Charmed Life Songs Ranked
Charmed Life is the fourth studio album by English rock singer Billy Idol, released in 1990 through Chrysalis Records. The lead single, “Cradle of Love”, appeared on the soundtrack of The Adventures of Ford Fairlane. The song was famous for its video, which won the 1990 MTV Video Music Award for “Best video from a film”. The video directed by David Fincher, involved Betsy Lynn George as a teenager who knocks at her neighbour’s door and asks to play a tape, before stripping to the music. The album’s second single is a cover version of “L.A. Woman” by The Doors. Its video was also directed by Fincher. The third single off the album was “Prodigal Blues”. Charmed Life was certified Platinum by the RIAA and Silver by BPI in 1990. Here are all of Charmed Life songs ranked.
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11. License to Thrill
“This is on of Billy’s best albums, in my opinion. There are only 4 tracks on here I don’t really like as much as the others, but they are still good. Tracks #1-6 and 11 are the best.”
10. The Right Way
“Billy Idol’s truly ‘charmed life’ with all of its controversy would end up overshadowing his actual music. As well, the ever-changing musical scene of the 90s presented gigantic problems for artists such as Idol that were huge pop culture icons during the previous decade. “
9. Trouble With the Sweet Stuff
“At the same time, though, the year of 1990 found Idol releasing a sweet album filled with rambunctious rock. His mixture of a punk-fueled attitude with new wave and power pop influences may have started running out of steam behind the scenes, but listeners still picked up a release with the same high quality of his previous records.”
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8. Love Unchained
“Charmes Life in my opinion is Billy’s best album. Not to disparage any of his earlier works (they’re all great with memorable tracks) but Charmed Life is the type of album where you can tell a talented artist has had enough experience and uses it to full effect.”
7. L.A. Woman
“I’m not sure why I didn’t buy this album in the 80’s. Maybe because it wasn’t hard rock enough. I was interested in one song that I heard off of it – Prodigal Son. To my surprise the entire album is very good.”
6. Endless Sleep
“I have listened to it many times already, and each time I find something new to appreciate about it. I don’t know what the other ratings are for it, and don’t recall it being very popular when released. It’s definitely on my list of under-appreciated albums.”
5. Prodigal Blues
“Billy Idol got into a motorcycle accident at the time so they can only use head shots due to a broken leg. it was named one of Vh1 1 sexiest videos of all time. Billy Idol hit number to with this sexy hit and with a video that turned all heads. He had number 1 in mainstream rock with this hit.”
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4. Mark of Caine
“By 1990, Billy Idol had matured into a rock artist and this album is miles away from the youth appeal of “Rebel Yell.” It shows the former Gen-X punk wanting to grow his music and it works.”
3. Pumping on Steel
“I’ve always felt that Billy Idol was short-changed by record companies, people, civilization, and the record industry (but not necessarily in that order).I admit to a certain softness: one of my first CDs was Billy’s last major label effort, and I was struck by the sheer digital mastery of Cyberpunk.”
2. The Loveless
“Every song is memorable with great melodies and excellent lyrics. This was a perfect match between music and lyrics. More originality, more raw, and less pop and overproduced.”
1. Cradle of Love
“Cradle of Love was about robbing a cradle with a young girl and. I love this album recorded on 1989 and especially that song Cradle of Love, it was all lover Mtv and they played the video a few times a day with a young model at the time named Betsy Lynn George.”