Blast Off! (Stray Cats album)

Blast Off!
Studio album by
Released1989
GenreRock, rockabilly, pop
LabelEMI America[1]
ProducerDave Edmunds
Stray Cats chronology
Rock Therapy
(1986)
Blast Off!
(1989)
Rock This Town: Best of the Stray Cats
(1990)

Blast Off! is an album by the American rockabilly revivalist band Stray Cats, released in 1989.[2][3] It marked a reunion of the band, after three years of solo endeavors; the band's previous album, 1986's Rock Therapy, was produced to fulfill a record contract.[4][5]

The album peaked at No. 111 on the Billboard 200.[6] It peaked at No. 58 on the UK Albums Chart.[7] The first single was "Bring It Back Again".[8]

The band supported Blast Off! by touring with Stevie Ray Vaughan.[2]

  1. ^ "Stray Cats". Trouser Press. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Stray Cats Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Morrison, Craig (November 23, 1996). "Go Cat Go!: Rockabilly Music and Its Makers". University of Illinois Press – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference CT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Graff, Gary (August 25, 1989). "REUNITED STRAY CATS PUT OLD CONFLICTS BEHIND THEM". Lexington Herald-Leader. Knight Ridder. p. B6.
  6. ^ "Stray Cats". Billboard.
  7. ^ "STRAY CATS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  8. ^ Jaeger, Barbara (May 4, 1989). "STRAY CATS RETURN IN TOP FORM". The Record. p. F21.