Rock & Roll Strategy

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Rock & Roll Strategy
38 Special - Rock & Roll Strategy.jpg
Studio album by
38 Special
ReleasedSeptember 1988
Recorded1987-1988
Genre Southern rock, adult contemporary
Length50:58
Label A&M
Producer Rodney Mills
38 Special chronology
Flashback: The Best of 38 Special
(1987)		Rock & Roll Strategy
(1988)		 Bone Against Steel
(1991)
Professional ratings
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Rock & Roll Strategy is the eighth studio album by the southern rock band 38 Special, released in 1988. [2] It was their final album for long-time label A&M Records. The album contained the group's last top 10 hit, "Second Chance", which peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Contents

Production

The album was the first with vocalist and keyboard player Max Carl, who wrote "Little Sheba", about women wrestling in jello. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Rock & Roll Strategy" (Max Carl, Donnie Van Zant) – 4:34
  2. "What's It to Ya?" (Robert White Johnson, Michael Lunn, Van Zant) – 4:30
  3. "Little Sheba" (Carl) – 4:54
  4. "Comin' Down Tonight" (Carl, Jeff Carlisi, Johnson, Van Zant) – 4:26
  5. "Midnight Magic" (Mark Baker, Carlisi, Cal Curtis, Johnson, Van Zant) – 4:21
  6. "Second Chance" (Carl, Carlisi, Curtis) – 5:04
  7. "Hot 'Lanta" (Carl) – 5:42
  8. "Never Be Lonely" (Carl, Danny Chauncey) – 4:39
  9. "Chattahoochee" (Johnson, Lunn, Van Zant) – 4:11
  10. "Innocent Eyes" (Carl, Carlisi, Chauncey) – 4:17
  11. "Love Strikes" (Carlisi, Johnson, Van Zant) – 4:31

Personnel

.38 Special

Additional musicians

Production

Studios

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
US Billboard 20061

Singles

YearSingleChartPosition
1988"Little Sheba"US Album Rock Tracks15
"Rock & Roll Strategy"5
US Billboard Hot 10067
1989"Comin' Down Tonight"67
"Second Chance"6
US Adult Contemporary1
US Album Rock Tracks2

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References

  1. ↑ Rock & Roll Strategy at AllMusic
  2. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 702.
  3. ↑ Snider, Eric (10 Mar 1989). ".38 Special Keeps Its Southern Style". Weekend. St. Petersburg Times. p. 24.
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