''Call of the Wild'' is the first studio album by

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D-A-D D-A-D is a Danish rock band. They were originally named Disneyland After Dark, but changed their name to avoid a lawsuit from The Walt Disney Company. History In the early 1980s in Copenhagen, D-A-D started playing together under their origi ...

, at the time known as Disneyland After Dark. The album was released on 4 February 1986 by

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The album has been received with mixed reviews. The genre of the album is more

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than the

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of their later albums. The two tracks "Marlboro Man" and "It's After Dark" are sometimes still played at their concerts, and can also be found on some of their

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s. The album was produced by

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-born Frank Marstokk, a musician and producer who was A&R at Mega Records.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes. ;Disneyland After Dark *Jesper Binzer – vocals, guitar, banjo *Stig Pedersen – vocals, bass *Jacob Binzer – guitar, keyboards *Peter Lundholm – drums, percussion ;Additional musicians *The Texas Horns – horns on "Jonnie" *The Rock River Gals – backing vocals on "Rock River" ;Technical *Frank Marstokk – producer, arrangements *Jørgen Bo – engineer *Mogens Bjergby – engineer *Nis Bøgvad – engineer *Disneyland After Dark – arrangements, cover concept, inner sleeve *Ida Balslev Olesen – cover design *Jan Harritshøj – photography (front cover) *Robin Skjoldborg – photography (back cover, inner sleeve) *Torleif Hoppe – photography (inner sleeve) *Finn Olufsen – photography (inner sleeve)

References

External links

This album on D-A-D's official homepage
1986 debut albums D.A.D. (band) albums {{1980s-hard-rock-album-stub