Dawn Patrol (album)

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Dawn Patrol
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Studio album by
Night Ranger
ReleasedNovember 1, 1982
StudioAllen Zentz Recording, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length40:30
LabelBoardwalk
ProducerPat Glasser
Night Ranger chronology
Dawn Patrol
(1982) 		Midnight Madness
(1983)
Singles from Dawn Patrol
  1. "Don't Tell Me You Love Me"
    Released: December 1982
  2. "Sing Me Away"
    Released: April 1983 [5]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[3]
Classic RockEssential[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[4]
Daily VaultB+[6]

Dawn Patrol is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Night Ranger, released on November 1, 1982, by Neil Bogart's The Boardwalk Entertainment Co.

Background[]

During the recording of the album, the band was known as just Ranger. The first issues of the album were printed and ready to be shipped when a country band from California was found to have the same name. The band decided to name themselves Night Ranger after the song that Blades had written for the album, and Boardwalk proceeded to destroy every copy that had "Ranger" on it.

Release[]

"Don't Tell Me You Love Me", the first single, which had a music video that entered heavy rotation on MTV, reached number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number four on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[7]

The second single, "Sing Me Away", reached number 54 on the Hot 100 and number 39 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in late spring of 1983.[7]

Track listing[]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Don't Tell Me You Love Me"Jack BladesBlades4:19
2."Sing Me Away"Kelly Keagy, BladesKeagy4:09
3."At Night She Sleeps"Keagy, BladesKeagy4:08
4."Call My Name"BladesBlades3:42
5."Eddie's Comin' Out Tonight"BladesBlades4:26
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
6."Can't Find Me a Thrill"BladesBlades and Keagy3:19
7."Young Girl In Love"Keagy, BladesKeagy3:32
8."Play Rough"BladesBlades4:14
9."Penny"BladesKeagy3:47
10."Night Ranger"BladesBlades4:22

Personnel[]

Night Ranger
Production
  • Pat Glasser – producer
  • John Van Nest – engineer
  • Tucker Williamson – studio assistant
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • Mike Beard – graphic effects

Charts[]

Album[]

References[]

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo (October 28, 2013). "30 Years Ago: Night Ranger Release 'Midnight Madness'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Elliott, Paul (February 20, 2015). "Buyer's Guide: Night Ranger". Classic Rock. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Night Ranger - Dawn Patrol review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 242. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  5. ^ "Night Ranger singles".
  6. ^ Thelen, Christopher (January 3, 2000). "Dawn Patrol: Night Ranger". Daily Vault. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Night Ranger Chart History". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  8. ^ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 37, No. 26, February 26, 1983". Library and Archives Canada. February 26, 1983. Retrieved May 28, 2021.

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