First Kissed You”, is jazzy piano ballad, completely sans guitar. Here, Badger appears to be using a stand-up, double bass which adds to the song’s feel of authenticity as well along with the fine orchestral strings over the bridge. “Suzi (Wants Her All Day What?)” is another hard rock narrative, while “He-Man Woman Hater” includes an excellent guitar intro that borrows from “Flight of the Bumblebee” with Bettencourt’s guitar accompanied by rapid, percussive tapping by Geary. Dweezil Zappa makes a cameo with the cartoonish voice of the title character. This is followed by “Song for Love”, a slow ballad with a dark feel throughout.
(full version: classicrockreview.com/2015/03/1990-extreme-ii-pornograffitti/)

01. Decadence Dance (06:49)
02. Li'l Jack Horny (04:51)
03. When I'm President (04:21)
04. Get The Funk Out (04:24)
05. More Than Words (05:33)
06. Money (In God We Trust) (04:10)
07. It ('s A Monster) (04:25)
08. Pornograffitti (06:16)
09. When I First Kissed You (04:00)
10. Suzi (Wants Her All Day What?) (03:38)
11. He-Man Woman Hater (06:20)
12. Song For Love (05:55)
13. Hole Hearted (03:40)

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Lita Ford - The Best Of Lita Ford [1984–1991] (1992)

Year: July 28, 1992 (CD )
Label: Dreamland Records (Germany), 07863 66037 2
Style: Hard Rock, Glam Metal
Country: Long Beach, California, U.S. (September 19, 1958)
Time: 47:48
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 340 Mb

The Best of Lita Ford is a compilation album from Lita Ford. Released on July 28, 1992, it includes the hit singles "Kiss Me Deadly" and the duet with Ozzy Osbourne, "Close My Eyes Forever", as well as several other minor hits from Ford's solo career.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_of_Lita_Ford)
Despite the fact that her success was brief, Lita Ford continues to be one of the more memorable icons of the hair metal scene. Most will argue that this is because of her gender rather than her music; the fact that she was female indeed made her a unique novelty in a genre dominated by men. True, Lita Ford's shelf life was short-lived, and her music itself is far less original than, say, her ex-bandmate Joan Jett. Not to say that what's on the Best of Lita Ford disc is bad -- like many of her peers, Ford sure knew how to produce a few catchy guilty pleasures. Her most well-known singles, "Kiss Me Deadly" and "Close My Eyes Forever," are included, along with a handful of unknowns that are certainly worth hearing, such as "Larger Than Life," "What Do You Know About Love," "Gotta Let Go," and a cover of Alice Cooper's "Only Women Bleed." There are numerous Lita Ford compilations out there, but this original best-of collection remains the most ideal buy.
(allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-lita-ford-mw0000081311)

01. What Do Ya Know About Love (03:53)
02. Kiss Me Deadly (04:01)
03. Shot Of Poison (03:31)
04. Hungry (04:54)
05. Gotta Let Go (03:55)
06. Close My Eyes Forever (with Ozzy Osbourne) (04:42)
07. Larger Than Life (03:53)
08. Only Women Bleed (06:01)
09. Playin’ With Fire (04:07)
10. Back To The Cave (04:02)
11. Lisa (04:44)

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