Lita (album)

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox album Template:Album ratings Lita is the third solo studio album by American glam metal singer and guitarist Lita Ford. Released in February 1988, it was her first for RCA Records and her first published with the supervision of new manager Sharon Osbourne. Musicians Don Nossov and Myron Grombacher, who were best known for being the rhythm section of the successful American singer Pat Benatar, joined Ford for the recording sessions while Charles Dalba and Tommy Caradonna played drums and bass guitar during the promotional tour.

The album is Ford's most successful, reaching No. 29 on the US Billboard 200 chart and being certified platinum.<ref name="album">Template:Cite magazine</ref> It produced the hit singles "Close My Eyes Forever" (a duet with Ozzy Osbourne) and "Kiss Me Deadly" which peaked at numbers 8 and 12 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.<ref name="singles" >Template:Cite web</ref> "Kiss Me Deadly" was named the 76th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personnel

Band members

• Lita Ford – guitar, vocals
• David Ezrin – keyboards
• Don Nossov – bass guitar
• Myron Grombacher – drums

Additional musicians

• Craig Krampf – additional percussion and drums
• Ozzy Osbourne – duet vocals on "Close My Eyes Forever"
• Llory McDonald, Mike Chapman – background vocals

Production

• Mike Chapman – producer
• George Tutko – engineer, mixing at Village Recorders and One on One Recording Studios, Los Angeles
• Brett Swain, Charlie Brocco, Jimmy Hoyson, Toby Wright – assistant engineers
• George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
• Ria Lewerke – art direction
• Moshe Brakha – photography

Charts

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Chart performance for Lita

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)<ref name=FINI>Template:Cite book</ref>	38