[3] It includes the singles "Edge of a Broken Heart" and "Cryin'", which reached numbers 26 and 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively.

[4] Richard Marx, one of the late 1980s' most successful recording artists, was heavily involved in Vixen's early career, co-producing the album and writing one of their highest-charting singles, "Edge of a Broken Heart".

"Give It Away" is credited to Paris's real name Geoffrey Leib and was included on his previous album Race to Paradise from 1986.

Vixen was ranked at number 43 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time".

[3] A remastered CD, featuring 6 bonus tracks, was reissued by Rock Candy Records in September 2023.