Cocked & Loaded

Cocked & Loaded
Studio album by L.A. Guns
Released	August 22, 1989
Genre	Glam metal
Length	54:24
Label	Vertigo
Producer	Duane Baron John Purdell Tom Werman
L.A. Guns chronology
L.A. Guns (1988) Cocked & Loaded (1989) I Wanna Be Your Man (1990)

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Cocked & Loaded is the second album from the band L.A. Guns, and their first to reach gold certification. The album includes the hit "The Ballad of Jayne".

This was the first L.A. Guns album on which Steve Riley actually played drums. Although he was in the band photo and listed as a band member in the liner notes of the band's first album, L.A. Guns (because by then he was an official member of the band), Nickey "Beat" Alexander played drums on that album.

The album features guest appearances by Cheap Trick members Robin Zander and Rick Nielsen. In 2006, Zander and Nielsen would also appear on the similarly titled Cocked and Loaded by the Revolting Cocks.

Track listing

All tracks written by L.A. Guns (Cripps, Guns, Lewis, Nickels, Riley), except where noted.

1. "Letting Go" – 1:22
2. "Slap in the Face" – 3:54
3. "Rip and Tear" – 4:11
4. "Sleazy Come Easy Go" – 4:01
5. "Never Enough" (Cripps, Guns, Lewis, Nickels, Riley, Phil Roy, Gregg Tripp) – 4:10
6. "Malaria" – 5:22
7. "The Ballad of Jayne" – 4:30
8. "Magdalaine" – 6:05
9. "Give a Little" – 3:29
10. "I'm Addicted" – 1:51 (guitar solo) (Willie Dixon)
11. "17 Crash" – 3:39
12. "Showdown (Riot on Sunset)" – 3:18
13. "Wheels of Fire" – 4:56
14. "I Wanna Be Your Man" – 3:38
15. "Rock Candy" (Japanese bonus track) (Ronnie Montrose, Sammy Hagar)
16. "No Mercy" (live, Japanese bonus track) (Cripps, Guns, Lewis, Nickels, Nickey Alexander)

Personnel

Band

• Phil Lewis – lead vocals
• Tracii Guns – lead guitar, 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars, electric coral sitar, theremin, backing vocals
• Mick Cripps – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, backing vocals
• Kelly Nickels – bass guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
• Steve Riley – drums, percussion

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Guests

• Robin Zander - backing vocals
• Rick Nielsen - backing vocals

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