Radio Active (Pat Travers album)

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Radio Active
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Studio album by
Released1981
RecordedOctober 1980 – February 1981
Genre Hard rock
Label Polydor
Producer Dennis Mackay, Pat Travers
Pat Travers chronology
Crash and Burn
(1980)
Radio Active
(1981)
Black Pearl
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Radio Active is an album released by Pat Travers on Polydor Records in 1981. Radio Active was Pat Travers' first release after the highly successful Crash and Burn . However, Pat Thrall and Tommy Aldridge had already left the band. Travers and Cowling forged on with former Blackjack drummer Sandy Gennaro, but the album barely made it into the Top 40.[ which? ] It was quite different from Travers' previous work, with more emphasis on keyboards than heavy guitars. Disappointed with the lack of sales, Polygram dropped Travers from their roster. Travers' successfully sued Polydor for breach of contract which he won which allowed him to record two future albums on the label.

Contents

Radio Active was recorded at Bee Jay Recording Studios in Orlando, Florida, from October 1980 to February 1981.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Pat Travers except where indicated

  1. "New Age Music" (Roger Lewis, Ian Lewis, Jacob Miller, Bernard Harvey) – 5:05
  2. "My Life is on the Line" – 3:43
  3. "(I Just Wanna) Live it My Way" – 5:32
  4. "I Don't Wanna Be Awake" – 3:54
  5. "I Can Love You" – 2:24
  6. "Untitled" – 3:25
  7. "Feelin' In Love" – 3:30
  8. "Play It Like You See It" – 5:12
  9. "Electric Detective" - 3:07

Personnel

Additional Personnel

Charts

Album - Billboard

YearChartPosition
1981Pop Albums37 [2]

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