Penetrator (album)
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| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 5/10[2] |
Penetrator is a studio album released by American hard rock guitarist Ted Nugent in 1984 on the Atlantic Records label.
"Tied Up in Love" was made into a promo clip to support the album. The album is often overlooked for its ample use of keyboards. It reached No. 56 in the Billboard 200 albums chart.[3]
The cover art is a section of the painting "Dragon Tattoo" by Boris Vallejo.
Track listing
All songs by Ted Nugent, except where indicated
- Side one
- "Tied Up in Love" (Randy Cate, Clif Magness, Nugent) - 4:23
- "(Where Do You) Draw the Line" (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) - 3:25
- "Knockin' at Your Door" (Andy Fraser) - 3:53
- "Don't You Want My Love" - 3:30
- "Go Down Fighting" (Robin George, Nugent) - 4:42
- Side two
- "Thunder Thighs" - 4:07
- "No Man's Land" - 3:24
- "Blame It on the Night" (Rick Blakemore, Dennis LaRue, Nugent) - 4:13
- "Lean Mean R & R Machine" - 3:56
- "Take Me Home" - 5:06
Personnel
- Band members
- Ted Nugent - guitars, six-string bass, vocals
- Brian Howe - lead vocals
- Alan St. Jon - keyboards, backing vocals
- Doug Lubahn - bass
- Bobby Chouinard - drums
- Additional musicians
- Peter Wolf - percussion, sequencing
- Cynthia Shiloh, Kevin Russell, Rahni Raines, Tod Howarth, Zoe Fox - background vocals
- Production
- Ashley Howe - producer, engineer, mixing
- Bill Scheniman - engineer
- Kevin Eddy - engineer, mixing
- Bob Ludwig - mastering
- Doug Banker - executive producer
- Eric Conn - digital remastering
References
- ^ Franck, John. "Ted Nugent Penetrator review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 248. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- ^ "Penetrator Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-17.