Detonator Red

Item arrived by standard mail.Item as described.Good packaging!

Great record. Sounds amazing, crisp, and clear. No pops or skips. Not a big fan of colored vinyl; prefer it black.

By the time that Ratt released "Detonator" in 1990, the well seemed to be running a little dry for these guys. These guys were without question, one of the best of the genre, and "Detonator" shows why they were so strong."Detonator" became Ratt's first record to be recorded without producer extraordinaire Beau Hill. Feeling that a change was in order, Ratt decided to try their luck with former Bon Jovi hot shot Desmond Child. The major knock against Child is, he produces his records to an almost fault. This is true to a certain degree with this record as well. Gone are those raw and raunchy riffs of "Out of the Cellar' and "Invasion of Your Privacy," and in are over-the-top choruses and monster guitar riffs a-la "Slipper When Wet." I personally believe that Child actually helped Ratt's writing on this record, and some of their finest tunes were created through this partnership. My favorite tracks from the album are "Lovin' You's a Dirty Job," "Shame Shame Shame," "One Step Away" and "Can't Wait On Love."No matter your feelings on Desmond Child as a producer, this is easily one of Ratt's finest outings to me. I can't see any serious melodic rock fan disliking this album, and who knows, this may become your favorite Ratt album as well.

This is a great album. So happy it was FINALLY avl on vinyl. The originals are way to much $$. Happy to finally have it.

By the time Detonator was released, I had sort of lost all hope in Ratt. I just noticed that for the last 2 or 3 studio albums, their music had lost it's spark that always had atrracted me to them, and everything just seemed blah.I will say however one thing that stands out on this album is Production Production, Production!!! It's by far their best sounding release to date, and the songs have the Ratt sound, but it's a little Scorpions-like in feeling. Teaming up with Desmond Child on the songwriting may have been a good thought as far as collaboration, but it sort of went over the edge on production.Sort of lacking on this album also is the DiMartini/Crosby dual guitar attack. Here,It's mostly DiMartini. Crosby himself claims he didn't have much to do with the arranging or writing at all. He did however play the rhythm guitar section. I believe by the time this album was completed, it would be the last time Crosby would ever play on a RATT album again.Lovin' You's a Dirty Job(Catchy tune, great song!), Hard Time(another good one),One Step Away (if you like pop, a bit too much like Steven Tyler?) Heads I Win, Tails You Lose(good, but DeMartini overdoes it a bit on the guitar work) Top Secret(Great, Old RATT style song)I bought it, I'm not sorry I did. If you like RATT, then indulge and make this purchase. You will experience a much more polished sound than you ever heard from RATT.

This Ratt album was released just as metal music was declining in popularity, but it still brings great classic sound. Just because the public went stupid with grunge doesn't mean the good groups still didn't rock. They still do today as well.

great album unfortunately last album. Access of Fame killed this band in the eighties along with a few others. Have a great classic rock album right before fell apart.

The disc is fine . But still however nevertheless the center of the cd cases lock was cracked