Detonator (album)

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Detonator
Studio album by Ratt
Released	August 21, 1990
Genre	Glam metal
Length	42:12
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Desmond Child; Sir Arthur Payson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (mixed) link
Ratt chronology
Reach for the Sky (1988) Detonator (1990) Ratt & Roll 81-91 (1991)

Detonator is Ratt's fifth studio album. Released in 1990, it was the band's first album that failed to go platinum.

Though their previous album, Reach for the Sky, sold enough albums to meet expectations for the band, it met with much criticism regarding the quality of their songs. In an attempt to regain the popularity that Ratt had in the mid-1980s, the band parted ways with long-time producer Beau Hill. Hitmaker Desmond Child, and his personal sound engineer Sir Arthur Payson were hired to helm the project, the results of which show a Ratt more polished and focused than ever heard previous.

Michael Schenker also played on the album. Although he is not credited, he played some of Robbin's parts as Robbin's increasing narcotics habit prohibited him from playing on some of the tracks. Schenker also played a handful of solos on the album, one of which is rumored to be on "Top Secret".

By this point, Warren DeMartini's guitar solos had changed from a "shred" style of playing found on the band's earlier albums to a sweeter, warmer, strat-like tone, and were slower.

However, it was the raw live-sounding energy of the band's earlier work that defined the unique Ratt sound. While a masterfully produced album, it lacked the vitality of Ratt's first albums.

Detonator, released on the eve of the grunge revolution of the early '90s, would signal the end of Ratt's golden era. Soon after production was completed for the album, guitarist Robbin "The King" Crosby exited the band. Within two years, the remaining members would go their own ways.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Credits 2.1 Guests 3 Chart positions 3.1 Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album 3.2 Billboard (North America) - singles 4 Personnel 5 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Intro to Shame" (Demartini) – 0:55
2. "Shame Shame Shame" (Pearcy/Demartini/Child) – 4:32
3. "Lovin' You's a Dirty Job" (Pearcy/Demartini/Croucier/Child) – 3:14
4. "Scratch That Itch" (Pearcy/Croucier/Child) – 3:16
5. "One Step Away" (Pearcy/Demartini/Croucier/Blotzer/Child) – 4:50
6. "Hard Time" (Pearcy/Demartini/Child) – 3:46
7. "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose" (Pearcy/Demartini/Child) – 3:59
8. "All or Nothing" (Pearcy/Demartini/Crosby/Kilgore/Child) - 4:14
9. "Can't Wait on Love" (Pearcy/Demartini/Croucier/Blotzer/Crosby/Child)– 4:04
10. "Givin' Yourself Away" (Pearcy/Warren/Child)– 5:26
11. "Top Secret" (Pearcy/Demartini/Child)– 3:49

[edit] Credits

• Stephen Pearcy: Lead Vocals
• Warren DeMartini: Guitar
• Robbin Crosby: Guitar
• Juan Croucier: Bass
• Bobby Blotzer: Drums
• Michael Schenker: Guitar (not credited)

[edit] Guests

• Jon Bon Jovi: Backing Vocals on "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose"

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album

Year	Chart	Position
1990	Billboard 200	23

[edit] Billboard (North America) - singles

Single	Year	Chart	Position
"Lovin You's a Dirty Job"	1990	Mainstream Rock Tracks	18
"Givin' Yourself Away"	1990	Mainstream Rock Tracks	39

[edit] Personnel

• Desmond Child: Co-wrote "Shame Shame Shame", "Lovin' You's a Dirty Job", "One Step Away", "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose" and "Givin' Yourself Away".

[edit] External links

• Album Lyrics

v • d • e Ratt Current members Stephen Pearcy | Warren DeMartini | John Corabi | Robbie Crane  | Bobby Blotzer Former members Juan Croucier | Robbin Crosby | Jizzy Pearl | Keri Kelli | Marq Torien | Michael Schenker Studio albums Out of the Cellar | Invasion of Your Privacy | Dancing Undercover | Reach for the Sky | Detonator | Ratt EPs Ratt Compilations Ratt & Roll 81-91 | Collage | The Essentials: Ratt | Tell The World: The Very Best Of Ratt Videos and DVDs Ratt: The Video | Ratt - Videos From the Cellar: The Atlantic Years Singles "You Think You're Tough" | "Round and Round" | "Wanted Man" | "Back for More" | "Lack of Communication" | "Lay It Down" | "You're in Love" | "What You Give Is What You Get" | "Slip of the Lip" | "Dance" | "Body Talk" | "Way Cool Jr." | "I Want a Woman" | "Lovin' You's A Dirty Job" | "Shame Shame Shame" | "Givin' Yourself Away"