Be My Slave

Be My Slave
Studio album by
Bitch
ReleasedJuly 1983[1]
RecordedMay–June 1983
StudiosTrack Record Studios, Los Angeles
GenreHeavy metal
Length49:08
LabelMetal Blade / Enigma
ProducersPhil Pecora, Brian Slagel
Bitch chronology
Damnation Alley
(1982)		 Be My Slave
(1983)		 The Bitch Is Back
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[3]
Metal Forces4/10[4]

Be My Slave is a 1983 album by the American heavy metal band Bitch, released on the Metal Blade Records label under the genre "dominatrix metal".[5] Be My Slave was cited by Tipper Gore, during the Parents Music Resource Center campaign against violent and sexually explicit content in the music industry and was held as an example in the hearing before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on September 19, 1985.[6] The album was re-issued in 1989 on a single CD with the EP Damnation Alley.[7]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Right from the Start"BetsyDavid Carruth, Robby Settles5:08
2."Be My Slave"Betsy, Mark WebbWebb, Carruth, Settles4:40
3."Leatherbound"WebbWebb4:19
4."Riding in Thunder"Betsy, CarruthCarruth3:58
5."Save You from the World"Betsy, CarruthCarruth5:41
Side two
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
6."Heavy Metal Breakdown"BetsyCarruth, Settles5:34
7."Gimme a Kiss"BetsySettles3:54
8."In Heat"BetsySettles6:47
9."Make It Real (Make It Rock)"BetsyCarruth, Settles3:57
10."World War III"Betsy, CarruthCarruth5:10

Personnel

Band members

  • Betsy Bitch - lead vocals
  • David Carruth - guitar
  • Mark Anthony Webb - bass
  • Robby Settles - drums

Production

  • Phil Pecora - producer
  • Bill Metoyer - engineer
  • Brian Slagel - executive producer

References

  1. ↑ "Gatefold of Best of Metal Blade, Vol. 1". Metal Blade Records. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
  2. ↑ Henderson, Alex. "Bitch Be My Slave review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
  3. ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  4. ↑ Constable, Dave (August 1983). "Bitch - Be My Slave". Metal Forces (1): 21. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
  5. ↑ Be My Slave (LP Sleeve). Bitch. Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA: Metal Blade Records. 1983.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ Gasten, David. "Bitch Discography". Betsy Bitch official website. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
  7. ↑ "Bitch - Be My Slave". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
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