Artist: DORO
Album: LOVE ME IN BLACK (CD)

Release date: 1998
Media type: CD

Love Me in Black is the sixth solo album of the German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch. It was released in 1998, after the dissolution of her contract with Polygram/Vertigo. Her new label WEA decided to publish the album only in Europe.

Love Me in Black is the first album released by Doro Pesch after her divorce from the Polygram/Vertigo label, which had published all her works since 1985. Her new label WEA left her ample freedom for the making of her new album and she worked on it for more than two years, splitting its production in two teams: the first composed of the successful American producers and musicians Jimmy Harry and Fred Maher, the second of former members of the German industrial rock band Die Krupps Jurgen Engler and Chris Lietz, who had already collaborated on Doro’s previous album Machine II Machine and to the following EP of remixes. The result of this double approach to production is surprisingly homogeneous, combining a heavier guitar sound than in the previous albums with plenty of electronic vibes, samples and a large use of drum machines and sequencers. The usual mix of ballads and hard rock songs featured in any Doro album takes on Love Me in Black an industrial and almost experimental spin, which involves also the vocals of the German singer, charged with many effects and distortions. WEA did not judge the album appropriate for the US market and published it only in Germany, much to Doro’s chagrin.

The song "Love Me in Black" was released in EP format and remains a staple in Doro’s live show.

The song "Barracuda" is a cover of the Heart’s hit single from their album Little Queen of 1977.

TRACKLIST:

1."Do You Like It?" (J. Harry, D. Pesch) - 3:05
2."Brutal and Effective" (J. Harry, D. Pesch) - 3:11
3."Love Me in Black" (J. Harry, D. Pesch) - 4:48
4."Pain" (J. Engler, D. Pesch, C. Lietz) - 4:19
5."Tausend Mal Gelebt" (D. Pesch, G. Scruggs) 4:35
6."Terrorvision" (J. Harry, D. Pesch) - 2:27
7."I Don't Care" (J. Engler, D. Pesch, C. Lietz) - 3:42
8."Kiss Me Good-Bye" (A. Bruhn) - 4:52
9."I Want You Back" (J. Engler, D. Pesch, C. Lietz) - 4:48
10."Long Way Home" (R. Mauй, D. Pesch) - 5:04
11."Barracuda" (A. Wilson, R. Fisher, N. Wilson, M. Derosier) - 3:11
12."Poison Arrow" (J. Engler, D. Pesch, C. Lietz) - 3:56
13."Prisoner of Love" (J. Harry, D. Pesch) - 4:26
14."Like an Angel" (G. Scruggs) - 4:15
15."Dedication" (bonus track)

LINE-UP:

Doro Pesch - vocals

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14:

Jimmy Harry - guitars, bass, keyboards, programming, drum programming, producer, mixing except track 8, engineer
Fred Maher - programming, producer except track 13, engineer
Damon Weber - drums
Nick Douglas, Andrew Goodsight - bass
Lloyd Puckitt, John Parthum - engineers on 3
Chris Lord-Alge - mixing on 8

Tracks 4, 5, 7, 9, 10:

Jurgen Engler - guitars, keyboards, bass, producer
Chris Lietz - drum programming, keyboards, producer, engineer
Jimmy Bralower, Jeff Bova - additional production on 10