Editing Lean into It (section)

{{about|the album by Mr. Big|the song by [[Joe (singer)|Joe]]|Lean Into It (song)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Lean into It
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Mr. Big (American band)|Mr. Big]]
| cover      = Mr. Big - Lean Into It.jpg
| border     = yes
| alt        =
| released   = March 26, 1991<br>April 16, 1991 (Europe)
| recorded   = 1990–91
| studio     = *[[Rumbo Recorders|Rumbo]] (Los Angeles)
*[[Cherokee Studios|Cherokee]] (Hollywood)
*[[Fantasy Studios|Fantasy]] (Berkeley)
| genre      = *[[Hard rock]]
*[[glam metal]]
| length     = 46:09
| label      = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| producer   = Kevin Elson
| prev_title = [[Mr. Big (Mr. Big album)|Mr. Big]]
| prev_year  = 1989
| next_title = [[Bump Ahead]]
| next_year  = 1993
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Lean into It
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (The Electric Drill Song)
 | single1date = March 1991<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/573/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=573 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}</ref>
 | single2     = Green-Tinted Sixties Mind
 | single2date = May 1991
 | single3     = [[To Be with You]]
 | single3date = November 1991<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Mr%2E+Big&titel=To+Be+With+You&cat=s|title=Mr. Big - To Be With You|website=Dutchcharts.nl|access-date=March 26, 2025}}</ref>
 | single4     = [[Just Take My Heart (song)|Just Take My Heart]]
 | single4date = April 1992
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| noprose = yes
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lean-into-it-mw0000262706 |title=Mr. Big. - Lean into It review |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=April 9, 2021 }}</ref>
| rev2 =''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2Score = 7/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last = Popoff | first = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = August 1, 2007 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | pages=297–298|isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3Score = C+<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1992/02/14/lean-it/|title=Lean Into It Review|last=Garza|first=Janiss|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=February 1, 1992|access-date=February 20, 2013}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]'' 
|rev4score = 7.5/10<ref name="rockhard">{{cite magazine|last=Albrecht|first=Frank|title=Review Album : Mr. Big - Lean Into It|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/mr.-big-lean-into-it_183185.html|issue=49|year = 1991| magazine = [[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]] |access-date=April 10, 2021| language=German}}</ref> 
}}

'''''Lean into It''''' is the second studio album by the American rock band [[Mr. Big (American band)|Mr. Big]], released on March 26, 1991. The band's breakthrough release, ''Lean into It'' peaked at number 15 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] charts, while the single "[[To Be with You]]" became the band's first and only song to hit number 1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]]. The follow-up single, "Just Take My Heart", was a top-20 hit, peaking at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100.<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/mr-big |title=Mr. Big. Billboard Charts |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=April 9, 2021 }}</ref>

"Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy" features Gilbert and Sheehan running [[Makita]] cordless drills over their guitar strings in harmony to create an unusually fast solo which is likely not possible to replicate with hands.<ref>Cassette liner notes</ref> The "CDFF" prefix of the [[Jeff Paris (musician)|Jeff Paris]]-penned "Lucky This Time", is the song "Addicted to That Rush" from the band's 1989 [[Mr. Big (Mr. Big album)|eponymous debut album]], played at a higher playback speed; hence the "CDFF" for "Compact Disc Fast Forward", "CDFF" is also the chord structure to the song.

The cover image is a picture from the [[Montparnasse derailment|Montparnasse train accident]] that occurred on October 22, 1895, in [[Gare Montparnasse]] station in Paris.

The album was ranked No. 49 on ''Rolling Stone'''s list of the 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time.<ref name="fifty">{{Cite magazine|first1=Tom|last1=Beaujour|first2=Richard|last2=Bienstock|first3=Chuck|last3=Eddy|first4=Reed|last4=Fischer|first5=Kory|last5=Grow|first6=Maura|last6=Johnston|author6-link=Maura Johnston |first7=Christopher|last7=Weingarten|date=August 31, 2019|title=50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-greatest-hair-metal-albums-of-all-time-162362/|access-date=March 15, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref>

The album includes the song "Green-Tinted Sixties Mind".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mr-big-mn0000600264/biography|title=Mr. Big {{!}} Biography & History|last=Prato|first=Greg|date=|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=August 4, 2019|quote=The quartet broadened its horizons on its sophomore effort, 1991's Lean into It, which included the melodic psychedelic rocker 'Green Tinted Sixties Mind' as well as a pair of ballads that would become sizable singles...}}</ref><ref name="fifty"/>