Stick It to Ya

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Stick It to Ya is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Slaughter. It was released in 1990 by Chrysalis Records. It sold over 2 million copies and became one of the biggest CDs of 1990. "Up All Night"(#27), "Fly to the Angels"(#19) & "Spend My Life"(#39) all charted in the Top 40 on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 and their videos were in solid rotations on the various music television outlets. "Mad About You" also received considerable airplay on Album Rock stations as the band toured to support the release. The LP was also nominated for a best metal album of the year at the 1991 American Music Awards show. Music videos were made for the singles "Up All Night", "Fly to the Angels", "Spend My Life", and "Mad About You".

Track listing

All songs written, arranged and produced by Mark Slaughter & Dana Strum.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Eye to Eye"	3:57
2.	"Burnin' Bridges"	4:07
3.	"Up All Night"	4:16
4.	"Spend My Life"	3:21
5.	"Thinking of June"	1:05
6.	"She Wants More"	3:55
7.	"Fly to the Angels"	5:05
8.	"Mad About You"	4:05
9.	"That's Not Enough"	3:25
10.	"You Are the One"	3:55
11.	"Gave Me Your Heart"	3:51
12.	"Desperately"	3:34
13.	"Loaded Gun"	4:18

Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Fly to the Angels" (Acoustic version)	3:22
15.	"Wingin' It"	1:11

2003 Re-issue

No.	Title	Length
16.	"Mad About You" (Original Demo)
17.	"She Wants More" (Original Demo)
18.	"Up All Night" (Original Demo)
19.	"Fly to the Angels" (Original Demo)

Personnel

Band members

• Mark Slaughter - Lead Vocals, Guitar, and Keyboards
• Tim Kelly - Guitar, background vocals
• Dana Strum - Bass, background vocals
• Blas Elias - Drums, percussion, background vocals

Additional musicians

• Todd Cooper - Horns
• Gerri Miller - Camera noises

Production

• Produced By Mark Slaughter & Dana Strum
• Production Co-Ordination by Scott Cadwallader
• Engineer: Andy Chappel
• Mixing: Brian Malouf
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig

Singles

• Up All Night / Eye to Eye - April 17, 1990 - Chrysalis 23486 #27 US Hot 100
• Fly to the Angels / Desperately - July 23, 1990 - Chrysalis 23527 #19 US Hot 100
• Spend My Life / She Wants More - December 4, 1990 - Chrysalis 23605 #39 US Hot 100
• Mad About You / Up All Night (Live) - April 2, 1991 - Chrysalis 23699

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – United States	Gold	May 11, 1990
	Platinum	September 11, 1990
	2x Platinum	May 10, 1991

Cover Art

• Art Direction: Glen Wexler and Hugh Syme
• Photography: Glen Wexler
• Model: Laurie Carr

This image used on the cover of the album was the last project Wexler created using traditional darkroom methods. The Target girl posed in his studio, and a miniature set of the carnival was placed in perspective for the background.