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Whipped! is Faster Pussycat's third album, released in 1992 by Elektra Records.

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Whipped!
Studio album by Faster Pussycat
Released	August 4, 1992
Recorded	1991–1992 at Soundworks, West Los Angeles, California Track Record Studios, North Hollywood, California (Overdubs)
Genre	Hard rock, glam metal, grunge
Length	52:43
Label	Elektra
Producer	John Jansen
Faster Pussycat chronology
Wake Me When It's Over (1989) Whipped! (1992) Between the Valley of the Ultra Pussy (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

"Nonstop to Nowhere", for which there is a video, was released as a single and reached No. 35 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock track chart.

The track "Mr. Lovedog" was a tribute to the Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood, who had died in 1990.^{[citation needed]}

The tracks "Too Tight" and "Charge Me Up" were recorded during these sessions, but did not make it onto the final album. They were released on the Belted, Buckled and Booted EP.

There are two different versions of the Whipped! album cover; one features a zoomed-out shot of the band running away from a giant dominatrix, whereas the other version is a zoomed-in version of the same picture, so it simply looks like the band members are running across a beach.

The record was not released on vinyl in the United States, but was in Europe[2] and a number of Asian countries, including Korea.^{[citation needed]}

Critical reception

Billboard's reviewer prised album diversity and strength of musical material. He singled out "AOR -ready anthem in "Nonstop To Nowhere," an innuendo - ridden teaser in "Big Dictionary," and two strong ballads: "Friends," a touching paean to friendship, and "Mr. Lovedog," a tribute to the late Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone" and predicted chart entering.[3]

Track listing

Personnel

Faster Pussycat

• Taime Downe – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Brent Muscat – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, sitar, backing vocals, lead guitar on 5, 8, 10, 12
• Greg Steele – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Loose Booty", lead guitar on 1–4, 6, 7, 9, 11
• Eric Stacy – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Brett Bradshaw – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Jimmy Z – harmonica and flute on "Big Dictionary", saxophone
• Art Velasco – trombone
• Daniel Fornetro – trumpet
• Chuck Kavooras – slide guitar on "Friends"
• Nicky Hopkins – piano on "Friends"
• Bekka Bramlett – backing vocals
• Lisa Reveen – backing vocals
• Stephanie Weiss – backing vocals
• Pasadena Boys Choir – boys choir on "Mr. Lovedog"

Production

• John Jansen – producer, mixing
• Ryan Dorn – engineer
• Tom Hardisty – assistant engineer
• Brian Virtue – assistant engineer
• Nelson Ayres – assistant engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Eric Troyer – additional background vocals, arrangements
• Nick Egan – art direction
• Eric Roinestad – design
• Markus Morianz – photography
• Mique Willmott – logo and illustrations

References

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