{{redirect|Pornograffitti|the Japanese rock band|Porno Graffitti}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Extreme II: Pornograffitti | type = studio | artist = Extreme | cover = Extreme-pornograffitti.jpg | released = {{start date|1990|08|07}} | recorded = | studio = *Scream Studios, (Studio City, California) *Courtlen Recording (Hanson, Massachusetts) | genre = {{flatlist| * Glam metal * funk metal * heavy metal }} | length = 64:30 | label = A&M | producer = {{hlist|Michael Wagener|Nuno Bettencourt}} | prev_title = Extreme | prev_year = 1989 | next_title = III Sides to Every Story | next_year = 1992 | misc = {{Singles | name = Pornograffitti | type = Studio | single1 = Decadence Dance | single1date = 1990 | single2 = Get the Funk Out | single2date = 1991 | single3 = More Than Words | single3date = March 23, 1991 | single4 = Hole Hearted | single4date = September 15, 1991 | single5 = Song For Love | single5date = 1992 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|title=Extreme II: Pornograffitti - Extreme {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/extreme-ii-pornograffitti-mw0000309280|last=Huey|first=Steve|publisher=AllMusic}}</ref> | rev2 =''Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal'' | rev2Score = 9/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last = Popoff | first = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = August 1, 2007 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | page=147|isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}</ref> | rev3 = ''The Daily Vault'' | rev3score = B−<ref>{{cite web|title=Extreme: {{!}} Daily Vault|url=http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=203|last=McCarthy|first=Sean|date=August 8, 1997|website=The Daily Vault|access-date=January 14, 2013|archive-date=June 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614150900/http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=203|url-status=live}}</ref> }}
'''''Extreme II: Pornograffitti''''' (also known as simply '''''Pornograffitti''''') is the second studio album by the heavy metal band Extreme, released on August 7, 1990, through A&M Records.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gold & Platinum|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/|access-date=May 31, 2021|website=RIAA}}</ref> The album title is a portmanteau of pornography and graffiti.
''Extreme II'' sold very well, peaking at No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and was certified double platinum in the U.S. by the RIAA. It is the band's best selling album. Two singles from ''Pornograffitti'', "More Than Words" and "Hole Hearted", reached No. 1 and 4 respectively on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Two other tracks, "Decadence Dance" and "Get the Funk Out", became popular on MTV's Headbangers Ball.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Johnston|first=Maura|author-link=Maura Johnston |date=February 6, 2015|title=Extreme's 'More Than Words': The Oral History|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/extremes-more-than-words-the-oral-history-of-1991s-iconic-ballad-90106/|access-date=May 31, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>
==Overview== ''Pornograffitti'' is a concept album,<ref name="allmusic"/><ref name="rs"/><ref name="loudwire"/> its story is about lost innocence and uneasiness.<ref name="rs"/> Though the album "[focuses] on the same funk-metal vibe as [their debut]", it became massively popular due to the acoustic single "More Than Words".<ref name="loudwire">{{cite web|title=Revisiting Extreme's Path to Success With 'Pornograffitti'|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/extreme-pornograffitti/|last=DeRiso|first=Nick|date=August 7, 2015|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|access-date=May 25, 2020}}</ref>
According to authors HP Newquist and Pete Prown, the album has "a bewildering array of song styles—heavy metal, ballads, funk, etc.".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Prown|first1=Pete|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=60Jde3l7WNwC&pg=PA206|title=Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists|last2=Newquist|first2=Harvey P.|date=1997|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-7935-4042-6|page=206|author-link=Pete Prown|author-link2=HP Newquist}}</ref>
The title track, as well as "More than Words" and "It('s a Monster)", have been played live since at least early April 1989, and date back to shortly after the band's self-titled debut was released.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/extreme/1989/newbury-sound-studios-boston-ma-73d10649.html | title=Extreme Setlist at Newbury Sound Studios, Boston | website=setlist.fm }}</ref>
