Tell No Tales Explained

Tell No Tales
Type:	Album
Artist:	TNT
Cover:	TellNoTales.jpg
Released:	13 April 1987
Recorded:	Norsk Sound Studios, Trondheim / Sound Ideas, New York City
Genre:	Hard rock, glam metal, heavy metal
Length:	30:26
Label:	PolyGram
Producer:	Bjørn Nessjø
Prev Title:	Knights of the New Thunder
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Intuition
Next Year:	1989

Tell No Tales is the third studio album by the Norwegian rock band TNT. It was the best-selling TNT album in the U.S., according to their bass guitarist Morty Black.^[1] This album diverted from the power metal style of Knights of the New Thunder into a more glam metal direction.^[2] Rock Candy Records reissused a remastered CD of the album in February 2022.

Personnel

Band

• Tony Harnell – vocals
• Ronni Le Tekrø – guitars, guitar synthesizer
• Morty Black – bass guitar, pedal synthesizer
• Diesel Dahl – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Håkon Iversen – background vocals
• Bård Svendsen – keyboards and programming
• Bjørn Nessjø – keyboards and programming
• Carlos Waadeland – keyboards and programming^[3]

Charts

Album

Year	Country	Position
1987	Norway	1
	Sweden	41
	United States^[4]	100

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	"10,000 Lovers (In One)"	Norway	2
	"Everyone's a Star"	Norway	align="center"	-

Album credits

• Bjørn Nessjø – producer
• Rune Nordahl – engineer
• Mario Rodriguez – engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Mark Weiss – photography
• Jackie Murphy – cover design
• Koppel & Scher – cover design Tom Schwab-Bits and pieces. Dale Matson-Bits and pieces.

External links

• Ronni Le Tekrø Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Album of the Week: TNT – "Tell No Tales" (1987) . Ning.com.
2. Web site: TNT – "Tell No Tales" (1987) . Wordpress.com.
3. Web site: TNT (15) – Tell No Tales . Discogs.com.
4. Web site: TNT Top 200. 18 February 2021. Billboard.