Editing Lean into It

{{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"/>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| title1       = Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (The Electric Drill Song)
| writer1      = {{hlist|[[Billy Sheehan]]|[[Paul Gilbert]]|André Pessis|[[Pat Torpey]]|[[Eric Martin (American singer)|Eric Martin]]}}
| length1      = 3:54
| title2       = Alive and Kickin'
| writer2      = {{hlist|Gilbert|Martin|Pessis|Sheehan|Torpey}}
| length2      = 5:28
| title3       = Green-Tinted Sixties Mind
| writer3      = Gilbert
| length3      = 3:30
| title4       = CDFF-Lucky This Time
| writer4      = Jeff Paris
| length4      = 4:10
| title5       = Voodoo Kiss
| writer5      = {{hlist|Martin|Pessis}}
| length5      = 4:07
| title6       = Never Say Never
| writer6      = {{hlist|Martin|[[Jim Vallance]]}}
| length6      = 3:48
| title7       = [[Just Take My Heart (song)|Just Take My Heart]]
| writer7      = {{hlist|Martin|Pessis}}
| length7      = 4:21
| title8       = My Kinda Woman
| writer8      = {{hlist|Gilbert|Martin|Sheehan}}
| length8      = 4:09
| title9       = A Little Too Loose
| writer9      = Gilbert
| length9      = 5:21
| title10      = Road to Ruin
| writer10     = {{hlist|Torpey|Paris|Gilbert|Sheehan}}
| length10     = 3:54
| title11      = [[To Be with You]]
| writer11     = {{hlist|Martin|David Grahame}}
| length11     = 3:27
| total_length = 46:09
}}
{{Track listing
| headline     = Japanese edition bonus track
| title12      = Love Makes You Strong
| writer12     = Gilbert
| length12     = 3:28
}}
{{Track listing
| headline     = 2010 remastered edition bonus tracks
| title12      = Love Makes You Strong
| writer12     = Gilbert
| length12     = 3:28
| title13      = Alive and Kickin'
| note13       = Demo
| writer13     = {{hlist|Gilbert|Martin|Pessis|Sheehan|Torpey}}
| length13     = 4:56
| title14      = Green-Tinted Sixties Mind
| note14       = Demo
| writer14     = Gilbert
| length14     = 3:42
| title15      = To Be with You
| note15       = Demo; reggae version
| writer15     = {{hlist|Martin|Grahame}}
| length15     = 1:17
}}

{{Track listing
| headline     = 2021 30th anniversary edition bonus disc
| title1       = Stop Messing Around
| writer1      = {{hlist|Martin|Tony Fanucchi}}
| length1      = 4:02
| title2       = Wild Wild Women
| writer2      = {{hlist|Martin|Roger Silver|Pessis}}
| length2      = 3:35
| title3       = Just Take My Heart
| note3        = Piano version
| writer3      = {{hlist|Martin|Pessis}}
| length3      = 3:49
| title4       = Shadows
| writer4      = {{hlist|[[Giorgio Moroder]]|[[Tom Whitlock]]|Larry Lee|Steve Bates}}
| length4      = 3:42
| title5       = Strike Like Lightning
| writer5      = {{hlist|Moroder|Whitlock|Lee|Bates}}
| length5      = 3:43
| title6       = Love Makes You Strong
| writer6      = Gilbert
| length6      = 3:27
| title7       = Alive and Kickin'
| note7        = Demo
| writer7      = {{hlist|Gilbert|Martin|Pessis|Sheehan|Torpey}}
| length7      = 4:56
| title8       = Green-Tinted Sixties Mind
| note8        = Demo
| writer8      = Gilbert
| length8      = 3:41
| title9       = To Be With You
| note9        = Demo; reggae version
| writer9      = {{hlist|Martin|Grahame}}
| length9      = 1:18
| title10      = Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (The Electric Drill Song)
| note10       = Minus guitar
| writer10     = {{hlist|Sheehan|Gilbert|Pessis|Torpey|Martin}}
| length10     = 3:47
| title11      = Green-Tinted Sixties Mind
| note11       = Minus guitar
| writer11     = Gilbert
| length11     = 3:31
| title12      = Love Makes You Strong
| note12       = Minus bass
| writer12     = Gilbert
| length12     = 3:27
| title13      = Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (The Electric Drill Song) 
| note13       = Minus bass
| writer13     = {{hlist|Sheehan|Gilbert|Pessis|Torpey|Martin}}
| length13     = 3:55
}}