==Reception== The album received largely positive reception. AllMusic reviewer Steve Huey gave the album four stars, and commented that "[the] band shows a strong desire to experiment and push the boundaries of the pop-metal format".<ref name="allmusic"/> ''Rolling Stone'' placed the album at thirteenth on their list of the "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time".<ref name="rs">{{cite magazine|last1=Beaujour|first1=Tom|last2=Bienstock|first2=Richard|last3=Eddy|first3=Chuck|last4=Fischer|first4=Reed|last5=Grow|first5=Kory|last6=Johnston|first6=Maura|last7=Weingarten|first7=Christopher R.|date=August 31, 2019|title=50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-greatest-hair-metal-albums-of-all-time-162362/extreme-extreme-ii-pornograffiti-1990-171071/|access-date=March 4, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> ''Ultimate Classic Rock'' ranked it at eighth in their "Top 30 Glam Metal Albums".<ref>{{cite web|last=Rolli|first=Bryan|date=July 1, 2021|title=Top 30 Glam Metal Albums|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/glam-metal-albums/|access-date=November 1, 2021|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|archive-date=April 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416104655/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/glam-metal-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref> Heavy metal author Martin Popoff, in his book ''The Big Book of Hair Metal'', called the album, "a thinking man's hair metal album, with thoughtful lyrics and tasteful guitar work".<ref>{{cite book|last=Popoff|first=Martin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HjRcBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA192|title=The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade|date=2014|publisher=Voyageur Press|isbn=978-0-7603-4546-7|page=192|author-link=Martin Popoff}}</ref>
Lead guitarist Nuno Bettencourt garnered admiration from rock guitar enthusiasts, as he was voted "Best New Talent" in a 1991 readers' poll by ''Guitar World'' magazine,<ref>{{cite journal | journal = Guitar World | date = April 1991 | volume = 12 | issue = 4 | title = Guitar World 1991 Readers' Poll | page = 41 | url = https://www.scribd.com/doc/297232312/Guitar-World-4-Apr-1991-pdf | format = PDF | access-date = February 24, 2017 | archive-date = March 27, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190327204203/https://www.scribd.com/doc/297232312/Guitar-World-4-Apr-1991-pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> and that magazine later named him "Most Valuable Player" of 1991.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Guitar World |date=January 1992|volume=13|issue=1 | title = The Year of Guitar: Nuno Bettencourt, M.V.P.}}</ref>
==Legacy== In 2010, after the band's reunion in the previous years, rumors started about possible commemorative shows given the 20th anniversary of the record. In 2012, the band played the entire album for four tour dates in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|date=March 1, 2012|title=EXTREME To Perform Entire 'Pornograffitti' Album On Japanese Tour|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/extreme-to-perform-entire-pornograffitti-album-on-japanese-tour/|access-date=May 31, 2021|publisher=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref> In January 2014, the band confirmed they would be performing ''Pornograffitti'' in its entirety on their 2014 European tour.<ref>{{cite web|title=Extreme 'Pornograffitti Live 2014' Tour Dates|url=http://extreme-band.com/site/extreme-pornograffitti-live-2014-pre-sale-vip-packages-avail-now-tickets-on-sale-friday-131/|access-date=2014-02-02|archive-date=2015-09-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913182607/http://extreme-band.com/site/extreme-pornograffitti-live-2014-pre-sale-vip-packages-avail-now-tickets-on-sale-friday-131/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2015, the band embarked on an extensive US tour commemorating the album's 25th anniversary.
The Japanese rock band Porno Graffitti got its name from the album.
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt | title1 = Decadence Dance | length1 = 6:49 | title2 = Li'l Jack Horny | length2 = 4:51 | title3 = When I'm President | length3 = 4:21 | title4 = Get the Funk Out | length4 = 4:24 | title5 = More Than Words | length5 = 5:34 | title6 = Money (In God We Trust) | length6 = 4:11 | title7 = It ('s a Monster) | length7 = 4:24 | title8 = Pornograffitti | length8 = 6:15 | title9 = When I First Kissed You | length9 = 4:00 | title10 = Suzi (Wants Her All Day What?) | length10 = 3:38 | title11 = He-Man Woman Hater | note11 = includes intro "Flight of the Wounded Bumble Bee" | length11 = 6:20 | title12 = Song for Love | length12 = 5:55 | title13 = Hole Hearted | note13 = does not appear on some editions{{which|date=November 2023}} of the vinyl LP{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} | length13 = 3:39 | total_length = 64:21 }}
{{Track listing | headline = 2015 Deluxe Edition: Disc Two | extra_column = Origin | title1 = More Than Words | note1 = remix | length1 = 3:43 | extra1 = "More Than Words" CD single | title2 = Nice Place To Visit | length2 = 3:16 | extra2 = "More Than Words" CD single | title3 = More Than Words | note3 = edit | length3 = 3:41 | title4 = Decadence Dance | note4 = edit | length4 = 4:31 | extra4 = "Decadence Dance" single | title5 = Money (in God We Trust) | note5 = edit | length5 = 4:05 | title6 = More Than Words | note6 = non-percussion version | length6 = 4:20 | title7 = Get the Funk Out | note7 = What the Funk? mix | length7 = 4:04 | title8 = More Than Words | note8 = a cappella with congas | extra8 = "Hole Hearted" single | length8 = 4:15 | title9 = Get the Funk Out | note9 = 12-inch remix | extra9 = "Hole Hearted" single | length9 = 7:01 | title10 = Sex N' Love | length10 = 2:47 | extra10 = "Hole Hearted" single }}
==Personnel== ;Extreme * Gary Cherone – lead and backing vocals * Nuno Bettencourt – guitars, keyboards, piano, percussion, backing vocals, arrangements, producer on tracks 9 and 13 * Pat Badger – bass, backing vocals * Paul Geary – drums, percussion, backing vocals
