Wild Cat (Danko Jones album)
Wild Cat is the eighth studio album by Canadian hard rock band, Danko Jones. The album was released on 3 March 2017 through AFM Records.
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| Released | March 3, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | October 2016 | |||
| Studio | The Vanilla Room, Toronto[1] Revolution Recording, Vespa[1] | |||
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| Length | 38:29 | |||
| Label | AFM | |||
| Producer | Eric Ratz[1] | |||
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Background
On December 14, 2016, it was revealed that the title of the 8th Danko Jones album would be Wild Cat, and that it will be released on March 3, 2017.[3] The band also announced a 17-date European tour to accompany the release of the album.
2017 saw four more tours: a spring Canadian tour, the usual summer festival tour, an autumn Canadian tour and a winter Nordic tour. On February 1, 2018, it was announced they'd be supporting Skindred on their April UK tour, alongside CKY.[4] In May, they announced another European tour scheduled for November/December.[5]
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100[6] |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    |
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| Kerrang! | |
| Now | |
Wild Cat was well-received by most contemporary music critics. On review aggregator website, Metacritic, which normalizes music ratings, Wildcat received an average score of 74 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews based on four critics".[6]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Danko Jones; all music is composed by Danko Jones.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "I Gotta Rock" | 3:39 |
| 2. | "My Little RnR" | 3:44 |
| 3. | "Going Out Tonight" | 3:31 |
| 4. | "You Are My Woman" | 3:24 |
| 5. | "Do This Every Night" | 3:11 |
| 6. | "Let's Start Dancing" | 3:13 |
| 7. | "Wild Cat" | 3:46 |
| 8. | "She Likes It" | 3:25 |
| 9. | "Success In Bed" | 3:34 |
| 10. | "Diamond Lady" | 3:36 |
| 11. | "Revolution (But Then We Make Love)" | 3:35 |
| Total length: | 38:29 | |
Personnel
The following individuals were credited with the production of the album.[1]
- Band
- John Calabrese — Bass
- Danko Jones — Guitar, Primary Artist, Vocals
- Rich Knox — Drums
- Production
- Andrew Doidge — Assistant Engineer
- Harry Hess — Mastering, Vocals
- Ryan Jones — Digital Engineer, Engineer
- Kenny Luong — Digital Engineer
- Vespa Justin Madill — Assistant Engineer
- Craig Pattison — Guitar Technician
- Eric Ratz — Engineer, Mixing, Producer
- Luke Schindler — Assistant Engineer
- Jeff Zurba — Drum Technician
References
- "Wild Cat by Danko Jones Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- Deming, Mark. "Wild Cat by Danko Jones Reviews and Tracks". Allmusic. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- "New Album And Tour Announcement". DankoJones.com. 14 December 2016.
- Jones, Danko (1 February 2018). "This is happening!!! Very excited to go out on tour in the UK this April with Benji and the boys in @Skindredmusic and my dudes in @ckymusic. This is gonna be fun. Yeah, @jessmargera!!!@calabresejohn @richknoxdrums @badtasteempire #wildcat" (Tweet). Twitter. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- "Danko Jones on Instagram: "Announcement! This November we head out on a headline tour across Europe. There are more dates to be announced but here's the tour so far.…"". Instagram.
- "Wild Cat by Danko Jones". Metacritic. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- Kilroy, Hannah May (March 3, 2017). "Danko Jones - Wild Cat album review". Classic Rock. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- Kerrang! magazine, print edition. 11 Mar 2017, p.52
- Boles, Benjamin (March 9, 2017). "On their eighth album, Toronto's Danko Jones continue to bring the rock". Now. Retrieved October 15, 2018.