Black is Lita Ford

Lita Ford

Lita Ford is a British-born, American rock musician and singer who was the lead guitarist for The Runaways and achieved popularity for her solo career between the 1980s and late 2000s.-Early life:...

's sixth solo album of original material and is a change of style, compared to her other albums. Black sees Ford move into other musical styles such as blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 and grunge

Grunge

Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...

, while still maintaining her metal and rock roots. There would be a 14-year gap between Black and her next studio album, 2009's Wicked Wonderland

Wicked Wonderland

Wicked Wonderland is the seventh 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...

.

Track listing

All songs were written by Michael Dan Ehmig and Lita Ford

Lita Ford

Lita Ford is a British-born, American rock musician and singer who was the lead guitarist for The Runaways and achieved popularity for her solo career between the 1980s and late 2000s.-Early life:...

, except where noted.

1. "Black" – 5:07
2. "Fall" (Rodger Carter, Larry 'Bones' Dennison, Ford, Debby Holiday) – 5:18
3. "Loverman" – 5:55
4. "Killin' Kind" (Ehmig, Ford, Taylor Rhodes
   Taylor Rhodes
   Taylor Laurence Rhodes is an American songwriter, producer, and musician from Nashville, Tennessee, most notable for his work with hard rock band Aerosmith since 1993.-Music Career:In 1993, he co-wrote the big hit "Cryin'" with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry...
   
   ) – 4:29
5. "Hammerhead" – 4:37
6. "Boilin' Point" – 3:51
7. "Where Will I Find My Heart Tonight" – 4:17
8. "War of the Angels" – 4:46
9. "Joe" (Carter, Dennison, Ford, Holiday) – 5:40
10. "White Lightnin'" – 3:58
11. "Smokin' Toads" (Ford) – 4:13
12. "Spider Monkeys" – 6:51

Musicians

• Lita Ford
  Lita Ford
  Lita Ford is a British-born, American rock musician and singer who was the lead guitarist for The Runaways and achieved popularity for her solo career between the 1980s and late 2000s.-Early life:...
  
   - lead vocals, all guitars
• Larry 'Bones' Dennison - bass
• Rodger Carter - drums and percussion
• Steve Reid
  Steve Reid (musician)
  Steve Reid is an American jazz percussionist, best known as a founding member of The Rippingtons.Reid began playing as a session musician in the 1970s, playing on hundreds of recordings. Reid cofounded The Rippingtons in 1987 and also played with Supertramp in 1987-88. In 1993, 1995, and 1997 he...
  
   - additional percussion
• Bruce Robb
  Bruce Robb (producer)
  Bruce Robb is an American musician, record producer, engineer, and music supervisor. He is most recognized for his active role in the formative years of the music industry: first as a member of “The Robbs” during the music revolution of the 1960s, then as a founder of Cherokee Studios in the...
  
   - Hammond B3
• Jimmy Z - harmonica
• Martin Tillman
  Martin Tillman
  Martin Tillman is a Swiss composer and world renowned cellistHe has established himself in the motion picture and recording world as one of the most sought after talents of experimental acoustic and electric cello.-Biography:...
  
   - cello on "War of the Angels"
• Jim Gillette
  Jim Gillette
  *2001: Carnivore Soundtrack#"Freight Train Demo" – 4:27*2003: Hollywood Hairspray Volume 2#"B.O.M.B. Also Called " – 3:20-with Organ Donor:*2001: The Ultra Violent#"Organ Donor" – 3:36#"Ultra Violent" – 5:55...
  
  , Michael Dan Ehmig, Dave King, Pork Chop, Jeff Scott Soto
  Jeff Scott Soto
  Jeff Scott Soto is an American rock singer of Puerto Rican descent. He is best known for being the lead singer for the group Talisman from 1990 till the end of Talisman in 2007, the vocalist on Yngwie Malmsteen's first two albums, and for stepping up to the job of lead vocalist for Journey on...
  
  , Billy DiCicco - backing vocals

Production

• The Robb Brothers - producers, engineers, mixing
• Matt Ellard, Doug Tranton, Joe Breuer, Mike Gibson - assistant engineers
• Steve Hall - mastering