Wicked Wonderland (album)

Wicked Wonderland
Studio album by Lita Ford
Released	October 2, 2009 (Europe) October 6, 2009 (US)
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	65:30
Label	earMusic/Edel (Europe) JLRG Entertainment (US)
Producer	Lita Ford, Jim Gillette, Greg Hampton
Lita Ford chronology
Greatest Hits Live! (2000) Wicked Wonderland (2009) Living Like a Runaway (2012)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	(unfavorable)[1]
Chronicles of Chaos	[2]

Wicked Wonderland is the seventh studio album by American rock-musician Lita Ford and her first of new material in almost 15 years.

Ford said about the album: "Everybody has their own 'Wicked Wonderland'. It's a place where you can do whatever you want and get as freaky as you feel. These songs are my version of that - they're all about my life…well, the parts that happen when the kids are in bed and my husband and I get into the boudoir."(...)"This is definitely the heaviest stuff I’ve ever recorded. I've evolved and matured as a person and so has my music. It’s lyrically very real."^[3]

In October, 2009 the album also was released as limited edition vinyl LP, with modified track listing (without two last songs as well as with different track order) and different artwork.^[4]

In popular culture

The track "Betrayal" is one of the 108 songs that appear in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game, Brütal Legend, to which Lita also contributed her likeness and voice to the character "Rima, Queen of the Zaulia".^[5] The track is featured as background music for one of the cutscenes in the game's story mode, and can be played on the in-game radio once unlocked.

Track listing

1. "Crave" - 3:46
2. "Piece (Hell Yeah)" - 3:41
3. "Patriotic S.O.B." - 4:32
4. "Scream 4 Me" - 3:57
5. "Inside" - 4:12
6. "Wicked Wonderland" - 3:50
7. "Indulge" - 4:42
8. "Love" - 5:31
9. "Betrayal" - 3:58
10. "Sacred" - 4:34
11. "Truth" - 3:55
12. "Everything" - 3:35
13. "Bed" - 6:51
14. "Garden" - 4:06
15. "Push" - 4:16

Personnel

• Lita Ford - vocals, guitars, producer
• Jim Gillette - vocals, producer, engineer, mixing
• Greg Hampton - guitars, bass, keyboards, producer, mixing
• Stet Howland, Chris Collier - drums
• Jeremy Mackenzie - engineer, mixing
• Maor Appelbaum - mastering
• Piggy D. - art direction, design, photography
• Tyler Clinton - photography
• Hazmat Design- art direction, design, typography, styling

References

1. Jurek, Thom. "Lita Ford - Wicked Wonderland review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
2. Kalis, Quentin. "Lita Ford - Wicked Wonderland". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
3. "LITA FORD Invites The World Into Her 'Wicked Wonderland'". Blabbermouth.net. June 29, 2009. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
4. "LITA FORD: 'Wicked Wonderland' Vinyl To Feature Different Artwork". Blabbermouth.net. August 12, 2009. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
5. "LITA FORD Talks Upcoming Album, 'Brütal Legend' Game". Blabbermouth.net. July 8, 2009. Retrieved 2014-07-17.