''Wants You!'' is the second album of the band

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. On certain versions/portions of the album, the full title appears as ''Rough Cutt Wants You!'', as opposed to simply ''Wants You!''. Producer Jack Douglas also worked with

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, Aerosmith on '' Rocks'', '' Toys in the Attic'' and '' Draw the Line'', and on

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's last record, ''

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''.

Track listing

; Side one # "Rock the USA" ''(

Chris Hager Rough Cutt is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles who released two studio albums on Warner Bros. Records in the mid-1980s. Rough Cutt never achieved the commercial success enjoyed by many other Los Angeles bands of that time but var ...

Matt Thorr Matt Thorne, also known as Matt Thorr, is a bassist who has played in the glam metal band Ratt, Rough Cutt, and Jailhouse. He co-wrote the song "Back For More" with Stephen Pearcy on Ratt's album ''Out of the Cellar''. He currently owns MT Studio ...

Paul Shortino Paul Shortino (born May 14, 1953) is an American rock singer and musician who has sung for Rough Cutt/The Cutt, Quiet Riot, Bad Boyz, and Shortino. He briefly recorded with J.K. Northrup as the duo, Shortino/Northrup. He has also recorded as a ...

Dave Alford Dave Alford also known as Rockin Dave is an American Heavy Metal Rock drummer, singer, songwriter and producer who has played in the bands Max Havoc, Ratt, Jailhouse, Mod Ev, Kryme and Rough Cutt, whom he rejoined in 2016 upon their reformat ...

)'' - 2:58 # "Bad Reputation" ''(

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, Thorr, Alford)'' - 3:43 # "Don't Settle for Less" ''(Hager, Shortino, Thorr, Alford)'' - 2:33 # "Hot 'n' Heavy" ''(Hager, Derakh, Shortino, Thorr, Alford)'' - 4:46 # "Take a Chance" ''(Hager, Derakh, Shortino, Thorr, Alford)'' - 4:04 ;Side two # "We Like It Loud" ''(Hager, Derakh, Shortino, Thorr, Alford)'' - 3:58 # "Double Trouble" ''(Hager, Derakh, Shortino, Thorr, Alford)'' - 3:44 # "You Wanna Be a Star" ''(Hager, Derakh, Shortino, Thorr, Alford)'' - 2:44 # "Let 'em Talk" ''(Hager, Shortino, Thorr)'' - 3:35 # "The Night Cries Out (for You)" ''(Hager, Derakh, Shortino, Thorr, Alford)'' - 4:52

Personnel

; Band members *

– lead vocals *

– guitars, synthesizers *

– guitars *

– bass *

– drums, backing vocals ;Production * Jack Douglas - producer *Jay Messina - engineer, mixing at

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, New York City *Karat Faye, Jeff Bennett, Peter Arata - assistant engineers *

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- mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City

References

Rough Cutt albums 1986 albums Albums produced by Jack Douglas (record producer) Warner Records albums {{1980s-metal-album-stub