Down for the Count

Down for the Count is the seventh studio album by American hard rock/heavy metal band Y&T, released in 1985 through A&M Records. It contains the band's biggest hit "Summertime Girls", which charted at #55 on the Billboard Hot 100. This song had initially appeared as the lone studio track on the band's live album, Open Fire, released earlier in the year. The album itself peaked at #91 on the Billboard 200 on December 14, 1985. This was the last album to feature the original lineup of Meniketti, Alves, Kennemore and Haze, as Haze would depart the following year.

For other uses, see Down for the Count (disambiguation).
Down for the Count
Studio album by
Y&T
ReleasedNovember 9, 1985
Recorded1985
GenreHard rock, heavy metal, glam metal
Length40:49
LabelA&M
ProducerKevin Beamish
Y&T chronology
Open Fire
(1985)		 Down for the Count
(1985)		 Contagious
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Y&T except where indicated.

Side one
  1. "In the Name of Rock" – 5:32
  2. "All American Boy" (Dave Robbins, Van Stephenson) – 2:24
  3. "Anytime at All" – 4:32
  4. "Anything for Money" – 3:22
  5. "Face Like an Angel" – 4:36
Side two
  1. "Summertime Girls" – 3:28
  2. "Looks Like Trouble" – 4:07
  3. "Your Mama Don't Dance" (Kenny Loggins, Jim Messina) – 2:50
  4. "Don't Tell Me What to Wear" – 4:02
  5. "Hands of Time" – 6:11

Band

Additional musicians
  • Randy Nichols - keyboards
  • John Nymann - vocals
  • Steffen Presley - keyboards
  • Claude Schnell - keyboards
  • Bill Costa - vocals
  • Adam Day - guitar

Production staff
  • Tony Platt - remixing
  • Chuck Beeson - art direction
  • Mark Weiss - photography
  • Neon Park - illustrations
  • Donald Krieger - design
  • Geoff Gillespie - A&R
  • Nigel James - production coordination
  • Jeff Gold - art direction
  • Bruce Barris - engineer
  • Kevin Beamish - producer, engineer

Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1985 "Summertime Girls" Hot 100 55

References
  1. Allmusic review
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