Wild Cat (Tygers of Pan Tang album)

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Wild Cat
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Studio album by
Tygers of Pan Tang
Released23 August 1980
RecordedMorgan Studios, London
GenreHeavy metal
Length44:36
LabelMCA
ProducerChris Tsangarides
Tygers of Pan Tang chronology
Wild Cat
(1980) 		Spellbound
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[3]

Wild Cat is the debut album by the British heavy metal band Tygers of Pan Tang.[4][3] It was released in 1980 on MCA Records, and reached #16 on the UK album chart. The album was re-issued in 1989 in a double-LP package with Spellbound, and on CD in 1997 with bonus tracks.

Critical reception[]

Goldmine called the album "an early biker-metal classic exuding all the boisterous charm one would expect from a bunch of young kids excitedly helping build a scene."[5]

Track listing[]

All songs written by Jess Cox, Brian Dick, Rick Laws and Robb Weir except where noted.

Side one
  1. "Euthanasia" - 3:44
  2. "Slave to Freedom" - 5:55
  3. "Don't Touch Me There" - 2:58
  4. "Money" - 3:18
  5. "Killers" - 6:36
Side two
  2. "Fireclown" - 3:15
  3. "Wild Catz" - 3:06
  4. "Suzie Smiled" - 5:12
  5. "Badger Badger" - 4:10
  6. "Insanity" - 6:26
1997 CD re-issue bonus tracks
  2. "Rock 'n' Roll Man" - 2:35
  3. "Alright on the Night" - 3:08
  4. "Tush" (Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard) - 2:18 (ZZ Top cover)
  5. "Straight as a Die" - 3:13
  6. "Don't Take Nothing" - 3:03
  7. "Bad Times" - 3:12
  8. "Burning Up" - 3:58
  9. "Don't Touch Me There" (original version) - 2:33

Personnel[]

Per the liner notes

Band members
  • Jess Cox - Vocals
  • Robb Weir - Guitars and Vocals
  • Richard 'Rocky' Laws - Bass and Vocals
  • Brian "Big" Dick - Sticks, Kicks and Gong
Production
  • Chris Tsangarides - producer, engineer
  • Andrew Warwick - assistant engineer
  • Cream - design
  • Pete Vernon - photos

References[]

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Tygers of Pan Tang Wild Cat review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 371. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 8: MUZE. p. 319.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ Waksman, Steve (2009). This Ain't the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk. University of California Press. p. 188. ISBN 9780520253100.
  5. ^ "The top 25 NWOBHM records". Goldmine. Retrieved 16 August 2020.



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