Invasion of Your Privacy

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{{Infobox album

| name = Invasion of Your Privacy

| type = Album

| artist = Ratt

| cover = RattInvasion.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1985|05|30}}{{cite magazine|date=May 24, 1985|title=New Releases|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1985/FMQB-1985-05-24.pdf|magazine=FMQB|page=32|access-date=April 5, 2023}}

| recorded = 1985

| studio = Rumbo (Los Angeles)
Atlantic (New York)

| genre = *Heavy metal{{Cite web|date=December 28, 2015|first=Joe|last=DiVita|title=10 Best Metal Albums of 1985|url=https://loudwire.com/10-best-metal-albums-of-1985/|access-date=December 15, 2022|website=Loudwire|language=en}}

  • glam metal{{cite web|title= Top 50 Glam Metal Albums |website= Metal Rules |url= http://www.metal-rules.com/polls/index.php?id=8 |access-date= February 24, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171126083532/http://www.metal-rules.com/polls/index.php?id=8 |archive-date= November 26, 2017 |url-status= dead}}

| length = 36:02

| label = Atlantic

| producer = Beau Hill

| prev_title = Out of the Cellar

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = Dancing Undercover

| next_year = 1986

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Invasion of Your Privacy

| type = studio

| single1 = Lay It Down

| single1date = June 1985 (US) {{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Ratt&titel=Lay+It+Down&cat=s|title=Ratt singles}}

| single2 = You're in Love

| single2date = September 1985 (US) {{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Ratt&titel=You%27re+In+Love&cat=s|title=Ratt singles}}

| single3 = What You Give Is What You Get

| single3date = January 25, 1986 (Japan) {{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Ratt&titel=What+You+Give+Is+What+You+Get&cat=s|title=Ratt singles}}

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/invasion-of-your-privacy-mw0000195401 |title=Ratt – Invasion of Your Privacy review |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |work=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |access-date=June 15, 2015 }}

| rev2 =Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev2Score = 7/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = November 1, 2005 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1-894959-31-5|pages=282–283}}

|rev3 = Metal Storm

|rev3score = 8.9/10{{cite web |url=http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=2526 |title=Ratt – Invasion of Your Privacy |publisher=Metal Storm |date=January 3, 2006 |access-date=June 16, 2015 }}

|rev4 = Rolling Stone

|rev4score = (mixed){{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ratt/albums/album/305476/review/5941433/invasion_of_your_privacy |title=Album Reviews: Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy |last=Holmes |first=Tim |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 12, 1985 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002062108/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ratt/albums/album/305476/review/5941433/invasion_of_your_privacy |archive-date=October 2, 2007 |access-date=June 15, 2015 }}

| noprose = yes

}}

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.

Track listing

{{tracklist

| headline = Side one

| title1 = You're in Love

| length1 = 3:12

| writer1 = Juan Croucier, Stephen Pearcy

| title2 = Never Use Love

| length2 = 3:54

| writer2 = Pearcy

| title3 = Lay It Down

| length3 = 3:23

| writer3 = Warren DeMartini, Croucier, Robbin Crosby, Pearcy

| title4 = Give It All

| length4 = 3:19

| writer4 = Crosby, Pearcy

| title5 = Closer to My Heart

| length5 = 4:30

| writer5 = Crosby, Pearcy

}}

{{tracklist

| headline = Side two

| title6 = Between the Eyes

| length6 = 3:54

| writer6 = DeMartini, Pearcy

| title7 = What You Give Is What You Get

| length7 = 3:47

| writer7 = Croucier

| title8 = Got Me on the Line

| length8 = 3:04

| writer8 = Crosby, Pearcy

| title9 = You Should Know by Now

| length9 = 3:29

| writer9 = Crosby, Croucier, Pearcy

| title10 = Dangerous but Worth the Risk

| length10 = 3:30

| writer10 = DeMartini, Croucier, Pearcy

}}

Personnel

=Ratt=

  • Stephen Pearcy – lead vocals
  • Robbin Crosby – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Warren DeMartini – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Juan Croucier – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Bobby Blotzer – drums, percussion

=Production=

  • Beau Hill – producer, engineer
  • Jim Faraci, Stephen Benben – engineers
  • Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York

Charts

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Chart (1985)

!Peak
position

{{album chart|Canada|12|chartid=0559|artist=Ratt|album=Invasion of Your Privacy|rowheader=true|access-date=March 24, 2021}}
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| align="center"| 32

{{album chart|UK2|50|date=19850707|rowheader=true|access-date=March 24, 2021}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|7|artist=Ratt|rowheader=true|access-date=March 24, 2021}}

Certifications

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References