Don't Let Up (album)

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Don't Let Up
Night Ranger Dont Let Up Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 24, 2017 (2017-03-24)
Genre Hard rock
Length50:35
Label Frontiers
Night Ranger chronology
High Road
(2014)
Don't Let Up
(2017)

Don't Let Up is the twelfth studio album by American hard rock band Night Ranger, released on March 24, 2017. [1] It peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart on June 15, 2017. [2] It is the first Night Ranger studio album to feature Keri Kelli on guitar, who replaced Joel Hoekstra after he left to join Whitesnake. [3] [4]

Night Ranger American rock band

Night Ranger is an American rock band from San Francisco formed in 1979 that gained popularity during the 1980s with a series of albums and singles. The band's first five albums sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and have sold 17 million albums total. The quintet is best known for the power ballad "Sister Christian", which peaked at No. 5 in June 1984.

<i>Billboard</i> (magazine) American music magazine

Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style, and is also known for its music charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular songs and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows.

Keri Kelli American guitarist

Keri Kelli is an American hard rock guitarist who has played with artists and groups including Alice Cooper, Slash, Jani Lane, Vince Neil and John Waite. In March 2013 he formed Project Rock together with James Kottak from the Scorpions. Project Rock consisted of Keri Kelli, James Kottak, Tim 'Ripper' Owens, Rudy Sarzo & Teddy Zig-Zag. Kelli most recently toured with the band Night Ranger.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Somehow Someway" (Jack Blades / Brad Gillis / Kelly Keagy / Keri Kelli) – 4:40
  2. "Running Out of Time" (Jack Blades / Brad Gillis / Kelly Keagy) – 4:25
  3. "Truth" (Jack Blades / Brad Gillis / Kelly Keagy / Keri Kelli) – 4:26
  4. "Day and Night" (Jack Blades / Brad Gillis / Kelly Keagy) – 5:21
  5. "Don't Let Up" (Jack Blades / Brad Gillis / Kelly Keagy / Keri Kelli) – 4:19
  6. "(Won't Be Your) Fool Again" (Jack Blades / Brad Gillis / Kelly Keagy) – 5:20
  7. "Say What You Want" (Jack Blades / Brad Gillis / Kelly Keagy) – 4:16
  8. "We Can Work It Out" (Jack Blades / Brad Gillis / Kelly Keagy) – 4:02
  9. "Comfort Me" (Jack Blades / Brad Gillis / Kelly Keagy / Keri Kelli) – 5:10
  10. "Jamie" (Jack Blades / Brad Gillis / Kelly Keagy) – 3:58
  11. "Nothing Left of Yesterday" (Jack Blades / Brad Gillis / Kelly Keagy) – 4:38

Personnel

Jack Blades American musician

Jack Martin Blades is an American musician. He has worked in several bands: Rubicon, Night Ranger, and Damn Yankees. He also recorded with Tommy Shaw under the name Shaw Blades, and has done work alongside the Tak Matsumoto Group. His most recent efforts include a second solo CD. He is also a member of the band Revolution Saints.

Kelly Keagy American musician

Kelly Dean Keagy is an American drummer and vocalist, best known for his work with Night Ranger. Keagy sang lead vocals on several of their hits, such as "Sister Christian", "Sing Me Away", and "Sentimental Street".

Brad Gillis guitarist

Bradley Frank "Brad" Gillis is a guitarist most famous for playing with the band Night Ranger. He was in the band Rubicon during the 1970s before Night Ranger. Since forming in 1979, Gillis and drummer Kelly Keagy are the only members to have appeared in every incarnation of the band and all studio releases. However, since Keagy missed several shows for the first time in 2017, Gillis is the only Night Ranger member to have appeared at every live performance in the band's history. He has also played for Ozzy Osbourne and Fiona, and has released solo albums. Gillis’s musical side projects include placing over 300 songs for ESPN’s Sports Center, The X Games, Fox Sports, Tiger Woods Sony PlayStation Games, EA Sports, The Fuse Channel and many others. He has appeared in over a dozen music videos, with TV performances on American Bandstand, Solid Gold, Rock & Roll Tonight and thousands of live concerts. He also participated in the one-time collaboration, Hear 'n Aid, for the promotional single, "Stars," which helped raise $1 million for famine relief in Africa. He was one of several lead guitarists to contribute guitar solos for the cause, including Vivian Campbell, Buck Dharma, and Neal Schon. His first solo album Gilrock Ranch produced a top twenty single, “Honest to God,” which was co-written and sung by Gregg Allman.

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