Projects in the Jungle explained

Projects in the Jungle
Type:studio
Artist:Pantera
Cover:PanteraProjectsInTheJungle.jpg
Released:[1] [2] [3]
Recorded:May 1984
Studio:Pantego Sound, Pantego, Texas[4]
Genre:
Length:35:47
Label:Metal Magic[5]
Producer:Jerry Abbott & Pantera
Prev Title:Metal Magic
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:I Am the Night
Next Year:1985

Projects in the Jungle is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Pantera, released on July 27, 1984 through Metal Magic Records.

The band would make their first music video for the track "All Over Tonight". Though sharing many similarities with Def Leppard's pre-Hysteria sound (Pyromania had been released the year before), the album also contains influences from bands like Judas Priest and in addition to Van Halen-inspired guitar solos features many speed metal-oriented guitar riffs.

Reception

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Eduardo Rivadavia described Terry Glaze's vocal style as "ear assaulting" and the lyrics as "frequently moronic" examples of glam metal cliches of the era. Nonetheless, Projects in the Jungle was "a major improvement over the band's tentative performance on debut album Metal Magic, and its much improved production clarity and musicianship spoke volumes of Pantera's growing professionalism and maturity."

Track listing

All credits adapted from the original LP.

Personnel

All credits adapted from the original LP.

Pantera
Production

Notes and References

  1. Book: Daniels, Neil . Reinventing Metal: The True Story of Pantera and the Tragically Short Life of Dimebag Darrell . 2000-01-01 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-4803-6273-4 . en.
  2. Book: Popoff, Martin . The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade . 2014-08-15 . Voyageur Press . 978-0-7603-4546-7 . en.
  3. Web site: Projects in the Jungle by Pantera . 1984-07-27 . 2024-05-06 . genius.com.
  4. Projects in the Jungle . . 1984 . LP sleeve . Metal Magic Records . MMR1984 . Arlington, Texas.
  5. Web site: Projects in the Jungle . 2010-08-05.