Phantom Blue is the debut album by American all-female heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Phantom Blue

Phantom blue

Phantom Blue was an all-female American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1987. Phantom Blue were the first and only female artists to be signed to Mike Varney's Shrapnel Records, only three months after forming....

. It was released in the U.S. by Shrapnel Records

Shrapnel Records

Shrapnel Records is a guitar-oriented record label started in 1980 by record producer Mike Varney. Guitarist Marty Friedman , one of the label's most successful artists, first appeared on the album Unsung Guitar Heroes II in 1980 with the band Vixen. Vixen would later change their name to Hawaii...

 and on the rest of the world by Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...

. Marty Friedman

Marty Friedman (guitarist)

Marty Friedman is a guitarist, well known for his tenure as the lead/rhythm guitarist for thrash metal band Megadeth, which lasted almost a decade...

 (who was with Cacophony

Cacophony (band)

Cacophony was an American Speed metal band formed in 1986 by guitarists Marty Friedman and Jason Becker. Cacophony is often recognized for its technically challenging, neo-classical metal and speed metal elements, as well as featuring two shred guitarists...

 at the time) co-produced the album. The album has been out of print for years, making it highly valuable among collectors.

A music video for the power ballad "Why Call It Love?" was released to promote the album. It was filmed in a maximum security prison in Carson City, Nevada

Carson City, Nevada

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Track listing

All songs written by Nicole Couch

Nicole Couch

Nicole Couch is a female American musician and songwriter, and founding member of the all-female heavy metal band Phantom Blue.-Biography:Nicole Couch was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in rural Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee....

 except where indicated.

1. "Going Mad" - 3:24
2. "Last Shot" (Michelle Meldrum
   Michelle Meldrum
   Michelle Meldrum-Norum was an American hard rock guitarist known for being a member of the bands Phantom Blue and Meldrum.-Biography:...
   
   ) - 3:24
3. "Why Call It Love?" (Jerry Marquez, Steve Fontano) - 4:13
4. "Frantic Zone" - 3:29
5. "Slow It Down" - 3:19
6. "Walking Away" (Couch, Fontano) - 3:30
7. "Fought It Out" - 2:46
8. "Never Too Late" (Fontano, Marty Friedman
   Marty Friedman (guitarist)
   Marty Friedman is a guitarist, well known for his tenure as the lead/rhythm guitarist for thrash metal band Megadeth, which lasted almost a decade...
   
   , Couch, Meldrum) - 3:31
9. "Out of Control" - 3:29

Band members

• Gigi Hangach
  Gigi Hangach
  Gigi Hangach is an American female singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the all-female heavy metal band Phantom Blue. From 1989 to 1997, Hangach recorded three studio albums and a live album with Phantom Blue....
  
   – lead and background vocals
• Michelle Meldrum
  Michelle Meldrum
  Michelle Meldrum-Norum was an American hard rock guitarist known for being a member of the bands Phantom Blue and Meldrum.-Biography:...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
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  , background vocals
• Kim Nielsen
  Kim Nielsen-Parsons
  Kim Nielsen-Parsons is an American hard rock bassist known for being a member of the all-female band Phantom Blue.-Biography:Kim Nielsen first picked up the bass guitar at the age of 12. In the years to come, she played with local bands in Los Angeles, California, while taking lessons from Racer X...
  
   – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Linda McDonald
  Linda McDonald
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   – drums
  Drum kit
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Additional musicians

• Jennifer Hall - background vocals
• Mike Mani - keyboards
  Musical keyboard
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• Dan Melvin - keyboards

Production

• Steve Fontano - producer, engineer, mixing
• Marty Friedman
  Marty Friedman (guitarist)
  Marty Friedman is a guitarist, well known for his tenure as the lead/rhythm guitarist for thrash metal band Megadeth, which lasted almost a decade...
  
  - co-producer
• Peter Marrino - vocal arrangements and additional production on tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 9
• George Horn - mastering