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Warrior (Scandal album)

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Released
  
August 21, 1984

Warrior (1984)
  
Scandalous (1992)

Release date
  
21 August 1984

Label
  
Columbia Records

Length
  
43:19

Artist
  
Scandal

Producer
  
Mike Chapman

Warrior (Scandal album) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaen332Sca

Recorded
  
The Record Plant, New York City, New York, August 1983-January 1984

Genres
  
Rock music, Pop music, Pop rock, Album-oriented rock

Similar
  
Never Enough, Greatest Hits (feat Scandal), Armageddon: The Album, Patty Smyth, Owsley

Warrior is the debut and the only full-length album by American rock band Scandal (billed on the album as "Scandal featuring Patty Smyth"). The album reached a high of #17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 200 album charts on the strength of the lead single "The Warrior".

Contents

Track listing

All songs produced by Mike Chapman.

Personnel

Scandal

  • Patty Smyth - lead vocals
  • Zack Smith - guitar, background vocals
  • Ivan Elias - bass guitar
  • Keith Mack - guitar, background vocals
  • Thommy Price - drums, background vocals
  • Additional musicians

  • Peter Wood - synthesizer
  • Pat Mastelotto - drums ("Only the Young")
  • Andy Newmark - drums ("Hands Tied" or "Less than Half") +
  • Franke Previte - background vocals ("Hands Tied")
  • Norman Mershon - background vocals ("Hands Tied")
  • + On the album, it states that Andy Newmark played drums on the song "Hands Tied"; however, drum aficionados believe he actually plays on the song after, "Less Than Half" instead, since the complicated rhythm pattern replicates a technique/style that he commonly uses.

    Production

  • Mike Chapman - producer
  • John Agnello, David Alhert, Carol Cafiero, John Davenport, Eddie Garcia, Dave Hernandez, Greg Mack, William Wittman, Gene Wooley - engineering
  • John Davenport, William Wittman, Dave Alhert, Gene Wooley - mixing
  • LP dead-wax reads "A Disgusting Pile Of Guts" on the A-side. The B-side reads "I Like That About Myself"
  • Chart performance

    The album spent 41 weeks on the U.S. Billboard album charts and reached its peak position of #17 in early October 1985.

    Songs

    1The Warrior4:03
    2Beat of a Heart4:46
    3Hands Tied4:08

    References

    Warrior (Scandal album) Wikipedia