Ratt's fifth album, Detonator, finds the band breaking a long running relationship with producer Beau Hill, who helped develop the band's sonic trademarks through the '80s.
The results on Detonator are clean and focused, but lack some of the live-sounding energy of the band's earlier work.
What's more, the presence of hit makers like Desmond Child and Jon Bon Jovi suggests that the band has lost some confidence in its abilities to write songs -- and ironically, Detonator was the first Ratt album not to achieve platinum sales.
Still, there are some strong moments here, including the crushing, detuned guitar riff of "Shame Shame Shame" and swaggering "All or Nothing," which (along with the rest of the album) spotlight the considerable skills of guitarist Warren DiMartini.
The lyrics, as usual, are dumb.
Detonator, released on the eve of the grunge explosion of the early '90s, would represent the end of Ratt's golden era.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro to Shame | Ratt | Play | 00:56 | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| 2 | Shame, Shame, ShameDesmond Child, Warren DeMartini, Stephen Pearcy | Ratt | Play | 04:32 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 3 | Lovin' You's a Dirty JobDesmond Child, Juan Croucier, Warren DeMartini, Stephen Pearcy | Ratt | Play | 03:14 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 4 | Scratch That Itch | Ratt | Play | 03:16 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 5 | One Step AwayBobby Blotzer, Desmond Child, Juan Croucier, Warren DeMartini, Stephen Pearcy | Ratt | Play | 04:50 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 6 | Hard Time | Ratt | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 7 | All or Nothing | Ratt | Play | 04:14 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 8 | Can't Wait on Love | Ratt | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 9 | Givin' Yourself AwayDesmond Child, Stephen Pearcy, Warren | Ratt | Play | 05:26 | 12 MB | 38 MB |
| 10 | Top SecretWarren DeMartini, Stephen Pearcy | Ratt | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 11 | Heads I Win, Tails You Loose | Ratt | Play | 03:59 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 42 mins | 96 MB | |||||
| 42 mins | 299 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Anthony | Production Coordination |
| 2 | Bobby Blotzer | Composer, Drums, Percussion |
| 3 | Jon Bon Jovi | Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Desmond Child | Composer, Executive Producer, Vocals (Background) |
| 5 | Robbin Crosby | Guitar |
| 6 | Juan Croucier | Composer, Guitar (Bass) |
| 7 | Warren DeMartini | Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboards, Slide Guitar, Synthesizer |
| 8 | Steve Deutsch | Sampling, Synthesizer |
| 9 | Lawrence Ethan | Assistant Engineer |
| 10 | David Garfield | Keyboards, Synthesizer |
| 11 | Steve Heinke | Assistant Engineer, Engineer |
| 12 | Jesse Kanner | Assistant Engineer |
| 13 | Dennis Keeley | Photography |
| 14 | Bob Ludwig | Mastering |
| 15 | Sir Arthur Payson | Engineer, Producer |
| 16 | Stephen Pearcy | Composer, Concept, Vocals |
| 17 | Ratt | Primary Artist, Vocals (Background) |
| 18 | Mike Shipley | Mixing |
| 19 | Mark Sullivan | Production Coordination |
| 20 | Myriam Naomi Valle | Vocals (Background) |
| 21 | Warren | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |