''Feel the Steel'' is the debut studio album by American

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. It was released first in Europe on June 8, 2009, on

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. The tracks "Fat Girl", "Stripper Girl" and "Hell's on Fire" are re-recordings from the band's 2003 EP '' Hole Patrol'' (which was released under their old name Metal Shop) while "Death to All but Metal" is a re-recording from their 2004 contribution to the Metal Sludge compilation ''Hey That's What I Call Sludge! Vol. 1''. Unlike the debut album and their Metal Sludge compilation tracks, ''Feel the Steel'' is composed entirely of songs, lacking any spoken word comedy skits present on earlier releases. The video for "Death to All but Metal" features comedian

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. The album debuted on #123 and peaked at #98 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and peaked at #1 on the ''Billboard'' Top Comedy Albums chart. The album was released June 8, 2009, in the UK, October 6 in North America and December 11 in Australia.

Reception

Initial critical response to ''Feel the Steel'' was mixed. According to

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 57, based on four reviews. Negative reviews found the album unfunny by taking the jokes too far. Jason Lymangrover of

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wrote that "Steel Panther's ability to create songs that sound like they came from 1987 is commendable. That's about as close to clever as it gets, though. As

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said, "It's such a fine line between stupid and clever," and Saenz's locker-room humor wears thin quickly." Sophie Bruce of the

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stated "Quite simply, ''Feel the Steel'' is an utter feelgood masterpiece." ''

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'' wrote that "it's essentially Spinal Tap/ Bad News brought forward five years to the coked-up cock-rock era, complete with titles such as 'Eatin' Ain't Cheatin' and dangerous levels of dumb-ass

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. The songs are at times terrifyingly authentic. Is it new? Don't be stupid. Is it funny? Hell yeah." ''

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Track listing

Personnel

* Michael Starr – lead vocals, backing vocals *

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– guitars, acoustic guitar, backing vocals * Lexxi Foxxx – bass, backing vocals *

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– drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

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– co-lead vocals (track 7) *

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– co-lead vocals (8) *

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– lead guitar (7) *

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– rhythm guitar (2) *

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- drums (2) *

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– co-lead vocals (1) backing vocals (2 and 4) * Matthew Nelson – backing vocals (4, 5, 6 and 10) *

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– backing vocals (4) *Joe Lester – backing vocals (3, 5, 6 and 10) *Rene Ruston – female voice (6) *

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– orchestration (3)

Release history

References

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