Whiplash Smile

Infobox Album |
Name = Whiplash Smile
Type = Album
Artist = Billy Idol


Released = September, 1986
Recorded = ?
Genre = Hard rock
New Wave
Length = 45:29
Label = Chrysalis
Producer = Keith Forsey
Reviews =
*Allmusic: Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jq6jtrp9kl6x~T10 link]
*Piero Scaruffi rating-10|6.5 [http://www.scaruffi.com/vol4/bidol.html link]
*Robert Christgau (C+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=billy+idol link]
Last album = "Rebel Yell"
(1983)
This album = "Whiplash Smile"
(1986)
Next album = "Vital Idol"
(1987)

"Whiplash Smile" is Billy Idol's third full-length album. Released in 1986, it was supported by the singles "To Be a Lover", "Sweet Sixteen", and "Don't Need a Gun". "To Be a Lover" was the biggest hit from the album, peaking at #6 in the US, with the last two singles failing to make much of an impression.

Track listing

#"World's Forgotten Boy" – 5:43
#"To Be a Lover" – 3:52
#"Soul Standing By" – 4:34
#"Sweet Sixteen" – 4:17
#"Man for All Seasons" – 4:39
#"Don't Need a Gun" – 6:17
#"Beyond Belief" – 4:02
#"Fatal Charm" – 3:44 (Featured in the film "")
#"All Summer Single" – 4:36
#"One Night, One Chance" – 3:57

Personnel

*Billy Idol — vocals, guitar, bass
*Steve Stevens — guitar, bass, keyboards
*Marcus Miller — bass
*John Regan — bass
*Phillip Ashley — keyboards
*Harold Faltermeyer — keyboards
*David Frank — keyboards
*Richard Tee — keyboards
*Jocelyn Brown — vocals (background)
*Connie Harvey — vocals (background)
*Janet Wright — vocals (background)