Penetrator (album)

1984 studio album by Ted Nugent

Penetrator

Cover art by Boris Vallejo

Studio album by

Ted Nugent

Released| February 1984[1]
Recorded| July–August 1983
Studio|

* Power Station, New York City
* The Plant, Sausalito, California

Genre| Hard rock[2][3][4]
Length| 40:41
Label| Atlantic
Producer| Ashley Howe, Doug Banker
Ted Nugent chronology
| Nugent
(1982)  | Penetrator
(1984)  | Little Miss Dangerous
(1986)

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|

Singles from  Penetrator

1. "Tied Up in Love"
Released: February 1984
2. "(Where Do You) Draw the Line"
Released: April 1984[1]

Penetrator is the eighth studio album by American rock musician Ted Nugent. It was released in February 1984 by Atlantic Records.

"Tied Up in Love" was made into a promo clip to support the album. It reached No. 56 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.[5] The song "(Where Do You) Draw the Line", written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance, was originally recorded by Adams for his hit 1984 album Reckless but was left off the final track list. Adams' version eventually saw a release on the 30th anniversary reissue of Reckless.

The cover art is a section of the painting "Dragon Tattoo" by Boris Vallejo.

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [6]
Classic Rock| [7]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal| 5/10[8]

In a largely negative review, John Franck of AllMusic proclaimed Penetrator to be "one of Nugent's most underwhelming releases".[6]

## Track listing

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All songs by Ted Nugent, except where indicated.

Side oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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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 twoNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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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

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Band members

* Ted Nugent – guitars, six-string bass, lead vocals on tracks 6, 7, 9, 10
* Brian Howe – lead vocals on tracks 1–5, 8
* 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

## Charts

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Chart (1984)  | Peak
position

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US Billboard 200[9] | 56

## References

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1. ^ a b Strong, M. C. (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Edinburgh: Canongate Books Ltd. pp. 594–5. ISBN 0-86241-385-0.
2. ^ Popoff, Martin (2014). The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade. Voyageur Press. p. 58\. ISBN 978-0-7603-4546-7.
3. ^ "Penetrator". rateyourmusic.com.
4. ^ "Penetrator - Ted Nugent | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic.
5. ^ "Penetrator Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
6. ^ a b Franck, John. "Ted Nugent – Penetrator review". AllMusic. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
7. ^ Wall, Mick (November 2009). "Ted Nugent – Reissues". Classic Rock. No. 138\. p. 98.
8. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 248\. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
9. ^ "Ted Nugent Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

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* "Cat Scratch Fever"
* "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang"
* "Home Bound"
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* "Need You Bad"
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