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Damn Yankees (album)

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Released
  
February 22, 1990

Length
  
45:46

Producer
  
Ron Nevison

Genre
  
Hard rock

Label
  
Warner Bros.

Recorded
  
A&M Studios, Hollywood, and Can-Am Studios, Tarzana, California, 1989-90

Damn Yankees was the eponymous debut album by the American hard rock supergroup Damn Yankees. It is also notable for being the album that revived the career of guitarist Ted Nugent. It went double platinum, and featured such chart topping hits as "High Enough", "Come Again", and "Coming of Age".

Contents

Music

The first single, "Coming Of Age", a traditional guitar-driven song, gained heavy airplay on rock radio, reaching No. 60 on the main chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Jack Blades, Ted Nugent and Tommy Shaw

  1. "Coming of Age" – 4:21
  2. "Bad Reputation" – 4:29
  3. "Runaway" – 4:02
  4. "High Enough" – 4:43
  5. "Damn Yankees" – 4:37
  6. "Come Again" – 5:38
  7. "Mystified" – 4:14
  8. "Rock City" – 4:28
  9. "Tell Me How You Want It" – 4:32
  10. "Piledriver" – 4:18

Band members

  • Tommy Shaw – guitars and vocals
  • Ted Nugent – guitars and vocals
  • Jack Blades – bass guitar and vocals
  • Michael Cartellone – drums

    • Additional musicians

  • Steve Freeman - keyboards
  • Alan Pasqua - Hammond organ
  • Neverleave Brothers - backing vocals
  • B.J. Ingram, David Niwa, Marion Pinhiero, Marti Sweet, Gerlad Tarack - violins
  • Sarah Carter, Jesse Levy, Charles McCracken - cellos
  • Ron Raffio - bass
  • Danny Cahn, Steve Guttman - trumpets
  • Richard Centalonza, Lawrence Feldman, William Meade, Roger Rosenberg, Nancy Wolfe - reeds
  • Dale Kirkland, Keith O'Quinn, Jack Schatz- trombones
  • Katharine Easter, Ann Yarbrough - French horns
  • Ian Finkle, Clfton Hardison - percussion
  • Ray Marchica - drums
  • Jimmie Haskell - Arranger, Conductor

    • Production

  • Ron Nevison - producer, engineer
  • Tommy Shepard - producer
  • James Nichols - engineer
  • John Aguto, Ed Goodreau, Bill Kennedy, Jeff Poe, Toby Wright - assistant engineers

    • Chart positions

    Album - Billboard (North America)

    Singles - Billboard (North America)

    References

    Damn Yankees (album) Wikipedia
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