Georgia Satellites (album)

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Georgia Satellites
Studio album by the Georgia Satellites
Released	October 1986
Studio	Axis Studios and Cheshire Sound Studios (Atlanta, Georgia)
Genre	Southern rock, hard rock
Length	37:26
Label	Elektra
Producer	Jeff Glixman
The Georgia Satellites chronology
Georgia Satellites (1986) Open All Night (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	B[2]
Kerrang!	[3]

Georgia Satellites is the first album released by the Georgia Satellites. It contains their biggest hit, "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" (which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, behind Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer"), and another minor hit, "Battleship Chains," written by Terry Anderson. It also contains a cover of "Every Picture Tells a Story," written by Rod Stewart and Ron Wood. Most of the other songs were written by lead singer/rhythm guitarist Dan Baird, except "Red Light," which he co-wrote with Neill Bogan, and "Can't Stand the Pain," written by lead guitarist Rick Richards, who also takes lead vocal on the tune. The album was produced by Jeff Glixman, known for his work with Black Sabbath.^[4]

The album was a commercial success and was certified Gold by the RIAA in February 1987 and then Platinum on August of the same year.^[5] Rich Stim in Spin described it as a 'six-pack boogie-rock record.'^[4]

The band would release two more studio albums after this one, but none featured a song with nearly the radio and MTV success as "Keep Your Hands to Yourself," and the band finally split in 1990.