Radio Active (Pat Travers album)
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Radio Active is a music album released by the Pat Travers
Pat Travers
Patrick Henry "Pat" Travers is a Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and singer who began his recording career with Polydor Records in the mid-1970s...

 on Polygram Records in 1981.

Radio Active was Pat Travers
Pat Travers
Patrick Henry "Pat" Travers is a Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and singer who began his recording career with Polydor Records in the mid-1970s...

' first release after the highly successful Crash and Burn. But Pat Thrall and Tommy Aldridge had already left the band. Travers and Cowling forged on with former Blackjack
Blackjack (band)
Blackjack was an American rock band, active from 1979–1980, featuring Michael Bolton , Bruce Kulick, Sandy Gennaro and Jimmy Haslip...

 drummer Sandy Gennaro, but the album barely made it into the Top 40. It was much different than Travers' previous work, with more emphasis on keyboards than heavy guitars. Disappointed with the lack of sales, Polygram Records dropped Travers from their roster.

The album was recorded at Bee Jay Recording Studios in Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

 from October 1980 to February 1981.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Pat Travers; except where indicated
  1. "New Age Music" (Roger Lewis, Ian Lewis, Jacob Miller, Bernard Harvey) – 5:05
  2. "My Life is on the Line" – 3:43
  3. "(I Just Wanna) Live it My Way" – 5:32
  4. "I Don't Wanna Be Awake" – 3:54
  5. "I Can Love You" – 2:24
  6. "Untitled" – 3:25
  7. "Feelin' In Love" – 3:30
  8. "Play It Like You See It" – 5:12
  9. "Electric Detective" - 3:07

Personnel

  • Pat Travers
    Pat Travers
    Patrick Henry "Pat" Travers is a Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and singer who began his recording career with Polydor Records in the mid-1970s...

    : Guitar / keyboard / vocals
  • Peter "Mars" Cowling: Bass guitar
  • Sandy Gennaro
    Sandy Gennaro
    Sandy Gennaro is an American professional rock and roll drummer.Gennaro grew up in Staten Island, New York. He has played with Cyndi Lauper, Joan Jett, Michael Bolton, and The Monkees. Sandy was a member of the Pat Travers Band and more recently has toured with Bo Diddley...

    : Drums
  • Michael Shrieve
    Michael Shrieve
    Michael Shrieve is an American drummer, percussionist, and later, an electronic music composer. He is best known as the drummer in Carlos Santana's eponymous band, playing on their first eight albums from 1969 through 1974...

    : Percussion


Additional Personnel
  • Pat Thrall
    Pat Thrall
    Pat Thrall is an American rock guitarist. Thrall is a native of the San Francisco area, and began his recording career in 1972. He played guiatar,vocals and percussion with the group Cookin Mama album: new day , that also had this brother Preston Thrall on percussion.Thrall has worked with former...

    : Guitar
  • Tommy Aldridge
    Tommy Aldridge
    Tommy Aldridge is a veteran heavy metal and hard rock drummer. Aldridge is noted for his work with numerous bands and vocalists, most notable being Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers Band, Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore, Whitesnake, Ted Nugent and Thin Lizzy.Self taught, Aldridge was inspired by Cream,...

    : Drums

Charts

Album - Billboard
Billboard charts
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Year Chart Position
1981 Pop Albums 37
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