Invasion of Your Privacy

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Invasion of Your Privacy
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 13, 1985 (1985-06-13) [1]
Recorded1985
Studio Rumbo (Los Angeles)
Atlantic (New York)
Genre
Length36:02
Label Atlantic
Producer Beau Hill
Ratt chronology
Out of the Cellar
(1984)
Invasion of Your Privacy
(1985)
Dancing Undercover
(1986)
Singles from Invasion of Your Privacy
  1. "Lay It Down"
    Released: June 1985 (US) [4]
  2. "You're in Love"
    Released: September 1985 (US) [5]
  3. "What You Give Is What You Get"
    Released: January 25, 1986 (Japan) [6]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 7/10 [8]
Metal Storm 8.9/10 [9]
Rolling Stone (mixed) [10]

Invasion of Your Privacy is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Ratt. It was released in 1985 and featured the singles "Lay It Down", "You're in Love" and "What You Give Is What You Get". Beau Hill produced the album, and the cover model is Playboy model Marianne Gravatte, who also made an appearance in the "Lay It Down" music video. In 2015, Loudwire ranked the album as the 8th best metal album of 1985. [2]

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You're in Love" Juan Croucier, Stephen Pearcy 3:12
2."Never Use Love"Pearcy3:54
3."Lay It Down" Warren DeMartini, Croucier, Robbin Crosby, Pearcy3:23
4."Give It All"Crosby, Pearcy3:19
5."Closer to My Heart"Crosby, Pearcy4:30
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Between the Eyes"DeMartini, Pearcy3:54
7."What You Give Is What You Get"Croucier3:47
8."Got Me on the Line"Crosby, Pearcy3:04
9."You Should Know by Now"Crosby, Croucier, Pearcy3:29
10."Dangerous but Worth the Risk"DeMartini, Croucier, Pearcy3:30

Personnel

Ratt

Production

Charts

Chart (1985)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [11] 12
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [12] 32
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 50
US Billboard 200 [14] 7

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [15] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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