Toolbox (album)

1991 studio album by Ian Gillan

Toolbox

Studio album by

Ian Gillan

Released

14 October 1991 ^[1]

Recorded

1991

Studio

Battery Studios, London

Genre

Hard rock

Length

43:10

Label

East West

Producer

Chris Tsangarides

Ian Gillan chronology

Naked Thunder
(1990)

Toolbox
(1991)

Dreamcatcher
(1997)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10^[3]

Toolbox is the second solo album by Ian Gillan originally released only in Europe, Japan and Brazil on the German label EastWest. It was his last album before his second comeback with Deep Purple in August 1992. The subsequent 10-month tour, which crossed Europe and South America, proved Gillan to be a strong live attraction. Although Toolbox was not a big commercial success, it is considered by many^[who?] as one of Gillan's finest records. The album was released in the US in 1998 by Eagle Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ian Gillan and Steve Morris unless otherwise noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hang Me Out to Dry"	Ian Gillan, Leslie West	4:03
2.	"Toolbox"		4:15
3.	"Dirty Dog"		4:07
4.	"Candy Horizon"		4:17
5.	"Don't Hold Me Back"		4:37
6.	"Pictures of Hell"		3:56
7.	"Dancing Nylon Shirt (Part 1)"		3:39
8.	"Bed of Nails"		4:25
9.	"Gassed Up"		3:05
10.	"Everything I Need"		3:50
11.	"Dancing Nylon Shirt (Part 2)"		3:02

Personnel

Ian Gillan – lead vocals
Steve Morris – guitar
Brett Bloomfield – bass guitar
Leonard Haze – drums

Guest musicians

Leslie West – guitar on "Hang Me Out To Dry"

Production notes

Recorded at Battery Studios, London, 1991
Produced, engineered and mixed by Chris Tsangarides.

References

^ Popoff, Martin (2018). The Deep Purple Family, vol 2 (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-908724-87-8.
^ Anderson, Jason. "Gillan Toolbox review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.