Used and Abused (album)

Used & Abused
Used & Abused
Studio album by Danger Radio
Released	July 8, 2008
Recorded	The Tree Fort; (Los Angeles); Sound City; (Los Angeles); The Matrix; (Los Angeles); Phantom Studios; (Westlake Village, CA)
Genre	Power pop
Length	46:05
Label	Photo Finish
Producer	Mike Green; Mike Elizondo; Martin Johnson
Danger Radio chronology
Singles from Used and Abused
	"Slow Dance with a Stranger"; Released: July 2008;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Tune	(B+)^[1]

Used and Abused is the only full-length album by the Seattle powerpop band Danger Radio. It was released on July 8, 2008 and spent one week on the Billboard 200 at number 198.^[2]

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"So Far Gone"	Andrew de Torres, Nico Hartikainen, Mike Green	3:25
2.	"Things"	Andrew de Torres, Nico Hartikainen, Mike Elizondo	3:03
3.	"One More Chance"	Andrew de Torres, Nico Hartikainen, Mike Green	3:22
4.	"Kiss N' Tell"	Andrew de Torres, Nico Hartikainen	3:41
5.	"Your Kind (Speak to Me)"	Andrew de Torres, Nico Hartikainen, Mike Elizondo	3:24
6.	"Slow Dance with a Stranger"	Andrew de Torres, Nico Hartikainen, Tim James, Antonina Armato, Martin Johnson	3:28
7.	"Used and Abused"	Andrew de Torres, Nico Hartikainen, Mike Elizondo	4:22
8.	"Alive for the First Time"	Andrew de Torres, Nico Hartikainen, Mike Green, Martin Johnson	4:27
9.	"You All Believe"	Andrew de Torres, Nico Hartikainen	3:51
10.	"Broken Man"	Andrew de Torres, Nico Hartikainen, Lauren Christy, Scott Spock, Graham Edwards	3:41
11.	"Think About It"	Andrew de Torres, Nico Hartikainen	3:48
12.	"Another Lesson in Love"	Andrew de Torres, Nico Hartikainen, Mike Elizondo, Raine Maida	3:05
13.	"Where I Started"	Andrew de Torres, Nico Hartikainen, Mike Green	3:36

iTunes bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Heart You Stole"	3:39
15.	"Party Foul"	3:06

Personnel[]

Danger Radio^[3]

Andrew de Torres – vocals
Andy Brookins – guitar
Elan Wright – guitar
Marvin Kunkel – bass guitar
Nico Hartikainen – drums, programming, additional keyboards on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13, additional instrumentation on tracks 2, 5, 7 and 12
Spencer Phillips – keyboards, piano, programming

Additional personnel^[3]

Mike Green – production on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13, programming on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13, additional keyboards on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13, additional guitar on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13, mixing on track 13
Larry Solak – trumpet on tracks 1 and 4
Adam Hawkins – engineering
Martin Johnson (of Boys Like Girls) – production on tracks 6 and 8
Mike Elizondo – production on tracks 2, 5, 7 and 12, additional instrumentation on tracks 2, 5, 7 and 12
Brent Arrowood – engineering
Serban Ghenea – mixing on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
Ted Jensen – mastering

References[]

^ The Tune review
^ Used and Abused (Billboard 200 chart), Billboard, July 26, 2008.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b CD liner notes

[1] The Tune review

[2] Used and Abused (Billboard 200 chart), Billboard, July 26, 2008.

[liner-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b CD liner notes

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