Built to Perform

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{{Infobox album

| name = Built to Perform

| type = studio

| artist = Phantom Blue

| cover = builttoperform.jpg

| released = 1993

| recorded = Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California, Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, California, Skip Saylor Recording, Hollywood

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Heavy metal

| length = 41:56

| label = Geffen (US)
Roadrunner (Europe and Japan)

| producer = Max Norman

| prev_title = Phantom Blue

| prev_year = 1989

| year = 1993

| next_title = Prime Cuts & Glazed Donuts

| next_year = 1995

|

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 =AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/built-to-perform-r192694/review | title = Phantom Blue Built to Perform review | accessdate = September 6, 2011 | last = Jeffries | first = Vincent | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}

| rev3 =Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev3Score = 8/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = 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=241–342 |isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Built to Perform is the second and last full-length album by American heavy metal band Phantom Blue. In contrast to the first album's glam metal sound, Built to Perform displays a more raw, heavy metal sound. It also features songwriting credits by all five of the band members plus former member Nicole Couch, who left prior to the album's release. The album includes the band's cover of Thin Lizzy's "Bad Reputation."

Veteran producer Max Norman oversaw the album's production, while Marty Friedman (who was then with Megadeth) and John Norum (of Europe) contributed as guest guitarists. Norum and guitarist Michelle Meldrum eventually married in 1995.[http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/tribute/meldrum/2822006 Lasting Tribute - Michelle Meldrum] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626201025/http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/tribute/meldrum/2822006 |date=June 26, 2008 }}{{unreliable source?|date=April 2016|reason=appears to be user contributed content}} "My Misery" was co-written by West Arkeen, known for his collaborations with Guns N' Roses.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hk-_BzQqaI Phantom Blue Interview/Live in London 1994]

Released by Geffen Records, this was the band's only album under a major record label.[http://www.phantomblue.com/sounds.htm Phantom Blue - Sounds] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612180532/http://www.phantomblue.com/sounds.htm |date=June 12, 2008 }}