Don't Tread

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Don't Tread
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 11, 1992
Studio The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
Genre Hard rock
Length53:02
Label Warner Bros.
45025
Producer Ron Nevison
Damn Yankees chronology
Damn Yankees
(1990)
Don't Tread
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 [2]

Don't Tread is the second and final studio album released by the American hard rock supergroup Damn Yankees. It features their second highest charting single, the power ballad "Where You Goin' Now" which peaked at number 20. [3] The album itself reached number 22 on the Billboard 200 album chart. [4]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Jack Blades, Ted Nugent and Tommy Shaw.

  1. "Don't Tread on Me" – 5:08
  2. "Fifteen Minutes of Fame" – 4:50
  3. "Where You Goin' Now" – 4:40
  4. "Dirty Dog" – 4:53
  5. "Mister Please" – 4:19
  6. "Silence Is Broken" – 5:03
  7. "Firefly" – 4:57
  8. "Someone to Believe" – 4:57
  9. "This Side of Hell" – 4:00
  10. "Double Coyote" – 4:44
  11. "Uprising" – 5:31
  12. "Come Again (Live) Japan Bonus Track
  13. "Bonestripper" Japan Bonus Track

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Production

Chart positions

Album - Billboard (United States) [4]

YearChartPosition
1992The Billboard 20022

Singles - Billboard (United States) [3]

YearSingleChartPosition
1992"Don't Tread on Me"Mainstream Rock Tracks3
"Mister Please"Mainstream Rock Tracks3
"Where You Goin Now"Mainstream Rock Tracks6
"Where You Goin' Now"Billboard Hot 10020
Top 40 Mainstream10
1993"Silence Is Broken"Mainstream Rock Tracks20
Billboard Hot 10062
Top 40 Mainstream38

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