Ratt "Detonator (Vinyl)"

Detonator is the fifth studio album by American glam metal band Ratt, released August 21, 1990.

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. Hitmaker Desmond Child and his personal sound engineer Sir Arthur Payson were hired to helm the project. The album is notable for featuring Ratt's only ballad, "Givin' Yourself Away". The band also gravitated towards a more glam metal/pop metal sound on Detonator.

This is the last Ratt album to feature guitarist Robbin Crosby and bassist Juan Croucier. Crosby departed the group in 1991 following the Japanese leg of the Detonator Tour, and died in 2002 following a heroin overdose.

Track listing

Side One

1. "Intro to Shame" Warren DeMartini 0:55
2. "Shame Shame Shame" DeMartini, Stephen Pearcy, Desmond Child 4:32
3. "Lovin' You's a Dirty Job" DeMartini, Juan Croucier, Pearcy, Child 3:14
4. "Scratch That Itch" Croucier, Pearcy, Child 3:16
5. "One Step Away" Pearcy, Bobby Blotzer, Croucier, DeMartini, Child 4:50

Side Two

1. "Hard Time" DeMartini, Pearcy, Child 3:46
2. "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose" DeMartini, Pearcy, Child 3:59
3. "All or Nothing" DeMartini, Robbin Crosby, Pearcy, Terry Kilgore, Child 4:14
4. "Can't Wait on Love" Crosby, Croucier, DeMartini, Pearcy, Blotzer, Child 4:04
5. "Givin' Yourself Away" Pearcy, Child, Diane Warren 5:26
6. "Top Secret" Pearcy, DeMartini, Child 3:49

Sir Arthur Payson – producer, engineer

Desmond Child – executive producer

Steve Heinke, Lawrence Ethan, Jesse Kanner – assistant engineers

Mike Shipley – mixing at The Enterprise in Burbank, California

Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk in New York City