Penetrator (album)

Penetrator
Cover art by Boris Vallejo
Studio album by Ted Nugent
Released January 1984
Recorded July–August 1983
Studio The Power Station, New York City
The Plant Studios, Sausalito, California
Genre Hard rock, arena rock
Length 40:41
Label Atlantic
Producer Ashley Howe, Doug Banker
Ted Nugent chronology
Nugent
(1982)Nugent1982		 Penetrator
(1984)		 Little Miss Dangerous
(1986)Little Miss Dangerous1986
Singles from Penetrator
  1. "Tied Up in Love" / "Lean Mean R & R Machine"
    Released: 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[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
  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
Side two
  1. "Thunder Thighs" - 4:07
  2. "No Man's Land" - 3:24
  3. "Blame It on the Night" (Rick Blakemore, Dennis LaRue, Nugent) - 4:13
  4. "Lean Mean R & R Machine" - 3:56
  5. "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

  1. ↑ Franck, John. "Ted Nugent Penetrator review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Penetrator Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
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