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Kings and Queens of the Underground

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Released
  
17 October 2014

Length
  
47:42

Release date
  
17 October 2014

Producers
  
Trevor Horn, Greg Kurstin

Recorded
  
2010–2014

Artist
  
Billy Idol

Label
  
BFI Records

Genre
  
Punk rock

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Studio
  
SARM Studios, London Echo Studios, Los Angeles

Similar
  
Billy Idol albums, Punk rock albums

Kings & Queens of the Underground is the seventh studio album by English rock vocalist Billy Idol, released on 17 October 2014 and produced mainly by Trevor Horn.

Contents

Tour

The Kings & Queens of the Underground Tour started on 5 November 2014 and ended 4 April 2015. Over the 40-date tour, Idol visited Europe, North America and Australia.

Personnel

  • Billy Idol – vocals (all tracks)
  • Steve Stevens – lead, rhythm guitar (all tracks), acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 6 - 8, 11)
  • Billy Morrison – rhythm guitar (tracks 4, 9)
  • Trevor Horn – bass guitar (tracks 1, 4 - 11), programming (tracks 5, 7, 8), keyboards (tracks 6, 8, 11)
  • Ash Soan – drums (tracks 1, 4, 6 - 10), percussion (tracks 1, 8)
  • Matt Chamberlain – drums (track 3)
  • Joel M Peters – drums (track 11)
  • Tim Weidner – percussion (tracks 4, 9, 11), programming (track 7)
  • Julian Hinton – orchestral arrangement and programming (tracks 4, 6, 8, 10)
  • Pete Murray – orchestral arrangement and programming (track 7)
  • Geoff Downes – keyboards (tracks 1, 4 - 10)
  • Cameron Gower Poole – programming (tracks 1, 4, 9), keyboards (tracks 7, 9, 11), guitar (track 9)
  • Greg Kurstin – guitar (track 2), bass guitar (tracks 2, 3), keyboards (tracks 2, 3), drums (track 2), programming (track 3)
  • Josh Campbell – programming (tracks 1, 5), guitar (track 5), bass guitar (track 11)
  • Renate Sokolovska – flute (track 6)

    • Songs

    1Bitter Pill3:57
    2Can’t Break Me Down3:43
    3Save Me Now4:31

    References

    Kings & Queens of the Underground Wikipedia
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