Detonator (album) explained

Detonator
Type:Album
Artist:Ratt
Cover:DetonatorRatt.jpg
Released:August 21, 1990
Studio:Music Grinder, Lion Share, and Microplant
(Los Angeles)
Genre:Glam metal[1]
Length:42:12
Label:Atlantic
Producer:Desmond Child, Arthur Payson
Prev Title:Reach for the Sky
Prev Year:1988
Next Title:Ratt & Roll 81–91
Next Year:1991

Detonator is the fifth studio album by American glam metal band Ratt, released August 21, 1990, by Atlantic Records. This is the last album to feature bassist Juan Croucier until his return in 2012, as well as guitarist Robbin Crosby before his death in 2002.

Though their previous album Reach for the Sky went platinum, it met with some 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. Songwriter Desmond Child and his personal sound engineer Arthur Payson were hired as producers for the album. The album is notable for featuring Ratt's only power ballad, "Givin' Yourself Away". The band also gravitated towards a more glam metal/pop metal sound on Detonator.

Personnel

Ratt
Guest musicians
Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: August 21, 2020. Corey. Irwin. The Day Five Hard-Rock Bands Released Career-Altering Albums. 2021-04-22. Ultimate Classic Rock. en.
  2. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5 . fi.