''Stakk Attakk'' is the debut album by the British
glam metal
Glam metal (also known as hair metal or pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal that features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat rock anthems, and slow power ballads. It borrows heavily from the fashion and image of 1970s glam r ...
band
Wrathchild
Wrathchild (sometimes known as Wrathchild UK in the United States due to a naming conflict with Wrathchild America) were an English glam metal band. Formed in 1980, the group was an early band of the glam metal genre, starting off about the s ...
, released in June 1984.
Recorded at DJM Studio in London and mastered at
Abbey Road
''Abbey Road'' is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It is the last album the group started recording, although ''Let It Be'' was the last album completed before the band's break-up in April 1970. It was mostly re ...
, the album was engineered by Murray Harris and produced by former
Magnum guitarist Robin George, in addition to him contributing guitar work, drum programming and background vocals.
The lead single from the album was "Alrite with the Boyz", a cover of
Gary Glitter
Paul Francis Gadd (born 8 May 1944), best known by his stage name Gary Glitter, is an English former singer, songwriter, and record producer. He achieved success during the glam rock era of the 1970s and 1980s, and his career ended after he w ...
's 1975 single "Doing Alright with the Boys".
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Wrathchild, except where indicated.
;Side one
# "Stakk Attakk" - 4:32
# "Too Wild to Tame" - 3:18
# "Trash Queen" - 3:13
# "Shokker" - 4:07
# "Kick Down the Walls" - 4:05
;Side two
# "Alrite with the Boyz" (
Gary Glitter
Paul Francis Gadd (born 8 May 1944), best known by his stage name Gary Glitter, is an English former singer, songwriter, and record producer. He achieved success during the glam rock era of the 1970s and 1980s, and his career ended after he w ...
,
Mike Leander
Michael George Farr (30 June 1941 – 18 April 1996), known professionally as Mike Leander, was a British arranger, songwriter and record producer.
He worked variously with The Beatles, David McWilliams ("Days of Pearly Spencer"), Gary Gli ...
) - 3:39
# "Sweet Surrender" - 4:09
# "Law Abuzer" - 4:11
# "Tonite" - 4:16
# "Wreckless" - 4:49
Personnel
;Wrathchild
* Rocky Shades - vocals
* Lance Rocket - guitar
* Marc Angel - bass
* Eddie Starr - drums
;Additional musicians
*Robin George - guitar synthesizer, drum programming, backing vocals
;Production
*Robin George - producer
*Mark Fishlock, Murray Harris - engineers
References
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1984 debut albums
Wrathchild albums