Built to Perform

Built to Perform
Studio album by Phantom Blue
Released	1993
Recorded	Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California, Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, California, Skip Saylor Recording, Hollywood
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	41:56
Label	Geffen / Roadrunner
Producer	Max Norman
Phantom Blue chronology
Phantom Blue (1989) Built to Perform (1993) Prime Cuts & Glazed Donuts (1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Built to Perform is the second full-length album by American heavy metal band Phantom Blue. In contrast to the first album's glam metal sound, Built to Perform displays a more raw, heavy metal sound. It also features songwriting credits by all five of the band members plus former member Nicole Couch, who left prior to the album's release. The album includes the band's cover of Thin Lizzy's "Bad Reputation."

Veteran producer Max Norman oversaw the album's production, while Marty Friedman (who was then with Megadeth) and John Norum (of Europe) contributed as guest guitarists. Norum and guitarist Michelle Meldrum eventually married in 1995.^[2] "My Misery" was co-written by West Arkeen, known for his collaborations with Guns N' Roses.^[3]

Released by Geffen Records, this was the band's only album under a major record label.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Nothing Good" (Michelle Meldrum, Linda McDonald, Kim Nielsen, Nicole Couch) - 3:28
2. "Time to Run" (Meldrum, Karen Kreutzer, Gigi Hangach, John Norum, Glenn Hughes) - 4:18
3. "Bad Reputation" (Phil Lynott, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham) - 2:31
4. "My Misery" (Meldrum, Couch, West Arkeen) - 3:44
5. "Little Man" (McDonald, Couch) - 3:29
6. "Better Off Dead" (Meldrum, Kreutzer, McDonald) - 3:48
7. "Anti Love Crunch" (McDonald, Kreutzer, Hangach) - 3:07
8. "Loved Ya to Pieces" (Meldrum, Couch) - 3:12
9. "So Easy" (Couch, Meldrum) - 3:32
10. "Lied to Me" (Meldrum, Couch) - 3:15
11. "A Little Evil" (Meldrum, McDonald, Nielsen, Couch) - 3:05
12. "You're Free" (Meldrum, Couch) - 4:26

Personnel

Band members

• Gigi Hangach – vocals
• Michelle Meldrum – guitar
• Karen Kreutzer – guitar
• Kim Nielsen – bass guitar
• Linda McDonald – drums

Additional musicians

• Marty Friedman - guitar on "A Little Evil"
• John Norum - guitar on "Better Off Dead"
• A.T Das - In studio additional guitar

Production

• Max Norman - producer, engineer, mixing
• George Marino - mastering

References

1. Jeffries, Vincent. "Phantom Blue Built to Perform review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
2. Lasting Tribute - Michelle Meldrum Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
3. Phantom Blue Interview/Live in London 1994
4. Phantom Blue - Sounds Archived June 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.