Lita Ford - Platinum & Gold Collection

For a two-hit wonder with only a handful of records to her name, ex-Runaway guitar slinger Lita Ford has quite a few collections on the market. Sorting through them to find the best one isn't easy. They all include her two hits: "Kiss Me Deadly" and her duet with Ozzy, "Close My Eyes Forever." Beyond that they all have roughly the same songs with slight differences here and there. BMG's Platinum & Gold Collection is as good as any, featuring her cover of Alice Cooper's "Only Women Bleed" and the Nikki Sixx-co-penned "Falling in and Out of Love." The sound is fine, the liner notes adequate, and the photos are suitably trashy (though the cover shot is strangely sophisticated). Read More