 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "A Little Ain't Enough" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(December 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| A Little Ain't Enough | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 15, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Studio | Little Mountain (Vancouver) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 53:10 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Bob Rock | |||
| David Lee Roth chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [5] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
A Little Ain't Enough is the third full-length studio album byDavid Lee Roth, released on January 15, 1991, throughWarner Music Group. It was certifiedgold on April 11, 1991. Produced byBob Rock, the album featured the lead guitar work ofJason Becker, a then up-and-coming guitarist who was diagnosed withamyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS,a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's disease) a week after joining the band. He managed to finish recording the album, but was unable to tour in support of the album, as his condition left him with little strength in his hands.
The album marked the beginning of Roth's commercial decline, given the drop-off in sales from his prior two albums. During the year of the album's release, theSeattle grunge movement was beginning a sea change in rock, and Roth's brand of glam metal was considered, by mainstream audiences, obsolete. Although the album went out of print on the Warner Bros. label in 1996, it was reissued (inremastered form) in 2007 through the Friday Music label.
Amusic video for the title track, "A Lil' Ain't Enough", received significant play on MTV.[7][8]
The song "Hammerhead Shark" is acover and partial rewrite of the song by the same title from the 1990 albumWalking on a Wire[9] byLowen & Navarro.
The tour supporting the record was successful in Europe, but the American leg, supported byExtreme andCinderella, turned into a financial failure, with low attendance and a third of the shows cancelled due to poor ticket sales. Setlists were shortened and songs from the current album dropped as the US tour went on.[citation needed]
The touring band featuredOzzy Osbourne andLizzy Borden guitaristJoe Holmes, bassistTodd Jensen fromHardline, longtime collaboratorsGregg Bissonette andBrett Tuggle, and for the first few shows[10] Desi Rexx fromD'Molls as second guitarist.[11]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Lil' Ain't Enough" | 4:42 | |
| 2. | "Shoot It" |
| 4:13 |
| 3. | "Lady Luck" |
| 4:40 |
| 4. | "Hammerhead Shark" |
| 3:34 |
| 5. | "Tell the Truth" |
| 5:18 |
| 6. | "Baby's on Fire" |
| 3:22 |
| 7. | "40 Below" |
| 4:54 |
| 8. | "Sensible Shoes" |
| 5:09 |
| 9. | "Last Call" |
| 3:22 |
| 10. | "The Dogtown Shuffle" |
| 4:58 |
| 11. | "It's Showtime!" |
| 3:46 |
| 12. | "Drop in the Bucket" |
| 5:05 |
| Total length: | 53:03 | ||
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] | 26 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13] | 22 |
| Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[14] | 21 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] | 30 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[16] | 1 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17] | 12 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[18] | 17 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[19] | 9 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20] | 11 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] | 5 |
| UK Albums (OCC)ERROR in "UK2": Missing parameters: date.[22] | 4 |
| USBillboard 200[23] | 18 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada)[24] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[25] | Silver | 60,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[26] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
