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Warrior (Scandal album)

Warrior is the debut and sole studio album by American rock band Scandal (billed on the album as "Scandal featuring Patty Smyth"). The album reached a high of No. 17 on the U.S. Billboard 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 the 1982 EP, Scandal.[3]

Warrior
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 21, 1984
RecordedThe Record Plant, New York, New York, August 1983–January 1984
GenreAOR, pop rock
Length43:19
LabelColumbia
ProducerMike Chapman
Scandal chronology
Scandal
(1982)
Warrior
(1984)
Scandalous
(1992)
Singles from Warrior
  1. "The Warrior"
    Released: June 1984
  2. "Hands Tied"
    Released: October 1984
  3. "Beat of a Heart"
    Released: January 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauC[2]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Warrior"Holly Knight, Nick Gilder4:00
2."Beat of a Heart"Zack Smith, Patty Smyth, Keith Mack4:46
3."Hands Tied"Knight, Chapman4:07
4."Less Than Half"Smith, Smyth, Mack4:18
5."Only the Young"Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon4:29
6."All I Want"Smith, Smyth, Benjy King4:11
7."Talk to Me"Doug Lubahn3:56
8."Say What You Will"Smith, Smyth4:41
9."Tonight"Smith, Smyth4:19
10."Maybe We Went Too Far"Smith, Smyth, Mack4:50
2014 collector's edition bonus tracks (from the Scandal EP)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Goodbye to You"Smith3:46
12."Love's Got a Line on You"Smith, Kathe Green3:24
13."Win Some, Lose Some"Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, Eric Kagna, Paul Dean3:47
14."She Can't Say No"Smith, Smyth4:21
15."Another Bad Love"Smith, Smyth3:35

Charts edit

Chart (1984) Position
United States (Billboard 200) 17
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 70

Personnel edit

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 ("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 played on the next song "Less Than Half" instead, since the complicated rhythm pattern replicates a technique/style that he commonly used.

Production edit

  • 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 edit

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 edit

  1. ^ Warrior at AllMusic
  2. ^ Robert Christgau review
  3. ^ "Rock Candy Records New Releases - KROKUS & SCANDAL". MelodicRock.com. August 22, 2014.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Billboard 200: Scandal". Billboard.com. Billboard. 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.

External links edit

  • Discogs.com - The Warrior entry

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