Detonator (album)

Detonator
Detonator
Studio album by Ratt
Released	August 21, 1990
Studio	Music Grinder, Lion Share, and Microplant; (Los Angeles)
Genre	Glam metal
Length	42:12
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Desmond Child, Arthur Payson
Ratt chronology
Singles from Detonator
	"Lovin' You's a Dirty Job"; Released: October 1990 (UK) ; "Shame Shame Shame"; Released: 1990 (Japan);

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10^[4]
Rolling Stone	(mixed)^[5]
Select	^[6]

Detonator is the fifth studio album by American glam metal band Ratt, released August 21, 1990, by Atlantic Records. This is the last album to feature bassist Juan Croucier until his return in 2012, as well as guitarist Robbin Crosby before his death in 2002.

Though their previous album Reach for the Sky went platinum, it met with some criticism regarding the quality of their songs. In an attempt to regain the popularity that Ratt had in the mid-1980s, the band parted ways with long-time producer Beau Hill. Songwriter Desmond Child and his personal sound engineer Arthur Payson were hired as producers for the album. The album is notable for featuring Ratt's only power ballad, "Givin' Yourself Away". The band also gravitated towards a more glam metal/pop metal sound on Detonator.

^ Irwin, Corey (August 21, 2020). "The Day Five Hard-Rock Bands Released Career-Altering Albums". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
^ "Ratt singles".
^ Hinds, Andy. "Ratt - Detonator review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 361. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
^ Neely, Kim (October 4, 1990). "Album Reviews: Ratt - Detonator". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
^ Marlowe, Chris (October 1990). "Ratt: Detonator". Select. No. 4. p. 112.

[1] Irwin, Corey (August 21, 2020). "The Day Five Hard-Rock Bands Released Career-Altering Albums". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved April 22, 2021.

[2] "Ratt singles".

[3] Hinds, Andy. "Ratt - Detonator review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 20, 2015.

[martin-4] Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 361. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.

[5] Neely, Kim (October 4, 1990). "Album Reviews: Ratt - Detonator". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved June 20, 2015.

[6] Marlowe, Chris (October 1990). "Ratt: Detonator". Select. No. 4. p. 112.

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