Manifest Destiny (The Dictators album)
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| Manifest Destiny | ||||
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| Released | 1977 | |||
| Studio | Record Plant, New York | |||
| Genre | Protopunk, punk rock | |||
| Length | 37:50 | |||
| Label | Asylum | |||
| Producer | Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman | |||
| The Dictators chronology | ||||
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Manifest Destiny is the second album by the Dictators and their first after switching to the Asylum label.
Critical reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 10/10[3] |
| (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
The New York Times noted that Handsome Dick Manitoba "certainly has flair, but he lacks a very distinct singing voice or style."[5] Trouser Press praised the album as "another helping of brilliant Shernoff originals."[6]
Track listing[edit]
All tracks are written by Andy Shernoff except where indicated
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Exposed" | 4:27 | |
| 2. | "Heartache" | 3:37 | |
| 3. | "Sleepin' with the TV On" | 4:16 | |
| 4. | "Disease" | Richard Blum, Andy Shernoff | 6:26 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Hey Boys" | Scott Kempner, Shernoff | 3:02 |
| 6. | "Steppin' Out" | 5:47 | |
| 7. | "Science Gone Too Far" | 3:27 | |
| 8. | "Young, Fast, Scientific" | 3:22 | |
| 9. | "Search & Destroy" (The Stooges cover) | James Williamson, J.J. Osterberg | 3:26 |
Personnel[edit]
- The Dictators
- Handsome Dick Manitoba – lead vocals
- Ross "The Boss" Friedman – lead guitar, 12-string guitar
- Scott "Top Ten" Kempner – rhythm guitar
- Andy Shernoff – keyboards, lead and backing vocals
- Mark "The Animal" Mendoza – bass guitar
- Richie Teeter – drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Sleeping with the TV On" and "Hey Boys"
- Additional musicians
- Petronius Wood – additional keyboards
- Production
- Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman – producers
- John Jansen – engineer
- Andy Abrams, Corky Stasiak, Gray Russell, Jay Krugman, Rod O'Brien, Thom Panunzio – assistant engineers
- Steve L. Schenck – production coordinator
- Anne Garner, Roni Hoffman, Veronica Drew Ink - art direction, design
- Eric Meola - photography
References[edit]
- ^ Deming, Mark. "Manifest Destiny – The Dictators". AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor and Fields. ISBN 0-89919-026-X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal – Volume 1: The Seventies. Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-1894959025.
- ^ Catucci, Nick (2004). "The Dictators". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 234. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Rockwell, John (8 July 1977). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. p. C11.
- ^ Robbins, Ira. "Dictators". Trouser Press. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
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