Built to Perform

Built to Perform
Studio album by Phantom Blue
Released	1993
Recorded	Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California, Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, California, Skip Saylor Recording, Hollywood
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	41:56
Label	Geffen (US) Roadrunner (Europe and Japan)
Producer	Max Norman
Phantom Blue chronology
Phantom Blue (1989) Built to Perform (1993) Prime Cuts & Glazed Donuts (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[2]

Built to Perform is the second and last full-length album by American heavy metal band Phantom Blue. In contrast to the first album's glam metal sound, Built to Perform displays a more raw, heavy metal sound. It also features songwriting credits by all five of the band members plus former member Nicole Couch, who left prior to the album's release. The album includes the band's cover of Thin Lizzy's "Bad Reputation."

Veteran producer Max Norman oversaw the album's production, while Marty Friedman (who was then with Megadeth) and John Norum (of Europe) contributed as guest guitarists. Norum and guitarist Michelle Meldrum eventually married in 1995.^{[3][unreliable source?]} "My Misery" was co-written by West Arkeen, known for his collaborations with Guns N' Roses.^[4]

Released by Geffen Records, this was the band's only album under a major record label.^[5]

1. ^ Jeffries, Vincent. "Phantom Blue Built to Perform review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
2. ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 241–342. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
3. ^ Lasting Tribute - Michelle Meldrum Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ Phantom Blue Interview/Live in London 1994
5. ^ Phantom Blue - Sounds Archived June 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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