Down for the Count (album)
Encyclopedia
Down for the Count is the seventh studio album by American
hard rock
/heavy metal
band Y&T
, released in 1985 through A&M Records
. It contains the band's biggest hit "Summertime Girls", which charted at #55 on the Billboard Hot 100
.
United States
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hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
/heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Y&T
Y&T
Y&T is an American hard rock/heavy metal band formed in 1974. They hail from Oakland, California...
, released in 1985 through A&M Records
A&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...
. It contains the band's biggest hit "Summertime Girls", which charted at #55 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
.
Track listing
- "In the Name of Rock" – 5:32
- "All American Boy" – 2:24
- "Anytime At All" – 4:32
- "Anything for Money" – 3:22
- "Face Like an Angel" – 4:36
- "Summertime Girls" – 3:28
- "Looks Like Trouble" – 4:07
- "Your Mama Don't DanceYour Mama Don't Dance"Your Mama Don't Dance" is a hit 1972 song by the rock duo Loggins and Messina. Released on their self-titled album Loggins and Messina, it reached #4 on the Billboard pop chart and #19 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart as a single in early 1973."Your Mama Don't Dance" was covered in 1985...
" – 2:50 - "Don't Tell Me What to Wear" – 4:02
- "Hands of Time" – 6:11
Personnel
- Dave MenikettiDave MenikettiDavid Alan "Dave" Meniketti is the singer, songwriter and lead guitarist for 70's/80's Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band Y&T. He has also released two solo efforts, one of which is more blues-oriented, but he still tours with Y&T.-History:...
– vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Joey Alves – guitar, vocals
- Phil Kennemore – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals - Leonard Haze – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussion, cymbalCymbalCymbals are a common percussion instrument. Cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys; see cymbal making for a discussion of their manufacture. The greater majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch, although small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs sound a...
s - Randy Nichols - keyboards
- John Nymann - vocals
- Tony Platt - remixing
- Steffen Presley - keyboards
- Claude SchnellClaude SchnellClaude Schnell is a keyboardist who has been a member of the hard rock/heavy metal bands Magic, Rough Cutt, and Dio. He also played on the Y&T album Down For The Count.Claude Schnell joined Dio in May 1983...
- keyboards - Chuck Beeson - art direction
- Mark WeissMark WeissMark Weiss is an American rock and roll photographer. His most widely recognized photographs capture the look and aesthetic of music and celebrity personalities of the 1980s....
- photography - Neon Park - illustrations
- Donald Krieger - design
- Adam Day - guitar
- Geoff Gillespie - A&R
- Nigel James - production coordination
- Bill Costa - vocals
- Jeff GoldJeff GoldJeff Gold is an American record label executive, Grammy award-winning art director, music historian and archivist, and music memorabilia collector-dealer, who was executive vice president/general manager of Warner Bros...
- art direction - Bruce Barris - engineer
- Kevin BeamishKevin BeamishKevin Beamish is an American record producer, sound engineer and mixer.He was the producer and engineer of REO Speedwagon #1 album Hi Infidelity and of the hit single "Keep on Loving You", with 15 million albums and 4 million singles sold worldwide....
- producer, engineer