Used and Abused (album) explained

Used & Abused
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Danger Radio
Cover:	DangerRadioUsedAbused.PNG
Recorded:	The Tree Fort (Los Angeles) Sound City (Los Angeles) The Matrix (Los Angeles) Phantom Studios (Westlake Village, CA)
Genre:	Power pop
Length:	46:05
Label:	Photo Finish
Producer:	Mike Green Mike Elizondo Martin Johnson
Prev Title:	Punch Your Lights Out EP
Prev Year:	2007
Next Title:	Nothing's Gonna Hold Us Down
Next Year:	2010

Used and Abused is a full-length album by the Seattle powerpop band Danger Radio.^{[1] [2]} It was released on July 8, 2008, and spent one week on the Billboard 200, at number 198.^[3]

Critical reception

The Daily Herald thought that "Danger Radio manipulates, squashes and expands synths to produce a high-energy beat fest with hooks that jump beyond catchy to addictive levels."^[4]

AllMusic wrote that "snappy guitar and synth hooks abound, resting atop percolating grooves that push even the poppiest, most melodic tunes into dance-floor territory."^[5]

Personnel

Danger Radio^[6]

• Andrew de Torres  - vocals
• Andy Brookins  - guitar
• Elan Wright  - guitar
• Marvin Kunkel  - bass guitar
• Nico Hartikainen  - drums, programming, additional keyboards on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13, additional instrumentation on tracks 2, 5, 7 and 12
• Spencer Phillips  - keyboards, piano, programming

Additional personnel^[6]

• Mike Green  - production on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13, programming on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13, additional keyboards on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13, additional guitar on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13, mixing on track 13
• Larry Solak  - trumpet on tracks 1 and 4
• Adam Hawkins  - engineering
• Martin Johnson (of Boys Like Girls)  - production on tracks 6 and 8
• Mike Elizondo  - production on tracks 2, 5, 7 and 12, additional instrumentation on tracks 2, 5, 7 and 12
• Brent Arrowood  - engineering
• Serban Ghenea  - mixing on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
• Ted Jensen  - mastering

Notes and References

1. Web site: Five Things You Never Knew About Danger Radio (Including The Answer To The Question: Who IS Danger Radio?). https://web.archive.org/web/20210828164548/http://www.mtv.com/news/2292725/five-things-you-never-knew-about-danger-radio-including-the-answer-to-the-question-who-is-danger-radio/. dead. August 28, 2021. Debbie. Newman. MTV News.
2. Web site: The Radio Just Got Much More Dangerous. September 3, 2008. Seventeen.
3. http://www.billboard.com/charts/2008-07-26/billboard-200 Used and Abused (Billboard 200 chart)
4. News: Listen Up . Daily Herald . 3 July 2008 . Time Out! . 6.
5. Web site: Used and Abused - Danger Radio | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic. www.allmusic.com.
6. CD liner notes