Damn Yankees (album) explained

Damn Yankees
Type:	Album
Artist:	Damn Yankees
Cover:	DYDY.jpg
Released:	March 13, 1990
Recorded:	1989–90
Studio:	A&M, Hollywood, California Can-Am, Tarzana, California
Genre:	Hard rock, glam metal
Length:	45:46
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	Ron Nevison
Next Title:	Don't Tread
Next Year:	1992

Damn Yankees was the self titled debut album by the American hard rock supergroup Damn Yankees. It was certified double platinum in the US^[1] and featured such chart topping hits as "High Enough", "Come Again", and "Coming of Age".

Music

The first single, "Coming of Age", a traditional guitar-driven song, gained heavy airplay on rock radio, reaching No. 60 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Jack Blades, Ted Nugent and Tommy Shaw

1. "Coming of Age" – 4:21
2. "Bad Reputation" – 4:29
3. "Runaway" – 4:02
4. "High Enough" – 4:43
5. "Damn Yankees" – 4:37
6. "Come Again" – 5:38
7. "Mystified" – 4:14
8. "Rock City" – 4:28
9. "Tell Me How You Want It" – 4:32
10. "Piledriver" – 4:18

Personnel

Band members

• Tommy Shaw – guitar, vocals
• Ted Nugent – guitar, vocals
• Jack Blades – bass guitar, vocals
• Michael Cartellone – drums

Additional musicians

• Alan Pasqua – Hammond organ
• Neverleave Brothers – backing vocals
• Jimmie Haskell – string arrangements, conductor

Production

• Ron Nevison – producer, engineer
• Pre–production at Soundscape Studios, New York, Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati and Blades Ranch, Sonoma County, California
• Tucker Williamson, Franck Derner – assistance at Blades Ranch
• John Aguto, Ed Goodreau, Bill Kennedy – assistant engineers at A&M Studios
• Toby Wright, Jeff Poe – assistant engineers at Can-Am Recorders
• John Kalodner – A&R

External links

• Heavy Harmonies page

Notes and References

1. Web site: RIAA Gold & Platinum Database: Search for Damn Yankees . . June 3, 2018 .
2. Book: Withaker . Sterling . The Grand Delusion: The Unauthorized True Story of Styx . Booksurge Publishing . March 8, 2007 . 226 . 978-1419653537 . Warner Brothers released Damn Yankees in early 1990, and the first single, a straight-ahead guitar-driven rocker titled "Coming Of Age", scored heavy airplay on rock radio, while crossing over into mainstream radio just enough to find its way... .