Phantom Blue (album)

Phantom Blue
Studio album by
Phantom Blue
Released1989 (1989)[1]
StudioPrairie Sun Recording Studios in Cotati, California
Genres
Length31:11
LabelShrapnel
Producers
Phantom Blue chronology
Phantom Blue
(1989)		 Built to Perform
(1993)
Alternative Cover
Roadrunner Records edition
Roadrunner Records edition
Singles from Phantom Blue
  1. "Why Call It Love?" / "Fought It Out"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]
Kerrang!StarStarStarStar[3]
Metal Forces90/100[4]
Metal HammerStarStarStarStar[5]
Raw7/10[6]
Rock Hard6.5/10[7]

Phantom Blue is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Phantom Blue, released in 1989 through Shrapnel Records (United States) and Roadrunner Records (Europe and Japan). Guitarist Marty Friedman, at the time a member of the band Cacophony, and later of Megadeth, is credited as a co-producer. According to drummer Linda McDonald, the music video for "Why Call It Love?" was filmed within a maximum security prison in Carson City, Nevada.[8]

The album was remastered and reissued by Lost and Found Records in 2026.[9]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Going Mad"Nicole Couch3:25
2."Last Shot"Michelle Meldrum3:24
3."Why Call It Love?"
  • Steve Fontano
  • Jerry Marquez
4:13
4."Frantic Zone"Couch3:29
5."Slow It Down"Couch3:21
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Walking Away"
  • Couch
  • Fontano
3:31
7."Fought It Out"Couch2:47
8."Never Too Late"
3:31
9."Out of Control"
  • Meldrum
  • Friedman
3:30
Total length:31:11

Personnel

Phantom Blue
Additional musicians
  • Mike Mani, Dan Meblin – keyboards
  • Jennifer Hall – background vocals
Production

References

  1. ↑ "Phantom Blue - Phantom Blue". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 27, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 261. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  3. ↑ Reynolds, Dave (July 15, 1989). "Rekordz". Kerrang!. No. 247. Spotlight Publications. p. 23.
  4. ↑ Ewing, Jerry (July–August 1989). "Phantom Blue: Phantom Blue". Metal Forces. No. 41. Force10 Publications. p. 28.
  5. ↑ Duke, John (July 10, 1989). "LPs". Metal Hammer. Vol. 4, no. 13. UK: Rock Team Publishing. p. 36.
  6. ↑ Simmons, Sylvie (July 12, 1989). "33 Revolvers". Raw. No. 23. EMAP. p. 33.
  7. ↑ Stratmann, Holger (1989). "Review Album: Phantom Blue - Phantom Blue". Rock Hard (in German). No. 34. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  8. ↑ McDonald, Linda (August 25, 2008). "New "Fear Of The Dark" Japanese promo video!". Ultimate Metal Forum. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Phantom Blue - Phantom Blue". Lost and Found Records. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
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