The Pack Is Back Explained

The Pack Is Back
Type:	studio
Artist:	Raven
Cover:	Raven - The Pack Is Back.jpg
Released:	10 March 1986^[1]
Recorded:	October 1985–January 1986
Studio:	Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York
Genre:	Glam metal
Length:	36:55
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	Eddie Kramer
Prev Title:	Stay Hard
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	Mad
Next Year:	1986

The Pack Is Back is the fifth full-length album by the English heavy metal band Raven, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music). It was recorded in the US with renowned producer Eddie Kramer and features a sound more FM-friendly and commercial than any other Raven album, retaining the glam metal vein from its predecessor Stay Hard.^[2] Despite the pressure of the label to produce a commercially successful album, The Pack Is Back did not have any relevant chart entry.^[3]

Personnel

Band members

• John Gallagher - bass, vocals
• Mark Gallagher - guitar, guitar synthesizers, synthesizers, vocals
• Rob Hunter - drums

Additional musicians

• The Uptown Horns - brass on tracks 5 and 7

Production

• Eddie Kramer - producer, engineer, mixing, piano
• Chris Isca - engineer
• Larry Swisp - mixing
• Bob Ludwig - mastering
• Bob Defrin - art direction

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Music Week. 9.
2. Web site: Sleazegrinder. November 15, 2015. The album that brought Raven's flight to an end. Loudersound.
3. Web site: Raven (Gbr) - The Pack Is Back . 2011-03-27 . Encyclopaedia Metallum.
4. Web site: The Pack Is Back - Charts & Awards . 2011-03-27 . . Rovi Corporation.