Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz

Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz is the debut album from the band Pretty Boy Floyd. It reached #130 on the United States Billboard chart in 1989. It was released on MCA Records, and was produced by Howard Benson, who would go on to have a production career in the 90s and beyond, working with Hoobastank among many others.

Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz
Studio album by
Pretty Boy Floyd
ReleasedOctober 5, 1989
RecordedPhiladelphia, PA
GenreGlam metal[1][2]
LabelMCA
ProducerHoward Benson
Pretty Boy Floyd chronology
Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz
(1989)		 A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock n' Roll
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

There are videos for the songs "Rock And Roll (Is Gonna Set The Night On Fire)", "I Wanna Be With You”.

Track listing
  1. Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz - 4:48
  2. Rock and Roll (Is Gonna Set The Night On Fire) - 3:13
  3. Wild Angels - 5:08
  4. 48 Hours - 2:59
  5. Toast of the Town* - 3:18
  6. Rock and Roll Outlaws - 2:33
  7. Only the Young - 3:51
  8. The Last Kiss - 2:39
  9. Your Mama Won't Know - 3:42
  10. I Wanna Be With You - 3:57
  • *This is a cover of a Mötley Crüe song which appeared as the b-side to their debut single, "Stick To Your Guns", released on their Leathür Records label in 1981.

Bonus

The 2003 bonus re-issue featured some extra tracks, a couple of which had been recorded as part of Kristy Majors solo project.

  1. Slam Dunk
  2. She's My Baby
  3. Two Hearts
  4. Over the Edge
  5. I Just Wanna Have Something to Do (Ramones cover)

Limited Edition

A very limited-release 2011 re-issue featured a cover of Department of Youth, by Alice Cooper, originally released on Welcome to my Nightmare in 1975.

Personnel

Pretty Boy Floyd

Additional musicians
  • Howard Benson – keyboards
  • Matt Bradley – vocals
  • Phil Balvano – vocals
  • Jennifer "Miss Frosty" Hoopes, Paris Hampton, Maura Eagan, Candice Gartland, Elizabeth Goldner, Katharine Lundy – backing vocals

Production
  • Produced By Howard Benson
  • Recorded, Engineered & Mixed By Howard Benson & Bill Jackson
  • Assistant Engineers: Brian Stover, Brooke Hendricks, George Schureman, Jeff Chestek, Mike Cohn
  • Glen LaFerman – photography
  • Paula Janecek – artwork, design, layout design

References
  1. "Top 50 Glam Metal Albums". Metal Rules. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  2. Weingarten, Tom Beaujour,Richard Bienstock,Chuck Eddy,Reed Fischer,Kory Grow,Maura Johnston,Christopher R.; Beaujour, Tom; Bienstock, Richard; Eddy, Chuck; Fischer, Reed; Grow, Kory; Johnston, Maura; Weingarten, Christopher R. (August 31, 2019). "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  3. Allmusic review
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