Don't Tread
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{{Infobox album
| name = Don't Tread
| type = studio
| artist = Damn Yankees
| cover = Don't Tread (Damn Yankees album - cover art).jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1992|08|11}}
| recorded =
| studio = The Record Plant, Los Angeles
| genre = {{hlist|Hard rock|pop metal{{Cite magazine |title='Seattle sound' melts down pop metal |url=https://variety.com/1992/music/news/seattle-sound-melts-down-pop-metal-100719/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=June 13, 2023}}}}
| length = 53:02
| label = Warner Bros.
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| producer = Ron Nevison
| prev_title = Damn Yankees
| prev_year = 1990
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = studio
| cover = Damn Yankees - Don't Tread (JP).jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Japanese release cover
}}
{{Singles
| name = Don't Tread
| type = Album
| single1 = Where You Goin' Now
| single1date = September 1992
| single2 = Don't Tread on Me
| single2date = 1992
| single3 = Silence Is Broken
| single3date = 1993
| single4 = Mister Please
| single4date = 1993
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/dont-tread-r58658/review | title = Damn Yankees Don't Tread review | accessdate = April 11, 2012 | last = Erlewine | first = Stephen Thomas | author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}
| rev3 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
| rev3Score = 6/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = August 1, 2007 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | page=98 |isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}
| noprose=yes
}}
Don't Tread is the second and final studio album by the American hard rock supergroup Damn Yankees, released by Warner Bros. Records on August 11, 1992. It features their second highest charting single, the power ballad "Where You Goin' Now" which peaked at number 20.{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/dont-tread-r58658/charts-awards/billboard-single| title = Don't Tread Billboard Singles | accessdate = April 11, 2012 | publisher = AllMusic}} The album itself reached number 22 on the Billboard 200 album chart.{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/dont-tread-r58658/charts-awards| title = Don't Tread Billboard Albums | accessdate = April 11, 2012 | publisher = Allmusic}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline =
| total_length = 53:02
| all_writing = Jack Blades, Ted Nugent, and Tommy Shaw.
| title1 = Don't Tread on Me
| length1 = 5:08
| title2 = Fifteen Minutes of Fame
| length2 = 4:50
| title3 = Where You Goin' Now
| length3 = 4:40
| title4 = Dirty Dog
| length4 = 4:53
| title5 = Mister Please
| length5 = 4:19
| title6 = Silence Is Broken
| length6 = 5:03
| title7 = Firefly
| length7 = 4:57
| title8 = Someone to Believe
| length8 = 4:57
| title9 = This Side of Hell
| length9 = 4:00
| title10 = Double Coyote
| length10 = 4:44
| title11 = Uprising
| length11 = 5:31
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese release bonus track
| title12 = Come Again
| note12 = Radio Mix
| length12 = 4:10
| title13 = Bonestripper
| length13 = 4:33
}}
Personnel
= Band members =
- Tommy Shaw – guitar, vocals
- Ted Nugent – guitar, vocals
- Jack Blades – bass, vocals
- Michael Cartellone – drums
= Additional musicians =
- Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
- Tower of Power – horn section conducted by Greg Adams
- Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements, conductor
= Production =
- Ron Nevison – producer, engineer
- Craig Brock – assistant engineer
- Andy Udoff – overdubs
- Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
- John Jackson – mixing assistant
- Michael Ostin – executive producer
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| Chart (1992)
! Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Canada|62|artist=Damn Yankees|album=Don't Tread|rowheader=true|chartid=1943|accessdate=April 8, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Sweden|37|artist=Damn Yankees|album=Don't Tread|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 8, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|29|artist=Damn Yankees|album=Don't Tread|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 8, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|22|artist=Damn Yankees|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 8, 2024}} |
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Damn Yankees|title=Don't Tread
|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1992|certyear=1992}}
{{Certification Table Bottom |nosales=true}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/glamcd.cgi?BandNum=131&CDName=Don't+Tread Heavy Harmonies page]
- {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=3fbb384e-ac72-36ce-ac71-7ebd832cf2db|name=Don't Tread}}
- {{Discogs master|master=186690|name=Don't Tread|type=album}}
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Category:Damn Yankees (band) albums
Category:Albums arranged by Paul Buckmaster