;Additional musicians * Barbara Glynn – backing vocals on "Decadence Dance" * Pat Travers – backing vocals on "Get the Funk Out" * Jeanine Moultrine – backing vocals on "Suzi (Wants Her All Day What?)" * Dweezil Zappa – intro/outro lead guitar on "He-Man Woman Hater" (after "Flight of the Wounded Bumble Bee")<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Extreme II: Pornograffitti |others=Extreme |date=1990 |url=https://archive.org/download/cd_extreme-ii-pornograffitti-a-funked-up-fair_extreme-ii/cd_extreme-ii-pornograffitti-a-funked-up-fair_extreme-ii_jp2.zip/cd_extreme-ii-pornograffitti-a-funked-up-fair_extreme-ii_jp2%2Fcd_extreme-ii-pornograffitti-a-funked-up-fair_extreme-ii_0004.jp2&ext=jpg |page=4 |type=CD |publisher=A&M Records}}</ref> * Li'l Jack Horn Section in "Li'l Jack Horny", "Get the Funk Out" directed by Andy Armer ** Bob Findley, trumpet ** Chuck Findley, trumpet ** Bill Watrous, trombone ** Dick "Slyde" Hyde, bass trombone ** Pete Christlieb, tenor sax ** Joel Peskin, tenor sax
;Production *Michael Wagener – producer, mixing *Bob St. John – engineer *George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York *Randy Badazz – orchestration *Ioannis/Third Image – art direction and design
== Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! Chart (1990–91) ! Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Australia|29|artist=Extreme|album=II - Pornograffitti|rowheader=true|access-date=November 29, 2021}} |- {{album chart|Austria|17|artist=Extreme|album=II - Pornograffitti|rowheader=true|access-date=November 29, 2021}} |- {{album chart|Canada|1|chartid=1563|rowheader=true|access-date=November 29, 2021}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|16|artist=Extreme|album=II - Pornograffitti|rowheader=true|access-date=November 29, 2021}} |- ! scope="row"| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)<ref name=FINI>{{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5 | language= fi}}</ref> | align="center"| 11 |- {{album chart|Germany|15|artist=Extreme|album=II - Pornograffitti|id=1272|rowheader=true|access-date=November 29, 2021}} |- !scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref name="JPN">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref> |32 |- {{album chart|New Zealand|32|artist=Extreme|album=II - Pornograffitti|rowheader=true|access-date=November 29, 2021}} |- {{album chart|Norway|20|artist=Extreme|album=II - Pornograffitti|rowheader=true|access-date=November 29, 2021}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|37|artist=Extreme|album=II - Pornograffitti|rowheader=true|access-date=November 29, 2021}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|10|artist=Extreme|album=II - Pornograffitti|rowheader=true|access-date=November 29, 2021}} |- {{album chart|UK2|12|date=19910811|rowheader=true|access-date=November 29, 2021}} |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1991/1991-06-08-Billboard-Page-0088.pdf#search=%22extreme%20ii%20pornograffitti%22 | magazine = Billboard | publisher = Billboard | access-date = November 29, 2021 | page = 72 | title =Billboard Top Pop Albums - June 8, 1991 | date= June 8, 1991}}</ref> |10 |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- !Chart (1991) !Position |- ! scope="row"|European Albums (European Top 100)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/91/MM-1991-12-21-OCR-Page-0024.pdf |title=European Top 100 Albums – 1991 |magazine=Music & Media |volume=8 |issue=51/52 |date=21 December 1991 |page=24 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History |access-date=November 29, 2021 |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101045809/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/91/MM-1991-12-21-OCR-Page-0024.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> |69 |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard 200''<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-12-21.pdf|title=Year in Music: 1991 - Top Albums|date=December 21, 1991|via=World Radio History|magazine=Billboard|page=66|access-date=November 14, 2021|archive-date=August 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817155223/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-12-21.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> |23 |} {{col-end}}
== Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|artist=Extreme|title=Pornograffitti|award=Gold|relyear=1990|certyear=1992|access-date=November 29, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|artist=Extreme|title=Pornograffitti|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1990|certyear=1991|access-date=November 29, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|artist=Extreme|title=Pornografity|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1990|certyear=1992|access-date=July 16, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Extreme|title=Pornograffitti|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1990|certyear=2025|source=radioscope|access-date=September 12, 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Extreme|title=Pornograffitti|award=Platinum|relyear=1990|certyear=1992|id=5168-994-2|access-date=November 29, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Extreme II|title=Pornograffitti|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1990|certyear=1992|access-date=November 29, 2021}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}
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