Be My Slave

Be My Slave
Studio album by Bitch
Released	1 July 1983[1]
Recorded	May-June 1983
Studio	Track Record Studios, Los Angeles
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	49:08
Label	Metal Blade / Enigma
Producer	Phil Pecora, Brian Slagel
Bitch chronology
Damnation Alley (1982) Be My Slave (1983) The Bitch Is Back (1987)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Metal Forces	(4/10)[3]
Martin Popoff	[4]

Be My Slave is a 1983 album by the American heavy metal band Bitch, released on the Metal Blade Records label under the genre "dominatrix metal".^[5] Be My Slave was cited by Tipper Gore, during the PMRC 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 on September 19, 1985.^[6] The album was re-issued in 1989 on a single CD with the EP Damnation Alley.^[7]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Right from the Start"	Betsy	David Carruth, Robby Settles	5:08
2.	"Be My Slave"	Betsy, Mark Webb	Webb, Carruth, Settles	4:40
3.	"Leatherbound"	Webb	Webb	4:19
4.	"Riding in Thunder"	Betsy, Carruth	Carruth	3:58
5.	"Save You from the World"	Betsy, Carruth	Carruth	5:41

Side two
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
6.	"Heavy Metal Breakdown"	Betsy	Carruth, Settles	5:34
7.	"Gimme a Kiss"	Betsy	Settles	3:54
8.	"In Heat"	Betsy	Settles	6:47
9.	"Make It Real (Make It Rock)"	Betsy	Carruth, Settles	3:57
10.	"World War III"	Betsy, Carruth	Carruth	5:10

Personnel

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 - executive producer

References

1. "Gatefold of Best of Metal Blade, Vol. 1". Metal Blade Records. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
2. Henderson, Alex. "Bitch Be My Slave review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
3. Constable, Dave (August 1983). "Bitch - Be My Slave". Metal Forces (1): 21. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
4. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
5. Be My Slave (LP Sleeve). Bitch. Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA: Metal Blade Records. 1983.
6. Gasten, David. "Bitch Discography". Betsy Bitch official website. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
7. "Bitch - Be My Slave". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2011-10-02.