Penetrator (album)
Penetrator is the eighth studio album by American hard rock guitarist Ted Nugent. The album was released in January 1984, by Atlantic Records.
| Penetrator | ||||
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 Cover art by Boris Vallejo | ||||
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| Released | January 1984 | |||
| Recorded | July–August 1983 | |||
| Studio | The Power Station, New York City The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California | |||
| Genre | Glam metal[1] | |||
| Length | 40:41 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Ashley Howe, Doug Banker | |||
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| Singles from Penetrator | ||||
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"Tied Up in Love" was made into a promo clip to support the album. It reached No. 56 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.[2]
The cover art is a section of the painting "Dragon Tattoo" by Boris Vallejo.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
| Classic Rock | |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 5/10[5] |
In a largely negative review, John Franck of AllMusic proclaimed Penetrator to be "one of Nugent's most underwhelming releases".[3]
Track listing
All songs by Ted Nugent, except where indicated
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tied Up in Love" | Randy Cate, Clif Magness, Nugent | 4:23 |
| 2. | "(Where Do You) Draw the Line" | Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance | 3:25 |
| 3. | "Knockin' at Your Door" | Andy Fraser | 3:53 |
| 4. | "Don't You Want My Love" | 3:30 | |
| 5. | "Go Down Fighting" | Robin George, Nugent | 4:42 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Thunder Thighs" | 4:07 | |
| 7. | "No Man's Land" | 3:24 | |
| 8. | "Blame It on the Night" | Rick Blakemore, Dennis LaRue, Nugent | 4:13 |
| 9. | "Lean Mean R & R Machine" | 3:56 | |
| 10. | "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
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References
- Popoff, Martin (2014). The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade. Voyageur Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-76034-546-7.
- "Penetrator Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- Franck, John. "Ted Nugent - Penetrator review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- Wall, Mick (November 2009). "Ted Nugent - Reissues". Classic Rock. No. 138. p. 98.
- 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.
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