Struck Down

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Struck Down
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Studio album by
Yesterday and Today
ReleasedJune 1978 [1]
Recorded The Record Plant,
Sausalito and Los Angeles
Genre
Length29:35
Label London
Producer Jimmy Robinson
Yesterday and Today chronology
Yesterday and Today
(1976)		Struck Down
(1978)		 Earthshaker
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 10/10 [3]

Struck Down is the second studio album by American hard rock/heavy metal band Yesterday and Today, released in 1978. It was one of the last rock albums to be released by London Records.

Contents

The band would change their name to Y&T for their next studio album, Earthshaker .

Critical reception

On its release, reviewers of Record World considered group "completely self-contained" and expressed an opinion that "hard rockers and heavy metal enthusiasts should delight to "I'm Lost" and "Struck Down". [4] Billboard in its review of 15 July 1978 found the band on this album "continues its emphasis on high energy rock'n'roll in the Van Halen tradition". In comparison with debut LP this one has more polished sound due to Robinson's production. Reviewer concluded that "the writing is also sharper and more on the lyrical side, delivered convincingly and instrumentally supported by pulsating guitar riffs" and named among the best tracks the following: "Struck Down", "Tried to Show You", "Pleasure in My Heart" and "Dreams of Egypt". [5]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Struck Down" Dave Meniketti, Leonard Haze 4:33
2."Pleasure in My Heart"Meniketti, Haze4:44
3."Road"Meniketti, Haze2:58
4."Nasty Sadie"Haze, Joey Alves, Meniketti3:48
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Dreams of Egypt"Haze, Meniketti4:14
6."Tried to Show You"Meniketti3:43
7."I'm Lost"Meniketti, Phil Kennemore, Haze2:59
8."Stargazer (Round & Round)"Kennemore4:36

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Strong, Martin (1998). The Great Metal Discography. Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 379. ISBN   0-86241-727-9.
  2. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r52978
  3. ↑ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p.  317. ISBN   978-1894959025.
  4. ↑ "Album Picks. Yesterday and Today — Struck Down" (PDF). Record World . Vol. 35, no. 1615. New York: Record World Publications Inc. 10 June 1978. p. 27. ISSN   0034-1622. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2023– via World Radio History.
  5. ↑ "Top Album Picks: Yesterday and Today — Struck Down" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 90, no. 28. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. 15 July 1978. p. 72. ISSN   0006-2510. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022– via World Radio History.
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