- Under the Blade
Infobox Album |
Name = Under the Blade
Type =Album
Artist =Twisted Sister
Type = Studio album
Released =September 18 ,1982
(Secret Records)July 14 ,1985
(Atlantic Records)
Recorded = 1982
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 40:01
Label = Secret
Producer =Pete Way
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:asy67ul0h0j3 link]
*"Rolling Stone " (Not Rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/twistedsister/albums/album/235434/review/5940802/under_the_blade link]
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Original cover
Type = Studio album
Lower caption = Secret Records Issue
Last album = "Ruff Cutts (EP) "
(1982)
This album = "Under the Blade"
(1982)
Next album = "You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll "
(1983)"Under the Blade" is the debut album by American heavy metal band
Twisted Sister , released on Secret Records on September 18, 1982. (U.S. Sales Certification - Gold). The album was re-mixed & re-released on Atlantic Records on July 14, 1985. The re-release also had a remixed version of the song "I'll Never Grow Up Now" added. "Under The Blade" has sold over two million copies worldwide.This album is often called a
classic metal masterpiece. The album contained the hit single, the heavy metal title track, "Under the Blade" and the speed metal burner "Tear It Loose". Other cuts include "Destroyer", "Run for Your Life", "Sin After Sin" and "Shoot 'Em Down". The album is often compared with Manowar's debut album andIron Maiden 's groundbreaking release "The Number of the Beast".Track listing
All songs written by Dee Snider.
# "What You Don't Know (Sure Can Hurt You)" 4:45
# "Bad Boys (Of Rock 'n' Roll)" 3:20
# "Run for Your Life" 3:28
# "Sin After Sin" 3:23
# "Shoot 'Em Down" 3:53
# "Destroyer" 4:16
# "Under the Blade" 4:40
# "Tear It Loose" 3:08
# "I'll Never Grow Up, Now!" (re-mix) [on the 1985 re-release only] 4:09
# "Day of the Rocker" 5:03Credits
Twisted Sister
*
Dee Snider - lead vocals
*Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda - lead & rhythm guitars
*Jay Jay French - rhythm & lead guitars
*Mark "The Animal" Mendoza - bass
*A. J. Pero - drumsCharts
Album
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