L.A. Guns : Cocked & Loaded (Expanded Edition)

NOW IT ALL SEEMS FUNNY

KINDA LIKA LIKE A DREAM

THINGS AIN'T ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM

WHAT A SHAME

WHAT HAPPED TO JAYNE

 Cocked & Loaded

 is the second 

studio album 

by American 

glam metal band

L.A. Guns

Recorded at 

Hollywood studios 

One on One, 

Music Grinder 

and 

Conway Recording,

 it was produced by 

Duane Baron, 

John Purdell

 and 

Tom Werman,

 and released on 

August 22, 1989, 

by Vertigo Records. 

The album is the first

 to feature drummer 

Steve Riley.

 "Rip and Tear", 

"Never Enough", 

"The Ballad of Jayne",

 "I Wanna Be Your Man" 

and

 "Malaria" 

were released as

 the album's singles.

Following the success 

of their self-titled 

debut album

 the previous year,

 L.A. Guns 

quickly set about 

recording the 

follow-up 

in 1989. 

Writing for all tracks 

were credited to 

all five members

 of the band, 

while

 "Never Enough" 

was co-written by

 Gregg Tripp 

and

 Phil Roy. 

Four tracks were

 re-recorded

 by the reunited 

classic lineup

 of the band

 in 1999

 for the compilation

 Greatest Hits 

and 

Black Beauties, 

and the whole album

 was re-recorded

 for the release 

Cocked & Re-Loaded.

Upon its release,

 Cocked & Loaded 

peaked at number 38 

on the 

Billboard 200

 and was certified gold

 by the Recording

 Industry Association 

of America

 in 1990. 

Both 

"Rip and Tear" 

and

 "The Ballad of Jayne" 

reached the top 50

 of the Billboard 

Mainstream Rock chart, 

while the latter

 registered at number 33 

on the

 Billboard Hot 100. 

Media response 

to the album

 was positive, 

with critics praising

 the band's 

development 

of their sound 

from their 

debut album 

the previous year.

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