Still Not Black Enough

Infobox Album | Name = Still Not Black Enough
Type = Album
Artist = W.A.S.P.


Released = June 1995
1996 (U.S.)
Recorded = ?
Genre = Heavy Metal
Length = 38:30
Label = Raw Power/Castle Records
Producer = Blackie Lawless
Mixing = Mikey Davis
Engineer = Mikey Davis
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:apfoxq9hldje link]
Last album = "First Blood Last Cuts"
(1994)
This album = "Still Not Black Enough"
(1995)
Next album = "Kill Fuck Die"
(1997) |

"Still Not Black Enough" is the sixth studio album by W.A.S.P. (seventh album overall), first released in June 1995. It was not until August 1996 released in the U.S. through Castle Records. The U.S. release featured four bonus tracks "One Tribe", "Skin Walker", as well as covers of Queen's "Tie Your Mother Down", and AC/DC's "Whole Lotta Rosie".Ironically, "Still Not Black Enough" was originally slated for release as a Blackie Lawless solo album but due to the heavy content, Blackie changed his mind and released it as a W.A.S.P. album, which had also been the case for "The Crimson Idol".Ironically as well, Still Not Black Enough, is in fact a follow on to The Crimson Idol, however instead of the story being of Jonathan and his troubled past, it is in fact mostly about Blackie Lawless, as he discovered a relationship between him and Jonathan. It goes into issues involving the death of his mother and the agony and madness he went through just after The Crimson Idol World Tour.To this day, only few of the available versions of this album include all the songs off this album.

Line-up

*Blackie Lawless - vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, bass, sitar
*Bob Kulick - lead guitar
*Mark Joesphson - electric violin
*Frankie Banali - drums
*Stet Howland - additional percussion
*Tracey Whitney - background vocals
*K.C. Calloway - background vocals

Original track listing

#"Still Not Black Enough" (Lawless) – 4:02
#"Somebody to Love" (Darby Slick) – 2:50
#"Black Forever" (Lawless) – 3:17
#"Scared To Death" (Lawless) – 5:02
#"Goodbye America" (Lawless) – 4:46
#"Keep Holding On" (Lawless) – 4:04
#"Rock And Roll To Death" (Lawless) – 3:44
#"Breathe" (Lawless) – 3:44
#"I Can't" (Lawless) – 3:07

2006 Reissue Track listing

#"Still Not Black Enough" (Lawless) – 4:02
#"Somebody to Love" (Darby Slick) – 2:50
#"Black Forever" (Lawless) – 3:17
#"Scared To Death" (Lawless) – 5:02
#"Goodbye America" (Lawless) – 4:46
#"Keep Holding On" (Lawless) – 4:04
#"Rock And Roll To Death" (Lawless) – 3:44
#"Breathe" (Lawless) – 3:44
#"I Can't" (Lawless) – 3:07
#"No Way Out of Here" (Lawless) – 3:39(Tracklisting on some of the CD booklets states that "Tie Your Mother Down" is on the disc, but the song does not feature)

Additional tracks found on other versions

*"Skin Walker" (Lawless) - 4:00
*"One Tribe" (Lawless) - 4:59
*"It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)"(Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) - 5:15
*"Whole Lotta Rosie" (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott) - 3:59
*"Tie Your Mother Down" (Brian May) - 3:39

ingles

* "Black Forever"
* "Goodbye America"