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You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll

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You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Twisted Sister, released on June 27, 1983.

The songs "The Kids Are Back", "I Am (I'm Me)," and the album's title track were released as singles. The album was certified as a Gold Album for USA for selling over 500,000 items.[3] “Metal-rules.com” put the album in their list of “The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums”.[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dee Snider

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."The Kids Are Back"3:16
2."Like a Knife in the Back"3:03
3."Ride to Live, Live to Ride"4:04
4."I Am (I'm Me)"3:34
5."The Power and the Glory"4:20
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."We're Gonna Make It"3:44
7."I've Had Enough"4:02
8."I'll Take You Alive"3:08
9."You're Not Alone (Suzette's Song)"4:02
10."You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll"4:40
Re-release bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."One Man Woman"3:09
12."Four Barrel Heart of Love"3:04
13."Feel the Power"3:12

Personnel

Twisted Sister

Production

Cultural references

  • In one series of Brainiac: Science Abuse, the song "You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll" was used as an experiment to show what things could be used to stop rock and roll, using various chemicals and a stereo.
  • In the 2010 film Jackass 3-D, "The Kids Are Back" is played during the opening credits.

References

  1. ^ Prato, Greg. You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll at AllMusic
  2. ^ Johnson, Howard (19 May 1983). "Twisted Sister 'You Can't Stop Rock 'n'n Roll'". Kerrang!. Vol. 42. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 15. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ^ "RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America - Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
  4. ^ http://www.metal-rules.com/polls/index.php?id=6 The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums