''Radio Active'' is the title of an album released by

Pat Travers Patrick Henry Travers (born April 12, 1954) is a Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and singer who began his recording career in the mid-1970s. Early life Travers was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Soon after picking up the guitar at ag ...

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in 1981. ''Radio Active'' was

' first release after the highly successful '' Crash and Burn''. However, Pat Thrall and Tommy Aldridge had already left the band. Travers and Cowling forged on with former

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drummer Sandy Gennaro, but the album barely made it into the Top 40. It was quite different from Travers' previous work, with more emphasis on keyboards than heavy guitars. Disappointed with the lack of sales,

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dropped Travers from their roster. Travers' successfully sued Polydor for breach of contract which he won which allowed him to record two future albums on the label. Radio Active was recorded at Bee Jay Recording Studios in

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from October 1980 to February 1981.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Pat Travers except where indicated #"

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" (Roger Lewis, Ian Lewis, Jacob Miller, Bernard Harvey) – 5:05 #"My Life is on the Line" – 3:43 #"(I Just Wanna) Live it My Way" – 5:32 #"I Don't Wanna Be Awake" – 3:54 #"I Can Love You" – 2:24 #"Untitled" – 3:25 #"Feelin' In Love" – 3:30 #"Play It Like You See It" – 5:12 #"Electric Detective" - 3:07

Personnel

- guitar, keyboard, vocals *

Peter "Mars" Cowling Peter "Mars" Cowling (May 26, 1946 – March 20, 2018) was an English bass guitarist, best known for his work with Canadian blues rock guitarist Pat Travers. Cowling for many years lived in Grimsby where, in 1962, he formed The Syndicate with St ...

- bass guitar *

Sandy Gennaro Santo Michael Gennaro (born July 3, 1951 in Manhattan, New York) is an American rock drummer, author, musician, public speaker and mentor. He has recorded and toured with many musical artists including Blackjack, The Monkees, Pat Travers, Cy ...

- drums *

Michael Shrieve Michael Shrieve (born July 6, 1949) is an American drummer, percussionist, and composer. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band Santana, playing on the band's first seven albums from 1969 to 1974. At age 20, Shrieve was the second youn ...

- percussion Additional Personnel *

Pat Thrall Patrick Thrall is an American rock guitarist. Thrall began his recording career in 1972. He played guitar, vocals, and percussion with the group Cookin' Mama, which had his brother, Preston Thrall, on percussion. They released the album ''New Day ...

- guitar *

Tommy Aldridge Tommy Aldridge (born August 15, 1950) is an American heavy metal and hard rock drummer. He is noted for his work with numerous bands and artists since the 1970s, such as Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers Band, Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore, Whitesnak ...

- drums

Charts

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References

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