Warrior (Scandal album)
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 chart on the strength of the lead single "The Warrior". In 2014, an expanded and remastered edition was released, which included as bonus tracks the five songs from 1982's Scandal (EP).[3]
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| Released | August 21, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | The Record Plant, New York, New York, August 1983–January 1984 | |||
| Genre | AOR, pop rock | |||
| Length | 43:19 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Mike Chapman | |||
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| Singles from Warrior | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Robert Christgau | C[2] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Warrior" | Holly Knight, Nick Gilder | 4:03 |
| 2. | "Beat of a Heart" | Zack Smith, Patty Smyth, Keith Mack | 4:46 |
| 3. | "Hands Tied" | Knight, Chapman | 4:07 |
| 4. | "Less Than Half" | Smith, Smyth, Mack | 4:18 |
| 5. | "Only the Young" | Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon | 4:29 |
| 6. | "All I Want" | Smith, Smyth, Benjy King | 4:11 |
| 7. | "Talk to Me" | Doug Lubahn | 3:56 |
| 8. | "Say What You Will" | Smith, Smyth | 4:41 |
| 9. | "Tonight" | Smith, Smyth | 4:19 |
| 10. | "Maybe We Went Too Far" | Smith, Smyth, Mack | 4:50 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Goodbye to You" | Smith | 3:46 |
| 12. | "Love's Got a Line on You" | Smith, Kathe Green | 3:24 |
| 13. | "Win Some, Lose Some" | Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, Eric Kagna, Paul Dean | 3:47 |
| 14. | "She Can't Say No" | Smith, Smyth | 4:21 |
| 15. | "Another Bad Love" | Smith, Smyth | 3:35 |
Charts
| Chart (1984) | Position |
|---|---|
| United States (Billboard 200) | 17 |
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 70 |
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, David 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 1984.[5]
References
- Warrior at AllMusic
- Robert Christgau review
- "Rock Candy Records New Releases - KROKUS & SCANDAL". MelodicRock.com. August 22, 2014.
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 266. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- "Billboard 200: Scandal". Billboard.com. Billboard. 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
