| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 4/10[3] |
Love You to Pieces is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Lizzy Borden, released in 1985 by Metal Blade Records.[4] The album would produce the song "American Metal" which would later be added to the Metal Blade Records 20th Anniversary box set.[5]
In 2001, the album was re-released by Metal Blade Records with bonus tracks[6] and again on vinyl in 2018 before the release of the band's album My Midnight Things.[7]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Council for the Cauldron" | Lizzy Borden, Tony Matuzak, Gene Allen, Michael Davis, Joey Scott Harges | 3:12 |
| 2. | "Psychopath" | Borden, Allen | 3:38 |
| 3. | "Save Me" | Borden, Matuzak | 4:03 |
| 4. | "Red Rum" | Borden, Matuzak, Allen, Davis, Harges | 3:53 |
| 5. | "Love You to Pieces" | Borden, Matuzak | 4:29 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "American Metal" | Borden | 5:54 |
| 7. | "Flesheater" | Borden, Davis, Matuzak, Allen, Harges | 4:52 |
| 8. | "Warfare" | Borden, Matuzak | 5:54 |
| 9. | "Godiva" | Borden, Matuzak, Allen, Davis, Harges | 2:29 |
| 10. | "Rod of Iron" | Borden, Matuzak | 4:32 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Wild One" (demo) | Borden | 3:17 |
| 12. | "Whiplasher" (live demo) | Borden, Matuzak | 2:23 |
| 13. | "Warfare" (live demo) | Borden, Matuzak | 2:26 |
| 14. | "Dirty Pictures" (demo) | Borden | 3:44 |
| Total length: | 52:41 | ||
Personnel
- Lizzy Borden
- Lizzy Borden – lead and backing vocals
- Gene Allen – guitars, backing vocals
- Tony Matuzak – guitars
- Michael Davis – bass, backing vocals
- Joey Scott Harges – drums, backing vocals
- Additional musicians
- Jon Natisch, Mark Benson, Tony Copozzi – backing vocals
- Production
- Randy Burns – engineer
- Eddie Schreyer – mastering at Capitol Records, Los Angeles
- Brian Slagel – executive producer
- Tom Baker – 2001 remastering
References
- ^ "Gatefold of Best of Metal Blade, Vol. 1". Metal Blade Records. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Mason, Stewart. Love You to Pieces at AllMusic
- ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry; Halford, Rob (2007). Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death, Black, Gothic, Doom, Nu. Jawbone Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-1-906002-01-5. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
- ^ Torreano, Bradley. "Various Artists - Metal Blade Records: 20th Anniversary review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- ^ "Lizzy Borden "Love You To Pieces (Reissue)" CD - Metal Blade Records". www.indiemerch.com. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- ^ "Lizzy Borden - Love You To Pieces And Menace To Society LP Reissues Available". Bravewords.com. Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. March 7, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
