''Black Tiger'' is the fourth studio album by American

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band Y&T, released in 1982 through

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. It was recorded at Ridge Farm, in

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and produced by

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. The classic Y&T logo makes its first appearance on the cover of this record.

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named ''Black Tiger'' as an extreme disappointment for the band, following the excellent ''Earthshaker''. Eduardo Rivadavia wrote that the songs sound "lifeless" and producer Max Norman is "clueless" about hard rock. The band is blamed for "uneven songwriting": "for every winning track they present Y&T always manages to follow it with a total stinker." Live performances of "Open Fire" delivered its promise as a massive rocker. When Y&T performed at the 2015 Steelhouse Festival they played every track of ''Black Tiger'' except the instrumental. They also played tracks from ''Earthshaker'', ''

Facemelter ''Facemelter'' is the twelfth studio album by American hard rock/ heavy metal band Y&T. It was released on May 21, 2010 through the Frontiers Records label. It is their first album since the release of '' Endangered Species'' in 1997, the lon ...

'', and ''Mean Streak''.

Track listing

;Side one #"From the Moon" (Instrumental) - 0:42 #"Open Fire" - 4:10 #"Don't Wanna Lose" - 4:09 #"Hell or High Water" - 3:44 #"Forever" - 5:47 ;Side two #"Black Tiger" - 4:18 #"Barroom Boogie" - 4:20 #"My Way or the Highway" - 4:43 #"Winds of Change" - 6:20

Personnel

Dave Meniketti David Alan Meniketti (born December 12, 1953) is the singer, songwriter and lead guitarist for hard rock/ heavy metal band Y&T. He has also released three solo efforts (including "Live in Japan"), one of which is more blues-oriented. He currentl ...

–

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guitar,

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*Joey Alves –

and acoustic

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guitars *Phil Kennemore –

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*Leonard Haze –

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;Production *

– producer, engineer *Bill Freesh – mixing at

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– illustrations *Chuck Beeson – art direction

References

Y&T albums Albums produced by Max Norman A&M Records albums 1982 albums {{1980s-hard-rock-album-stub