Sign In Please

Sign in Please
Studio album by Autograph
Released October 1984
Recorded The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California, February–June 1984
Genre Glam metal, hard rock
Length 42:01
Label RCA
Producer Neil Kernon
Autograph chronology

Sign in Please
(1984)		 That's the Stuff
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Sign In Please is the debut album by the American hard rock band Autograph. Released in 1984, the album featured their signature song, "Turn Up the Radio," and their other minor hit, "Send Her to Me," both of which had accompanying videos.

"Turn Up the Radio" was featured in a variety of media in the coming decades and is regarded as an '80s metal staple. "Turn Up the Radio" was featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and "All I'm Gonna Take" was featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.

Background

According to lead guitarist Steve Lynch, the album took 30 days to record and master; "We were seasoned musicians in the studio so worked very fast and were always well prepared." He also noted that its major hit, "Turn Up the Radio," was recorded at the tail end of the Sign in Please sessions and that RCA didn't find it suitable enough for inclusion. However, after stern insistence, the band was able to get it on the album. Neither party, however, expected it to gain such critical success that led to the album's gold status in 1985.[2]

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Send Her to Me"  Doug Foxworthy, Steve Plunkett 3:35
2. "Turn Up the Radio"  Plunkett, Steve Isham, Randy Rand, Steve Lynch, Keni Richards 4:38
3. "Night Teen & Non-Stop"  Foxworthy, Plunkett 4:20
4. "Cloud 10"  Foxworthy, Plunkett 3:37
5. "Deep End"  Plunkett 4:19
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
6. "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend Isn't Me"  Foxworthy, Isham, Plunkett 3:33
7. "Thrill of Love"  Isham, Plunkett 3:59
8. "Friday"  Plunkett 4:11
9. "In the Night"  Rand, Plunkett 3:56
10. "All I'm Gonna Take"  Lynch, Plunkett 5:42

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1985 Billboard 200 (USA)[3] 29

Certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAA – U.S.[4] Gold 1985

References

  1. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Autograph Sign In Please review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  2. ↑ Autograph Guitarist / Guitar Teacher Steve Lynch FullinBloom.com. Retrieved on 7-01-11.
  3. ↑ "Sign In PleaseBillboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  4. ↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Autograph. Retrieved on 2013-09-04.