''Stick It to Ya'' is the debut studio album by American glam metal band Slaughter. It was released in 1990 by Chrysalis Records. It sold over 2 million copies and became one of the biggest albums of 1990. "Up All Night"(#27), "Fly to the Angels"(#19) & "Spend My Life"(#39) all charted in the Top 40 on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 and their videos were in solid rotations on the various music television outlets. "Mad About You" also received considerable airplay on Album Rock stations as the band toured to support the release. The LP was also nominated for a best metal album of the year at the 1991 American Music Awards show. Music videos were made for the singles "Up All Night", "Fly to the Angels", "Spend My Life", and "Mad About You".

Track listing

All songs written, arranged and produced by

Mark Slaughter Mark Allen Slaughter (born July 4, 1964) is an American singer and musician, and one of the founders of the glam metal band Slaughter. Career Slaughter was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 4, 1964. Before the formation of Slaughter, he fr ...

Dana Strum Dana Strum (born Dana Strumwasser on December 13, 1957) is an American musician whose career spans over 45 years. He is best known as a co-founder, bass player, and one of the two primary songwriters of the US-based hard rock band Slaughter, ...

Personnel

Band members

- Lead Vocals, Guitar, and Keyboards *

Tim Kelly Tim or Timothy Kelly may refer to: * Tim Kelly (Alaska politician) (1944–2009), Alaska state legislator * Tim Kelly (Minnesota politician) (born 1964), Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives * Tim Kelly (Mich ...

- Guitar, background vocals *

- Bass, background vocals *

Blas Elias Blas Elias (born August 18, 1967) is the drummer of the glam metal band Slaughter. He also drums for the Las Vegas production of Blue Man Group. He has toured with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra since 2017. He has been a rotating cast member of th ...

- Drums, percussion, background vocals

Additional musicians

* Todd Cooper - Horns * Gerri Miller - Camera noises

Production

*Produced By Mark Slaughter & Dana Strum *Production Co-Ordination by Scott Cadwallader *Engineer: Andy Chappel *Mixing: Brian Malouf *Mastering:

Bob Ludwig Robert C. Ludwig (born c. 1945) is an American mastering engineer. He has mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists including Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Qu ...

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

*Up All Night / Eye to Eye - April 17, 1990 - Chrysalis 23486 #27

US Hot 100 The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online streaming ...

*Fly to the Angels / Desperately - July 23, 1990 - Chrysalis 23527 #19

*Spend My Life / She Wants More - December 4, 1990 - Chrysalis 23605 #39

*Mad About You / Up All Night (Live) - April 2, 1991 - Chrysalis 23699

Certifications

Cover art

* Art direction:

Glen Wexler Glen Wexler is an American photographer who is best known for his elaborately staged digital photocompositions of improbable situations. Biography Wexler was born in Palm Springs, California. His father, Donald Wexler FAIA, is a noted mid-ce ...

and

Hugh Syme Hugh Syme is a Canadian Juno Award-winning graphic artist and member of the Premier Artists Collection (PAC) who is best known for his artwork and cover concepts for rock and metal bands. He is also a musician and has appeared on some Rush ...

* Photography: Glen Wexler * Model:

Laurie Carr Laurie may refer to: Places * Laurie, Cantal, France, a commune * Laurie, Missouri, United States, a village * Laurie Island, Antarctica Music * Laurie Records, a record label * ''Laurie'' (EP), a 1992 album by Daniel Johnston * "Laurie (Stran ...

This image used on the cover of the album was the last project Wexler created using traditional darkroom methods. The Target girl posed in his studio, and a miniature set of the carnival was placed in perspective for the background.

References

{{Authority control Slaughter (band) albums 1990 debut albums Chrysalis Records albums