Be My Slave is a 1983 album

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 by the American heavy metal

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 band Bitch

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, released on the Metal Blade Records

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 label under the genre "dominatrix

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 metal". Be My Slave was cited by Tipper Gore

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, during the PMRC

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 campaign against violent and sexually expilcit 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

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 on September 19, 1985. The album was re-issued in 1989 on a single CD with the EP Damnation Alley.

Track listing

1. "Right from the Start" (Lyrics: Betsy; Music: D. Carruth, R. Settles) - 5:08
2. "Be My Slave" (Lyrics: Betsy & M. Webb; Music: M. Webb, D. Carruth, R. Settles) - 4:40
3. "Leatherbound" (Lyrics and Music: M. Webb) - 4:19
4. "Riding in Thunder" (Lyrics: Betsy & D. Carruth; Music: D. Carruth) - 3:58
5. "Save You from the World" (Lyrics: Betsy & D. Carruth; Music: D. Carruth) - 5:41
6. "Heavy Metal Breakdown" (Lyrics: Betsy; Music: D. Carruth, R. Settles) - 5:34
7. "Gimme a Kiss" (Lyrics: Betsy; Music: R. Settles) - 3:54
8. "In Heat" (Lyrics: Betsy; Music: R. Settles) - 6:47
9. "Make It Real (Make It Rock)" (Lyrics: Betsy; Music: D. Carruth, R. Settles) - 3:57
10. "World War III" (Lyrics: Betsy & D. Carruth; Music: D. Carruth) - 5:10

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
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  Brian Slagel is the owner and founder of Metal Blade Records. Slagel is known for giving Metallica their first break in 1982, with an appearance on Metal Massacre, a compilation album on Metal Blade, and has since released seminal albums by Slayer, Mercyful Fate, Cannibal Corpse, Fates Warning,...
  
  - executive producer