Blow My Fuse

1988 studio album by Kix

Blow My Fuse

Studio album by

Kix

Released

September 19, 1988 ^[1]

Recorded

1988

Studio

Conway Studios and Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California

Genre

Glam metal^[2]^[3]^[4]

Length

40:23

Label

Atlantic

Producer

Tom Werman, Duane Baron, John Purdell

Kix chronology

Midnite Dynamite
(1985)

Blow My Fuse
(1988)

Hot Wire
(1991)

Singles from Blow My Fuse

"Get It While It's Hot"
Released: 1988
"Blow My Fuse"
Released: 1988
"Don't Close Your Eyes"
Released: 1989

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10^[6]

Blow My Fuse is the fourth album by the glam metal band Kix. Released on September 6, 1988, on Atlantic Records, the album features Kix's only hit, the power ballad "Don't Close Your Eyes." The song peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was co-written with Bob Halligan, Jr. and Crack the Sky frontman John Palumbo, both of whom had previously collaborated on Kix songs. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA in 2000.

Track listing

Side one

"Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT" (Donnie Purnell, Steve Whiteman, Jon Reede, Marc Tanner) – 3:54
"Get It While It's Hot" (Purnell, Philip Brown, John Palumbo) – 4:24
"No Ring Around Rosie" (Purnell, Taylor Rhodes) – 4:34
"Don't Close Your Eyes" (Purnell, Bob Halligan Jr., Palumbo) – 4:15
"She Dropped Me the Bomb" (Purnell, Palumbo) – 3:46

Side two

"Cold Blood" (Purnell, Rhodes) – 4:16
"Piece of the Pie" (Purnell, Whiteman, Reede, Tanner) – 3:55
"Boomerang" (Purnell) – 3:44
"Blow My Fuse" (Purnell) – 4:00
"Dirty Boys" (Purnell, Palumbo) – 3:42

Personnel

Kix

Steve Whiteman – lead vocals, harmonica
Ronnie "10/10" Younkins – guitars
Brian "Damage" Forsythe – guitars
Donnie Purnell – bass, keyboards, piano, backing vocals
Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Production

Tom Werman – producer on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, executive producer, mixing
Duane Baron – producer on tracks 3, 5, 6-8, 10, engineer, mixing
John Purdell – producer on tracks 3, 5, 6-8, 10, mixing
Greg Fulginiti – mastering at Artisan Sound Recorders, Hollywood
Bob Defrin – art direction
John Scarpati – photography

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[7]	46

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[8]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ https://kixband.com/music/blow-fuse/
^ "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2019-08-31. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
^ Beaujour, Tom; Bienstock, Richard (March 18, 2021). "10 Essential Glam Metal Albums". Pop Matters. Archived from the original on 2021-03-18. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
^ Divita, Joe (November 9, 2016). "Top 30 Hair Metal Albums". Loudwire. Archived from the original on 2016-11-10. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
^ Franck, John. "Kix- Blow My Fuse review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-89-495931-5.
^ "Kix Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
^ "American album certifications – Kix – Blow My Fuse". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 18, 2020.