Under the Blade | ||||
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Released | September 1982[1] | |||
Studio | The Barn at Kitchenham Farm, Ashburnham with the RAK Mobile, I.C.C. Studios, Eastbourne, Maison Rouge, London, England | |||
Genre | Heavy metal | |||
Length | 40:01 | |||
Label | Secret | |||
Producer | Pete Way, Mark Mendoza, Dee Snider | |||
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Under the Blade is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Twisted Sister, released on Secret Records in September 1982. It was produced by UFO/Waysted bassist Pete Way and featured an aggressive and hard-hitting sound, which was eventually ignored on a remixed re-release by Atlantic Records on June 13, 1985.[2] The re-release also added a remixed version of the song "I'll Never Grow Up, Now!", the band's long-forgotten 1979 single. The Atlantic Records release was both an attempt to cash in on the commercial success of Stay Hungry and, by then (and for years to come), the only official way to get the album as Secret Records was no more. However, bootlegs with the original mix were still in circulation. On May 31, 2016, Eagle Records re-released Under the Blade in a digital remastered form with the original mix finally restored, which it would be re-released under Rhino Entertainment through streaming services. Under the Blade has sold over two million copies worldwide.[citation needed]
The track "Bad Boys of Rock 'N Roll" is a new recording of a track that appeared earlier on the 1981 compilation "Homegrown Album"