National Breakout
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{{Infobox album
| name = National Breakout
| type = Album
| artist = the Romantics
| cover = Nationalbreakout.jpg
| alt =
| released = December 1980
| recorded = August 1980
| venue =
| studio = A&R Studios, New York
| genre = Pop rock
| length = 35:17
| label = Nemperor
| producer = Peter Solley
| prev_title = The Romantics
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Strictly Personal
| next_year = 1981
}}
National Breakout is the second album by the American band the Romantics, released in 1980 on Nemperor Records.{{cite news |last1=Cromonic |first1=Richard |title=Reviews/Record |work=The Boston Globe |date=15 Jan 1981 |department=Calendar |page=1}}{{cite news |last1=McMenemy |first1=Lauren |title=Here's the blueprint for how to make the most of your one-hit-wonder status... |work=The Advertiser |date=8 Aug 2002 |page=44}} It peaked at No. 176 on the Billboard 200.{{cite book |last1=Gimarc |first1=George |title=Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982 |date=2005 |publisher=Backbeat Books |page=391}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r23965/review}}
}}
Goldmine opined that "too much of the record is a misguided, somewhat ham-fisted attempt at arena rock, with some just-plain-dumb lyrics."{{cite magazine |last1=Borack |first1=John M. |title=The Romantics/National Breakout |magazine=Goldmine |date=Jul 18, 2008 |volume=34 |issue=15 |page=50}}
Track listing
All songs written by Wally Palmar, Jimmy Marinos and Mike Skill, except where noted.
{{Track listing
| title1 = Tomboy
| writer1 =
| length1 = 2:28
| title2 = Forever Yours
| writer2 =
| length2 = 2:52
| title3 = Stone Pony
| writer3 =
| length3 = 2:37
| title4 = New Cover Story
| writer4 =
| length4 = 3:02
| title5 = A Night Like This
| writer5 =
| length5 = 5:05
| title6 = National Breakout
| writer6 =
| length6 = 2:33
| title7 = 21 and Over
| writer7 =
| length7 = 4:08
| title8 = I Can't Tell You Anything
| writer8 = Palmar, Marinos, Skill, Richard Cole
| length8 = 3:35
| title9 = Take Me Out of the Rain
| writer9 =
| length9 = 2:27
| title10 =Friday at the Hideout
| writer10 = David Leone
| length10 = 3:00
| title11 = Poor Little Rich Girl
| writer11 =
| length11 = 3:30
}}
Personnel
;The Romantics
- Wally Palmar – rhythm guitar
- Mike Skill – lead guitar
- Richard Cole – bass
- Jimmy Marinos – drums
;Technical
- Peter Solley – producer
- Steve Brown – engineer
- Gerard McConville – assistant engineer
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- The Romantics – album concept
- Karen Katz – cover design
- Sheila Linz – hand coloring
- David Tan – photography
References
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{{The Romantics}}
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