Manifest Destiny (The Dictators album) explained

Manifest Destiny
Type:	studio
Artist:	the Dictators
Cover:	The Dictators manifest destiny.jpg
Released:	1977
Studio:	Record Plant, New York
Genre:	Protopunk, punk rock
Length:	37:50
Label:	Asylum
Producer:	Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman
Prev Title:	Go Girl Crazy!
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	Bloodbrothers
Next Year:	1978

Manifest Destiny is the second album by the Dictators and their first after switching to the Asylum label.

Critical reception

The New York Times noted that Handsome Dick Manitoba "certainly has flair, but he lacks a very distinct singing voice or style."^[1] Trouser Press praised the album as "another helping of brilliant Shernoff originals."^[2]

Personnel

The Dictators

• Handsome Dick Manitoba  - lead vocals
• Ross "The Boss" Friedman  - lead guitar, 12-string guitar
• Scott "Top Ten" Kempner  - rhythm guitar
• Andy Shernoff  - keyboards, lead and backing vocals
• Mark "The Animal" Mendoza  - bass guitar
• Richie Teeter  - drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Sleeping with the TV On" and "Hey Boys"

Additional musicians

• Petronius Wood – additional keyboards

Production

• Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman – producers
• John Jansen – engineer
• Andy Abrams, Corky Stasiak, Gray Russell, Jay Krugman, Rod O'Brien, Thom Panunzio – assistant engineers
• Steve L. Schenck – production coordinator
• Anne Garner, Roni Hoffman, Veronica Drew Ink - art direction, design
• Eric Meola - photography

Notes and References

1. News: Rockwell . John . The Pop Life . The New York Times . 8 July 1977 . C11.
2. Web site: Robbins. Ira. Dictators. Trouser Press. April 18, 2019.