Dusk (Badlands album)
Dusk is the third and final studio album by the band Badlands. The album was originally a collection of demos recorded in 1992–1993 to be submitted to their label, Atlantic Records. The demo tracks were released posthumously on December 15, 1998 in Japan on Pony Canyon. A European release on UK-based Z Records, with different artwork, followed in 2000.
| Dusk | ||||
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| Released | December 15, 1998 | |||
| Studio | Goodnight LA Studios, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, blues rock | |||
| Length | 43:01 | |||
| Label | Pony Canyon | |||
| Producer | Badlands | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 9/10 |
| Rock Hard | 8.0/10 |
The song "Lord Knows" was originally written and demoed for the first Badlands record, but ultimately left off the album. The song "The River" was re-recorded by Greg Chaisson for his 1994 solo album It's About Time with Rob Lamothe of the Riverdogs on lead vocals. Guitarist Jake E. Lee would re-use the main riff in "Sun Red Sun" for the song "Blood Provider" and the main riff in "Walking Attitude" for the song "The Key", demoed with his post-Badlands group, Wicked Alliance, which featured World War III vocalist Mandy Lion and future Korn drummer Ray Luzier.
After leaving Badlands and moving back to the East Coast, vocalist Ray Gillen joined New York-based all-star band Sun Red Sun, which he named after the Badlands song.