{{More citations needed|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Whipped! | type = studio | artist = Faster Pussycat | cover = whippedfp.jpg | alt = | released = August 4, 1992 | recorded = 1991–1992 at Soundworks, West Los Angeles, California<br />Track Record Studios, North Hollywood, California (Overdubs) | venue = | studio = | genre = Hard rock, glam metal | length = 52:43 | label = Elektra | producer = John Jansen<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Whipped by Faster Pussycat |magazine=Billboard |date=Aug 22, 1992 |volume=104 |issue=34 |page=56}}</ref> | prev_title = Wake Me When It's Over | prev_year = 1989 | next_title = Between the Valley of the Ultra Pussy | next_year = 2001 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Whipped Review by Bradley Torreano |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/whipped-mw0000082990 |website=AllMusic |access-date=18 January 2023}}</ref> |rev2 = ''Calgary Herald'' |rev2score = D<ref>{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Mary Lynn |title=Recent Releases |work=Calgary Herald |date=16 Aug 1992 |page=C2}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal'' | rev3score = 7/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=Collector's Guide Publishing |year=2007 |location=Burlington, Ontario, Canada |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |pages=152–153}}</ref> }} '''''Whipped!''''' is the third album by the American band Faster Pussycat, released in 1992 by Elektra Records.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Locey |first1=Bill |title=Felines of Metal |work=Los Angeles Times |date=13 Aug 1992 |page=J6}}</ref>
"Nonstop to Nowhere", for which there is a video, was released as a single and reached {{abbr|No.|number}} 35 on ''Billboard'''s Mainstream Rock track chart.
The track "Mr. Lovedog" was a tribute to the Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood, who had died in 1990.{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}}
The tracks "Too Tight" and "Charge Me Up" were recorded during these sessions, but did not make it onto the final album. They were released on the ''Belted, Buckled and Booted'' EP.
There are two different versions of the ''Whipped!'' album cover; one features a zoomed-out shot of the band running away from a giant dominatrix, whereas the other version is a zoomed-in version of the same picture, so it simply looks like the band members are running across a beach.
The record was not released on vinyl in the United States, but was in Europe and a number of Asian countries, including Korea.{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}}
==Critical reception== ''Billboard's'' reviewer praised the album's diversity and strength of musical material. He singled out "AOR -ready anthem in "Nonstop To Nowhere," an innuendo - ridden teaser in "Big Dictionary," and two strong ballads: "Friends," a touching paean to friendship, and "Mr. Lovedog," a tribute to the late Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone" and predicted chart entering.<ref name="bboardreview">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-08-22.pdf|title=Review: Faster Pussycat – Whipped|magazine=Billboard|date=22 August 1992|access-date=11 February 2022|volume=104|number=34|page=56|location=New York|publisher=Billboard Publications Inc.|via=World Radio History|issn=0006-2510|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208141655/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-08-22.pdf|archive-date=8 February 2022}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{track listing |title1 = Nonstop to Nowhere |lyrics1 = Taime Downe |music1 = Downe, Greg Steele |length1 = 6:57 |title2 = The Body Thief |lyrics2 = Downe |music2 = Downe, Brent Muscat, Eric Stacy, Steele |length2 = 4:56 |title3 = Jack the Bastard |lyrics3 = Downe |music3 = Downe, Muscat, Steele |length3 = 4:07 |title4 = Big Dictionary |lyrics4 = Downe |music4 = Muscat, Steele |length4 = 2:56 |title5 = Madam Ruby's Love Boutique |lyrics5 = Downe |music5 = Muscat, Stacy, Steele |length5 = 3:42 |title6 = Only Way Out |lyrics6 = Downe |music6 = Stacy, Steele |length6 = 3:53 |title7 = Maid in Wonderland |lyrics7 = Downe |music7 = Muscat, Stacy, Steele |length7 = 5:05 |title8 = Friends |lyrics8 = Downe |music8 = Downe, Steele |length8 = 4:47 |title9 = Cat Bash |lyrics9 = Downe |music9 = Steele |length9 = 1:42 |title10 = Loose Booty |lyrics10 = Downe, Steele |music10 = Brett Bradshaw, Muscat, Stacy, Steele |length10 = 3:29 |title11 = Mr. Lovedog |lyrics11 = Downe |music11 = Downe, Muscat, Steele |length11 = 6:30 |title12 = Out with a Bang |lyrics12 = Downe |music12 = Downe, Muscat, Steele |length12 = 4:39 |total_length = 52:43 }}
==Personnel== ;Faster Pussycat *Taime Downe – lead vocals, backing vocals *Greg Steele – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Loose Booty", lead guitar on 1–4, 6, 7, 9, 11 *Brent Muscat – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, sitar, backing vocals, lead guitar on 5, 8, 10, 12 *Eric Stacy – bass guitar, backing vocals *Brett Bradshaw – drums, percussion, backing vocals ;Additional musicians *Jimmy Z – harmonica and flute on "Big Dictionary", saxophone *Art Velasco – trombone *Daniel Fornetro – trumpet *Chuck Kavooras – slide guitar on "Friends" *Nicky Hopkins – piano on "Friends" *Bekka Bramlett – backing vocals *Lisa Reveen – backing vocals *Stephanie Weiss – backing vocals *Pasadena Boys Choir – boys choir on "Mr. Lovedog"
==Production== *John Jansen – producer, mixing *Ryan Dorn – engineer *Tom Hardisty – assistant engineer *Brian Virtue – assistant engineer *Nelson Ayres – assistant engineer *Greg Calbi – mastering *Eric Troyer – additional background vocals, arrangements *Nick Egan – art direction *Eric Roinestad – design *Markus Morianz – photography *Mique Willmott – logo and illustrations
== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Chart (1992) ! Peak<br />position |- !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> | align="center"| 43 |- {{Album chart|UK2|58|date=19920816|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 30, 2024}} |- {{Album chart|Billboard200|90|artist=Faster Pussycat|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 30, 2024}} |}
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