Vixen ( Vixen album ) - wikipedia Vixen ( Vixen album ) Vixen Studio album by Vixen Released September 1988 Recorded 1988 Studio Various Capitol Studios The Pasha Music House Eldorado Recording Studios Iceberg Studio Rhett Lawrence Studios Ignited Studio Sunset Sound Recorders Baby'O Recorders, Hollywood, California Genre Glam metal Length 43 : 18 Label EMI / Manhattan Producer David Cole, Rick Neigher, Richard Marx, Spencer Proffer Vixen chronology Vixen ( 1988 ) Rev It Up ( 1990 ) Rev It Up 1990 Singles from Vixen `` Edge of a Broken Heart '' Released : 1988 `` Cryin ' '' Released : 1989 `` Love Made Me '' Released : 1989 Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic Vixen is the self - titled debut by the American all - female hard rock / glam metal band Vixen. It was released in 1988 in the United States and Europe, and featured the hit singles `` Edge of a Broken Heart '' and `` Cryin ' ''. Richard Marx, one of the late 1980s ' most successful recording artists, was heavily involved in Vixen 's early career, co-producing the album and writing one of their biggest hits `` Edge of a Broken Heart ''. Vixen is featured at No. 43 in Rolling Stone magazine 's list of 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time. Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 References Track listing Side one No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 1. `` Edge of a Broken Heart '' Richard Marx, Fee Waybill 4 : 24 2. `` I Want You to Rock Me '' David Cole, Janet Gardner 3 : 30 3. `` Cryin ' '' Gregg Tripp, Jeff Paris 3 : 32 4. `` American Dream '' Jon Butcher 4 : 19 5. `` Desperate '' Brian Miku, Leah Santos, Jan Kuehnemund 4 : 16 Side two No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 6. `` One Night Alone '' Tripp, Paris 3 : 50 7. `` Hell Raisers '' Scott Metaxas, Kenneth Dubman, Vixen, Spencer Proffer 4 : 27 8. `` Love Made Me '' John Keller, Marcy Levy, Michael Caruso 3 : 18 9. `` Waiting '' Kuehnemund, Gardner 3 : 11 10. `` Cruisin ' '' Kuehnemund, Gardner, Keith Krupp 4 : 24 CD and cassette edition bonus track No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 11. `` Charmed Life '' Tripp, Paris 4 : 05 Japanese CD edition bonus track No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 11. `` Give It Away '' ( replaces `` Charmed Life '' ) Geoff Leib, Michael Thompson 3 : 32 Personnel Vixen Janet Gardner -- lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar Jan Kuehnemund -- lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals Share Pedersen -- bass, backing vocals Roxy Petrucci -- drums, backing vocals Additional musicians Derek Nakamoto -- keyboards Richard Marx - keyboards on track 1 Vivian Campbell - guitar on track 5 Production Richard Marx - producer and arrangements on track 1 Brian Foraker - engineer and mixing on track 1 David Cole - producer, engineer, mixing and arrangements on tracks 2, 3, 5, 8 -- 11 Rick Neigher - producer and arrangements on tracks 2, 3, 5, 8 -- 11 Spencer Proffer - producer and arrangements on tracks 4, 6, 7 Hans Peter Huber - engineer and mixing on tracks 4, 6, 7 Peter Doell - additional engineering Annette Cisneros, Jimmy Perziosi, Judy Clapp, Mark Stebbeds - assistant engineers Greg Fulginiti - mastering at Artisan Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California Susanne Marie Edgren, Lewis Kovac - production coordinators Henry Marquez - art direction Charts Chart ( 1988 -- 89 ) Peak position German Albums ( Offizielle Top 100 ) 39 Swedish Albums ( Sverigetopplistan ) 47 UK Albums ( OCC ) 66 US Billboard 200 41 Singles Year Single Chart Position 1988 `` Edge of a Broken Heart '' Billboard Hot 100 26 `` Cryin ' '' 22 `` Love Made Me '' -- References Jump up ^ Theakstone, Rob. `` Vixen Vixen ''. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011 - 06 - 17. Jump up ^ Eddy, Chuck ( October 13, 2015 ). `` 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time : 43. Vixen, ' Vixen ' ( 1988 ) ''. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2017 - 11 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Offiziellecharts.de -- Vixen -- Vixen '' ( in German ). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Swedishcharts.com -- Vixen -- Vixen ''. Hung Medien. Retrieved August 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Vixen Artist Official Charts ''. UK Albums Chart. Retrieved August 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Vixen Chart History ( Billboard 200 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved August 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Vixen Billboard Chart History ''. Billboard. Retrieved 2011 - 09 - 04. Vixen Janet Gardner Roxy Petrucci Share Pedersen Britt Lightning Gina Stile Jan Kuehnemund Nancy Shanks Pia Maiocco Jenna Sanz - Agero Studio albums Vixen ( 1988 ) Rev It Up ( 1990 ) Tangerine ( 1998 ) Live & Learn ( 2006 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vixen_(Vixen_album)&oldid=817532100 '' Categories : Vixen ( band ) albums 1988 debut albums Albums produced by Richard Marx EMI Records albums Manhattan Records albums Albums produced by Spencer Proffer Albums recorded at Capitol Studios Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with album ratings that need to be turned into prose Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Français Italiano Polski Português Edit links This page was last edited on 29 December 2017, at 00 : 41. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote edge of a broken heart by vixen
Answer: Richard Marx