This article is about Dee Dee King's album. For Suzi Quatro's album, see In the Spotlight.
1989 studio album by Dee Dee King
Standing in the Spotlight
Studio album by
Dee Dee King
Released
March 1989
Recorded
1989
Studio
Chung King Studios, New York City
Genre
Old school hip hop
doo-wop
rock and roll
punk rock
Length
31:46
Label
Sire
Warner Bros.
Producer
Daniel Rey
Dee Dee Ramone chronology
Standing in the Spotlight (1989)
I Hate Freaks Like You (1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
Robert Christgau
C[1]
AllMusic
[2]
Standing in the Spotlight is the first solo studio album by Dee Dee Ramone released in 1989, under the rap moniker Dee Dee King. The album is sometimes considered to be one of the biggest failures in recording history.[2]
Musically, the songs vary from old school hip hop and doo-wop (e.g., "Mashed Potato Time", "Commotion In The Ocean") to rock and roll (e.g., "Baby Doll") and punk rock (e.g. "Poor Little Rich Girl", "The Crusher").[3] In an article for The Village Voice in 2014, Chaz Kangas wrote that the album "sound less like a rap record and more like a Ramones album that has rapping on it".[4]
^Christgau, Robert. "CG: Dee Dee King: Standing in the Spotlight". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
^ abCarlson, Matt. "Dee Dee King: Standing in the Spotlight". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
^Hawkins, Derek J. (3 March 2014). "In Defense Of: Standing In The Spotlight, Dee Dee King". squarezeros.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
^Kangas, Chaz (12 September 2014). "Remembering Dee Dee Ramone's Rap Album on Its 25th Anniversary". The Village Voice. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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