Shrinking Violet is the only L.A. Guns album with singer Jizzy Pearl and the last with bassist Johnny Crypt. Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke made a guest appearance on this album, on the song "Dreamtime", and also produced the album.

There are at least two versions of this album, each having a different arrangement of the songs.

American track listing

1. Girl You Turn Me On
2. Shrinking Violet
3. Dreamtime
4. Barbed Wire
5. I'll Be There
6. California
7. Cherries
8. Decide
9. Big Little Thing
10. It's Hard
11. Bad Whiskey
12. How Many More Times (Led Zeppelin cover)

French track listing

1. I'll Be There
2. Girl You Turn Me On
3. Cherries
4. Decide
5. It's Hard
6. California
7. Dreamtime
8. Bad Whisky
9. Barbed Wire
10. Big Little Thing
11. Shrinking Violet
12. How Many More Times (Led Zeppelin cover)

Line up

• Jizzy Pearl: Lead Vocals
• Tracii Guns: Guitar
• Johnny Crypt: Bass
• Steve Riley: Drums

• Produced By Gilby Clarke

• Gilby Clarke: Additional Guitar on "Dreamtime"
• Teddy Andreadis: Keyboards