Wicked Wonderland

Lita Ford | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 6, 2009)
• Original Release Date: October 6, 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: JLRG Ent.
• ASIN: B002F3BPN6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (91 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105,718 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Whoever said absence makes the heart grow fonder must ve been thinking about the relationship between Lita Ford and rock n roll. The hard rock queen stepped away from her remarkable musical career back in the 1990s to devote herself to family and the surroundings of real life on a surreal Caribbean island, but with the call of the sonic wild getting louder and louder, she made the decision to dive back in at the deep end only to find that she had every bit as much love for the heavy rock grind. And as it turns out, the feeling is mutual.

With Wicked Wonderland , her first full-length offering since 1995 s Black , Lita shows that her flair for sexy, stomping, searing sounds has only gotten more vivid which is mighty impressive, given a history that includes such classics as Kiss Me Deadly and the Ozzy Osbourne duet Close My Eyes Forever. This release, created in tandem with husband Jim Gillette whose own musical history is highlighted by his work with acclaimed metallurgists Nitro is a hard and heavy affirmation of the sensuality and smarts that ve carried her through three decades of action.
The 15 cuts certainly touch on the sort of headbang-inducing riffage that gave Lita her start way back when, but there are also surprises aplenty from the smoking slide guitar that punctuates the bluesy Scream to the psychedelic industrial swirl that envelops Everything. It s a potent blend, propelled by in-your-face drumming and Lita s effortlessly steamy vocals.
With pelvis-pounding rhythms and lascivious lyrics of tunes like the appropriately-titled Indulge and the so-nasty-it s-nice Crave , Lita shows off her trademark ability to purr seductively and deliver a well-placed knockout punch on no-holds-barred songs like Piece (Hell Yeah) . Wicked Wonderland showcases an artist who s clearly got plenty to say and no shortage of ways to say it.
The initial pressing of 25 000 contains two bonus tracks!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 31 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Worse than one star January 15, 2010

By C. Mitchell

Format:Audio CD

Time has not been good to Lita Ford. After more than 20 years out of the limelight -- that's 20 years she could have spent writing new songs -- she makes her comeback, not with a bang but with a lifeless fizzle. This album should only be for the diehards, the few fans she has left. Curious onlookers need not apply. Consider classic Lita for your introduction.

34 of 42 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Nitro Meets Nine Inch Nails with a bit of Lita on the side = ABYSMAL October 21, 2009

By D. Kellems

Format:Audio CD

If your favorite Lita Ford songs are among the following; "Gotta Let Go", "Back To The Cave", "Shot Of Poison", "Falling In & Out Of Love", "Hungry", "Close My Eyes Forever", "Kiss Me Deadly", "Only Women Bleed", Don't Let Me Down Tonight", "Under The Gun", and "Lisa" then you might as well set fire to your hard earned cash rather than spend it on this abomination. I understand that Lita has a family now, but that doesn't excuse her husband Jim Gillette's (formerly of speed/shred metal band Nitro) vocals being arguably more prominent than hers on HER album. He may have been able to shatter glass with his huge vocal range back in the late 80's, but his former band was a musical circus act that featured great technical ability on top of songs that displayed the sense of melody and lyrical sophistication one would expect to hear if a middle school kid had written them. This CD takes that sort of "musical" sense and combines it with a Nine Inch Nails sort of techno experimental vibe with only a little bit of the Lita of old to tease the fans hoping for something that could stand beside her late 80's/early 90's heyday. The lyrical content is overtly sexual banality of the sort one would expect to spring from the mind of a 12 year old boy who has spent entirely too much unsupervised time watching the likes of Vivid video or Girls Gone Wild and surfing endless internet porn. Now, I know Lita's lyrics often had a sexual tinge in the past, but were often witty, coy, and playful. The difference between then and now is like comparing Gypsy Rose Lee with her big feather arrays showing glimpses of skin to titillate as opposed to breaking out a speculum and performing a full pelvic exam on a typical streetwalking prostitute. Lita's previous CD "Black" was a bit of a disappointment as well with it's grungey sound, but at least it had a couple songs worthy of making my 80 minute CDR compilation of her best work. This CD has NOTHING that comes close to being her best work and really sounds like an experimental Jim Gillette project with Lita as a guest rather than her own solo CD. The record company should have refused to release this debauched mess of a CD and told her to try again by bringing in some outside writers to work with Lita and locking her husband out of the studio......

30 of 38 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible waste of money October 11, 2009

By Angelo M. Correz

Format:MP3 Music|Amazon Verified Purchase

This is by far the worst MP3 album I have ever purchased. I am saddened that this is all that remains of Lita Ford.
I wasn't expecting fine art or anything but this album is a waste of both time and money.
I read another review in which somebody mused that maybe this album had been made with Garage Band. I've heard better quality from garage band ... really, It is that bad.

VERY POOR - COULD DO BETTER.
POOR production value.
POOR songwriting
POOR musical performance
POOR vocal performance
WAY TOO MUCH Jim Gillette

Lita was quoted as saying that this album was sort of a "sexual autobiography"; describing her often kinky relations with husband Jim Gillette. That's not really the subject matter I expected or wanted to hear.

EDIT:
Because I loved Lita Ford's previous work I didn't listen to all the sample before I purchased this album. I didn't know much about Wicked Wonderland before I purchased it, other than it was Lita Ford.