Reach for the Sky (Ratt album)

Reach for the Sky
Studio album by Ratt
Released November 3, 1988
Recorded 1988
Genre Glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal
Length 39:25
Label Atlantic
Producer Beau Hill and Mike Stone
Ratt chronology

Dancing Undercover
(1986)		 Reach for the Sky
(1988)		 Detonator
(1990)
Singles from Reach for the Sky
  1. "Way Cool Jr."
    Released: 1988
  2. "I Want a Woman"
    Released: 1989
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Reach for the Sky is the fourth full length album by the glam metal band Ratt.

Background

Though it sold well enough to achieve platinum status and spawned the popular songs "I Want a Woman" and "Way Cool Jr.", the record's performance was not enough to keep the group on the road for longer than seven months. As a result, "What's It Gonna Be", a track not released as a single, was used as a B-Side to "Lovin' You's a Dirty Job", the first single from the band's next release Detonator. In doing so, it was hoped that listeners would go back and give Reach for the Sky a second listen.

Reach for the Sky marked the last Ratt album to be produced by Beau Hill. The band originally intended for the record to be produced entirely by Mike "Clay" Stone. However, substandard DAT tape recordings of Stone's production efforts prompted Atlantic Records to bring in Hill to assist Stone and salvage the album.

Opening acts on the promotional record tour included Great White, Warrant and Kix.

Pro-wrestler Brian Pillman used "Don't Bite The Hand That Feeds" as his theme music, when WCW talent went on tour with New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Track listing

Side One

  1. "City to City" (Pearcy/Crosby/DeMartini/Croucier/Hill) – 3:31
  2. "I Want a Woman" (Crosby/Pearcy/Croucier/Hill) – 3:58
  3. "Way Cool Jr." (DeMartini/Pearcy/Hill) – 4:27
  4. "Don't Bite the Hand That Feeds" (Pearcy/Crosby/Croucier/Hill) – 3:08
  5. "I Want to Love You Tonight" (DeMartini/Pearcy/Crosby/) – 4:27

Side Two

  1. "Chain Reaction" (DeMartini/Pearcy/Croucier) – 3:42
  2. "No Surprise" (DeMartini/Pearcy) – 4:03
  3. "Bottom Line" (Croucier/Pearcy/Crosby/DeMartini/Hill) – 4:20
  4. "What's It Gonna Be" (Croucier/DeMartini/Pearcy/Crosby/Hill) – 4:07
  5. "What I'm After" (Croucier/Pearcy) – 3:35

Line-Up

Additional Musicians

[2]

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (America) - album

Year Chart Position
1988 Billboard 200 17

Billboard (America) - singles

Single Year Chart Position
"Way Cool Jr." 1988 Billboard Hot 100 75
Mainstream Rock Tracks 16

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
U.S. Platinum December 06, 1989 1,000,000

References

  1. ↑ Reach for the Sky (Ratt album) at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Ratt- Reach for the Sky @Discogs.com Retrieved 6-22-2013.