Struck Down
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{{Infobox album
| name = Struck Down
| type = studio
| artist = Yesterday and Today
| cover = struck_down_cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 1978{{cite book|last=Strong|first=Martin|date=1998|title=The Great Metal Discography|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Canongate Books|page=379|isbn=0-86241-727-9}}
| recorded = The Record Plant,
Sausalito and Los Angeles
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Hard rock|heavy metal}}
| length = 29:35
| label = London
| producer = Jimmy Robinson
| prev_title = Yesterday and Today
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Earthshaker
| next_year = 1981
}}
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. A remastered version was released on CD by Rock Candy Records in June 2025.
The band would change their name to Y&T for their next studio album, Earthshaker.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r52978|pure_url=yes}}
| rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
| rev2Score = 10/10{{cite book |last=Popoff |first=Martin |author-link=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies |publisher=Collector's Guide Publishing |date=October 2003 |location=Burlington, Ontario, Canada |isbn=978-1894959025 |page=[https://archive.org/details/collectorsguidet0000popo/page/316/mode/2up 317]}}
| noprose = yes
}}
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".{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/78/RW-1978-06-10.pdf|title=Album Picks. Yesterday and Today — Struck Down|magazine=Record World|location=New York|publisher=Record World Publications Inc.|volume=35|issue=1615|page=27|date=10 June 1978|issn=0034-1622|access-date=29 January 2023|via=World Radio History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129122709/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/78/RW-1978-06-10.pdf|archive-date=29 November 2022|url-status=live}} 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".{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1978/Billboard%201978-07-15.pdf|title=Top Album Picks: Yesterday and Today — Struck Down|magazine=Billboard|date=15 July 1978|volume=90|number=28|page=72|location=New York|publisher=Billboard Publications Inc.|access-date=25 August 2022|via=World Radio History|issn=0006-2510|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131084341/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1978/Billboard%201978-07-15.pdf|archive-date=31 January 2023}}
Track listing
{{track listing
|headline= Side one
|title1= Struck Down
|writer1= Dave Meniketti, Leonard Haze
|length1= 4:33
|title2= Pleasure in My Heart
|writer2= Meniketti, Haze
|length2= 4:44
|title3= Road
|writer3= Meniketti, Haze
|length3= 2:58
|title4= Nasty Sadie
|writer4= Haze, Joey Alves, Meniketti
|length4= 3:48
}}
{{track listing
|headline= Side two
|title5= Dreams of Egypt
|writer5= Haze, Meniketti
|length5= 4:14
|title6= Tried to Show You
|writer6= Meniketti
|length6= 3:43
|title7= I'm Lost
|writer7= Meniketti, Phil Kennemore, Haze
|length7= 2:59
|title8= Stargazer (Round & Round)
|writer8= Kennemore
|length8= 4:36
}}
Personnel
- Dave Meniketti – vocals, guitar
- Joey Alves – guitar, vocals
- Phil Kennemore – bass, vocals
- Leonard Haze – percussion, drums, vocals
- Robert Russ – piano
- Cherie Currie – backing vocals
- Galen Cook – organ
References
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External links
- [http://www.yandtrocks.com Official Y&T website]
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