Killer on the Rampage
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{{Infobox album
| name = Killer on the Rampage
| type = Album
| artist = Eddy Grant
| cover = Eddy Grant Killer On The Rampage.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1982
| recorded = 1982
| venue =
| studio = Blue Wave Studios, St. Phillip, Barbados
| genre = * Rock{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/entertainment/798079/Eddy-still-making-waves|title=Eddy still making waves|date=26 June 2009|publisher=Stuff|access-date=29 June 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.voice-online.co.uk/entertainment/2024/03/01/over-40-years-later-eddy-grants-music-is-still-a-killer-on-the-rampage/|title=Over 40 years later, Eddy Grant’s music is still a ‘Killer On The Rampage’|author=Campbell, Joel|date=March 1, 2024|publisher=The Voice|access-date=February 26, 2025}}
| length = 41:39
| label = {{hlist|Ice|Portrait}}
| producer = Eddy Grant
| prev_title = Can't Get Enough
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Going for Broke
| next_year = 1984
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Killer on the Rampage
| type = studio
| single1 = Electric Avenue
| single1date = April 18, 1983
| single2 = I Don't Wanna Dance
| single2date = July 24, 1983
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r8515|first=Jo-Ann|last=Greene}}
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=288}}
}}
Killer on the Rampage is the sixth studio album by Eddy Grant. It remains his most successful album, hitting the top 10 in the US and the UK. It features the hits "Electric Avenue" (which was a big hit in the US and UK at #2), "I Don't Wanna Dance" (a UK #1 hit) and "War Party".
Track listing
All songs written and arranged by Eddy Grant.
- "Electric Avenue" – 3:48
- "I Don’t Wanna Dance" – 3:40
- "It's All in You" – 4:26
- "War Party" – 3:54
- "Funky Rock ’N’ Roll" – 4:30
- "Killer on the Rampage" – 3:29
- "Too Young to Fall" – 4:28
- "Latin Love Affair" – 4:18
- "Another Revolutionary" – 5:16
- "Drop, Baby, Drop" – 3:33
=US cassette bonus tracks=
6. “Electric Avenue” (Extended Version)—6:18
12. “Time Warp”—5:56
=Bonus tracks on deluxe edition=
- "Electric Avenue" (Extended Version) 6:18
- "I Don't Wanna Dance" (Extended Version) 5:41
- "War Party" (Bajan Remix Extended Version) 8:28
Personnel
;Musicians
- Eddy Grant - vocals, guitars, synthesizers, drums, producer
;Technical
- Frank Aggarat - engineer
- Tim "TimTom" Young - mastering
- Simon Fowler - photography
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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scope="col"| Chart (1982–1983)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=120}}
| 11 |
{{album chart|Austria|16|artist=Eddy Grant|album=Killer on the Rampage|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}} |
{{album chart|Canada|4|chartid=6324a|rowheader=true|access-date=19 April 2025}} |
{{album chart|Netherlands|45|artist=Eddy Grant|album=Killer on the Rampage|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}} |
{{album chart|Germany4|11|id=7205|artist=Eddy Grant|album=Killer on the Rampage|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}} |
{{album chart|New Zealand|9|artist=Eddy Grant|album=Killer on the Rampage|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}} |
{{album chart|Sweden|30|artist=Eddy Grant|album=Killer on the Rampage|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}} |
{{album chart|UK|7|artist=Eddy Grant|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}} |
{{album chart|Billboard200|10|artist=Eddy Grant|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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scope="col"| Chart (1983)
! scope="col"| Position |
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{{album chart|Canada|13|chartid=4435|rowheader=true|access-date=19 April 2025|refname=CA_YE}} |
scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1983|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|work=GfK Entertainment|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|access-date=21 February 2022}}
| 55 |
scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1983/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1983|magazine=Billboard|access-date=21 February 2022|archive-date=31 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031034452/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1983/top-billboard-200-albums|url-status=dead}}
| 51 |
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