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{{Infobox album
| name       = In Your Face
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Kingdom Come (German band)|Kingdom Come]]
| cover      = In Your Face album cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = April 24, 1989
| recorded   = 1989
| studio     = Goodnight LA, Van Nuys, California
| genre      = [[Hard rock]], [[glam metal]]
| length     = 44:54
| label      = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| producer   = [[Keith Olsen]], [[Lenny Wolf]]
| prev_title = [[Kingdom Come (Kingdom Come album)|Kingdom Come]]
| prev_year  = 1988
| next_title = [[Hands of Time (album)|Hands of Time]]
| next_year  = 1991
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = In Your Face
| type        = studio
| single1     = Do You Like It
| single1date = 1988
| single2     = Who Do You Love
| single2date = 1989 (US only)
| single3     = Overrated
| single3date = 1989 (UK only)
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-your-face-mw0000203827 |title=Kingdom Come - In Your Face review |last=Anderson |first=Jason |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |accessdate=May 21, 2021 }}</ref>
|rev2 =''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
|rev2Score = 8/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = November 1, 2005 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], Canada | isbn = 978-1-894959-31-5 | page=185}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
'''''In Your Face''''' is the second album by the [[hard rock]] band [[Kingdom Come (German band)|Kingdom Come]], released in 1989. This is the band's final album to be recorded with the original lineup of vocalist [[Lenny Wolf]], lead guitarist [[Danny Stag]], rhythm guitarist [[Rick Steier]], bassist Johnny B. Frank and drummer [[James Kottak]].
==Overview==
Two singles were released in support of the album, both becoming minor hits in the UK: "Do You Like It" (no. 73) and "Overrated" (no. 85).<ref name="GB" >{{cite web |url= https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/24835/kingdom-come/|title=Kingdom Come Official Charts |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=May 20, 2021 }}</ref> The band was due to tour the UK, supporting [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]], shortly after release of the second single, but split up before the tour commenced (ironically W.A.S.P. also lost guitarist and co-founder [[Chris Holmes (musician)|Chris Holmes]] at the same time, meaning they also had to cancel the tour). A third single "Stargazer" was pressed, but never officially released. The 12" and CD single versions of "Do You Like It", includes the previously unreleased "Slow Down";<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Kingdom-Come-Do-You-Like-It/release/2787599|title = Kingdom Come – do You Like It (1989, CD)|website = [[Discogs]]}}</ref> a song that did not make it onto the album.
==Album title meaning==
In an interview, the band's members talk about the title of the album, saying that when you first look at the LP, you read "Kingdom Come", then, as you move your eyes downwards, you read "In your face". They laugh and say: "Kingdom come ... in your face, get it?", making an [[dirty joke|obscene joke]] or [[double entendre]] of it.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| title1 = Do You Like It
| writer1 = [[Lenny Wolf]], [[Rick Steier]], [[Danny Stag]], [[James Kottak]], Johnny B. Frank, Marty Wolff
| length1 = 3:40
| title2 = Who Do You Love
| writer2 = Frank, Wolf, Wolff
| length2 = 4:14
| title3 = The Wind
| writer3 = Frank, Stag, Wolf, Wolff
| length3 = 5:01
| title4 = Gotta Go (Can't Wage a War)
| writer4 = Wolf, Kottak
| length4 = 4:25
| title5 = Highway 6
| writer5 = Wolf, Steier, Stag, Kottak, Frank, Wolff
| length5 = 5:51
| title6 = Perfect 'O{{'-}}
| writer6 = Frank, Steier, Wolf
| length6 = 3:46
| title7 = Just Like a Wild Rose
| writer7 = Wolf, Wolff
| length7 = 4:32
| title8 = Overrated
| writer8 = Frank, Steier, Wolf
| length8 = 4:03
| title9 = Mean Dirty Joe
| writer9 = Wolf, Wolff
| length9 = 4:09
| title10 = Stargazer
| writer10 = Wolf, Steier, Stag, Frank
| length10 = 5:14
}}
== Personnel==
;Kingdom Come
*[[Lenny Wolf]] – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, producer
*[[Danny Stag]] – [[lead guitar]], acoustic guitar, backing vocals
*[[Rick Steier]] – [[rhythm guitar]], lead guitar on "Overrated", [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], backing vocals
*Johnny B. Frank – [[bass guitar|bass]], keyboards, backing vocals
*[[James Kottak]] – [[Drum kit|drums]]
;Production
*[[Keith Olsen]] – producer, engineer, mixing
*Gordon Fordyce – engineer, mixing
*Shay Baby – assistant engineer
*[[Greg Fulginiti]] – mastering at Artisan Sound Recorders, Hollywood
*[[Hugh Syme]] – cover design
*[[John Scarpati|Scarpati]] – portrait photography
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1989)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Canada|91|artist=Kingdom Come|album=In Your Face|chartid=6337|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 30, 2024}}
|-
! 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"| 40
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|37|artist=Kingdom Come|album=In Your Face|id=875|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 30, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|26|artist=Kingdom Come|album=In Your Face|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 30, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|14|artist=Kingdom Come|album=In Your Face|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 30, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|25|date=19890507|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 30, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|49|artist=Kingdom Come|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 30, 2024}}
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070706080743/http://www.kingdomcome.ru/lyrics_2.php ''In Your Face'' lyrics]
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