Love Machine is the third full length album by Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 glam metal

Glam metal

Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...

 band, Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock (band)

Brighton Rock are a Canadian glam metal band who released three albums in their home country during the 1980s and 90s. They broke up in 1991 before reuniting and releasing a live album in 2002.-Biography:...

. The album was released in 1991.

History

Before the album was recorded, the band's keyboardist, Johnny Rogers, departed the band. Brighton Rock wanted a harder sound, with lead vocalist Gerry McGhee

Gerry McGhee

Gerry McGhee is a Scottish singer who is most famous for singing for the Canadian glam metal band Brighton Rock. He later went on to own a music distributor called Isotope Music Inc. based out of Burlington, Ontario....

 stating, "We didn't really feel that keyboards were part of us anymore. There's really no place for them in our musical direction now." Rogers was replaced for touring purposes by a second guitar player, Greg Bioleau, who previously played with McGhee in his first band, The Rockers.

The album failed to chart, but the single "Hollywood Shuffle" charted at #6 on the Cancon: To Watch chart. In 1992 the album was nominated for a Juno Award

Juno Award

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...

 for Hard Rock Album of the Year

Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Rock Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1991, as recognition each year for the best rock album in Canada. The award was previously called a number of other names, including the "Best Hard Rock/Metal Album" and "Best Rock Album"....

. Cocaine was recorded live in the studio with one take.

Track listing

1. "Bulletproof"
2. "Hollywood Shuffle"
3. "Love Machine"
4. "Still the One"
5. "Mr. Mistreater"
6. "Nightstalker"
7. "Love in a Bottle"
8. "Nothin' to Lose"
9. "Heart of Steel"
10. "Cocaine"
11. "Magic is Back"

Unreleased tracks

1. "Gang Bang"
   • According to vocalist Gerry Mchee, the track "Gang Bang" was dropped by Warner Canada for lyrical content, even though the same label released "Get The Fuck Out" by Skid Row at the same time.

Band members

• Gerry McGhee
  Gerry McGhee
  Gerry McGhee is a Scottish singer who is most famous for singing for the Canadian glam metal band Brighton Rock. He later went on to own a music distributor called Isotope Music Inc. based out of Burlington, Ontario....
  
  – Vocals
• Greg Fraser – Guitar
• Steve Skreebs - Bass guitar
• Mark Cavarzan - Drums

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Highest
1991	"Hollywood Shuffle"	Cancon: To Watch	#6