Penetrator (album) explained

Penetrator
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ted Nugent
Cover:	Penetrator.jpg
Caption:	Cover art by Boris Vallejo
Released:	February 1984^[1]
Recorded:	July–August 1983
Studio:	Power Station, New York City The Plant, Sausalito, California
Genre:	Hard rock^[2] ^[3] ^[4]
Length:	40:41
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	Ashley Howe, Doug Banker
Prev Title:	Nugent
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Little Miss Dangerous
Next Year:	1986

Penetrator is the eighth studio album by American rock musician Ted Nugent. It was released in February 1984 by Atlantic Records.

"Tied Up in Love" was made into a promo clip to support the album. It reached No. 56 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.^[5] The song "(Where Do You) Draw the Line", written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance, was originally recorded by Adams for his hit 1984 album Reckless but was left off the final track list. Adams' version eventually saw a release on the 30th anniversary reissue of Reckless.

The cover art is a section of the painting "Dragon Tattoo" by Boris Vallejo.

Reception

In a largely negative review, John Franck of AllMusic proclaimed Penetrator to be "one of Nugent's most underwhelming releases".

Track listing

All songs by Ted Nugent, except where indicated.

Personnel

Band members

• Ted Nugent – guitars, six-string bass, lead vocals on tracks 6, 7, 9, 10
• Brian Howe – lead vocals on tracks 1–5, 8
• Alan St. Jon – keyboards, backing vocals
• Doug Lubahn – bass
• Bobby Chouinard – drums

Additional musicians

• Peter Wolf – percussion, sequencing
• Cynthia Shiloh, Kevin Russell, Rahni Raines, Tod Howarth, Zoe Fox – background vocals

Production

• Ashley Howe – producer, engineer, mixing
• Bill Scheniman – engineer
• Kevin Eddy – engineer, mixing
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Doug Banker – executive producer
• Eric Conn – digital remastering

Notes and References

1. Book: Strong, M. C.. The Great Rock Discography. registration. 1995. Canongate Books Ltd. Edinburgh. 0-86241-385-0. 594–5.
2. Book: Popoff, Martin. Martin Popoff

   . Martin Popoff. The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade. 2014. Voyageur Press. 978-0-7603-4546-7. 58.

3. https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ted-nugent/penetrator/
4. https://www.allmusic.com/album/penetrator-mw0000308901
5. Web site: Penetrator Billboard Albums . January 17, 2012 . . Rovi Corporation.