==Personnel==
;Mr. Big
* [[Eric Martin (American singer)|Eric Martin]] – lead vocals, handclaps 
* [[Paul Gilbert]] – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, handclaps, backing vocals, electric drill
* [[Billy Sheehan]] – bass, six-string bass on "Just Take My Heart",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/billy_sheehan_explains_why_he_doesnt_like_to_play_5-__6-string_bass_calls_zz_tops_dusty_hill_one_of_greatest_players_ever.html|title = Billy Sheehan Explains Why He Doesn't Like to Play 5- & 6-String Bass, Calls ZZ Top's Dusty Hill 'One of Greatest Players Ever'|website=Ultimate-guitar.com}}</ref> handclaps, backing vocals, electric drill
* [[Pat Torpey]] – drums, percussion, handclaps, backing vocals

;Production
* Kevin Elson – producer, [[Audio engineering|engineer]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]], 
* Tom Size – mixing
* Chris Kupper, David Lucke, Scott Ralston, Michael Semanick, Andy Udoff – assistant engineers<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/chris-kupper-mn0001227692|title=Chris Kupper Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
* [[Bob Ludwig]] – [[Mastering engineer|mastering]] at [[Masterdisk]], New York
* William Holmes – photography
* Bob Defrin – [[Art director|art direction]]

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Chart (1991-1992)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|18|artist=Mr. Big|album=Lean into It|access-date=December 11, 2023|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Austria|3|artist=Mr. Big|album=Lean into It|access-date=December 11, 2023|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Canada|4|artist=Mr. Big|album=Lean into It|rowheader=true|chartid=2089|access-date=December 11, 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|20|artist=Mr. Big|album=Lean into It|access-date=December 11, 2023|rowheader=true}}
|-
! 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"| 6
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|9|artist=Mr. Big|album=Lean into It|id=1215|access-date=December 11, 2023|rowheader=true}}
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="JPN">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Entertainment]]|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref>
| align="center"| 6
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|18|artist=Mr. Big|album=Lean into It|access-date=December 11, 2023|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|10|artist=Mr. Big|album=Lean into It|access-date=December 11, 2023|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|3|artist=Mr. Big|album=Lean into It|access-date=December 11, 2023|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|13|artist=Mr. Big|album=Lean into It|access-date=December 11, 2023|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|28|date=19920405|access-date=December 11, 2023|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|15|artist=Mr. Big|access-date=December 11, 2023|rowheader=true}}
|}

== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1991|region=Australia|award=Gold|certref=<ref>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1991|artist=Mr.Big|title=Lean Into It|region=Austria|award=Gold|access-date=June 26, 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1991|artist=Mr. Big|title=Lean Into It|region=Canada|award=Platinum|access-date=June 26, 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1991|artist=Mr. Big|title=Lean Into It|region=Germany|award=Gold|access-date=June 26, 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1991|artist=Mr. Big|title=Lean Into It|region=Japan|award=Platinum|certyear=1994|certmonth=1}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1991|artist=Mr. Big|title=Lean Into It|region=Switzerland|award=Gold|access-date=June 26, 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Taiwan|award=Gold|certref=<ref name=TAI>{{cite web|url=https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images2/1/0213/12/gold-record-award-mr-big-presented_1_fdb9f2090149fdddf3021fff224208a0.jpg|title=Paul Gilbert Taiwan Gold Record|publisher=IFPI Taiwan|access-date=June 26, 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703212222/https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images2/1/0213/12/gold-record-award-mr-big-presented_1_fdb9f2090149fdddf3021fff224208a0.jpg|archive-date=July 3, 2017}} archived.</ref>|salesamount=20,000|salesref=<ref name=TAI/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1991|artist=Mr. Big|title=Lean Into It|region=United States|award=Platinum|salesamount=1,200,000|access-date=June 26, 2017|salesref=<ref>{{cite journal|author=Jon Cold|title=[[Metal Edge|Biggest Metal Sales – The Mr. Big Interview]]|publisher=Zenbu Media|journal=Metal Edge Magazine|date=1992|location=United States}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}

==References==
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[[Category:Atlantic Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Kevin Elson]]