Ready to Strike is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band King Kobra, released in 1985 by Capitol Records.
| Ready to Strike | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 28, 1985[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Studio | Pasha Music House Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 39:18 | |||
| Label | Capitol/EMI | |||
| Producer | ||||
| King Kobra chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
The single "Hunger" was written by members of the Canadian metal band Kick Axe and was released by them in 1986 in The Transformers: The Movie soundtrack album, under the alias Spectre General.
Track listing edit
- "Ready to Strike" (King Kobra, H. Banger, Spencer Proffer) - 5:20
- "Hunger" (Proffer, Larry Gillstrom, Brian Gillstrom, Victor Langen, George Criston, Raymond Harvey) - 3:26
- "Shadow Rider" (King Kobra, H. Banger, Proffer) - 4:04
- "Shake Up" (King Kobra, H. Banger, Proffer) - 3:29
- "Attention" (King Kobra, H. Banger, Proffer) - 3:43
- "Breakin' Out" (King Kobra) - 3:59
- "Tough Guys" (King Kobra, H. Banger, Proffer) - 4:21
- "Dancing with Desire" (King Kobra, H. Banger, Proffer) - 5:36
- "Second Thoughts" (King Kobra, Proffer) - 3:47
- "Piece of the Rock" (Proffer, L.Gillstrom, B.Gillstrom, Langen, Criston, Harvey) - 3:33
Personnel edit
Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[3]
- Band members
- Mark Free – lead and backing vocals
- David Michael-Philips – lead and rhythm guitars, guitar synthesizer, backing vocals
- Mick Sweda – lead and rhythm guitars, guitar synthesizer, backing vocals
- Johnny Rod – bass, backing vocals
- Carmine Appice – drums, electric and acoustic percussion, backing vocals, associate producer
- Production
- Spencer Proffer – producer (for Pasha), additional engineer, arrangements
- King Kobra – arrangements, cover concept
- Duane Baron – engineer
- Alex Woltman – assistant engineer
- Hanspeter Huber – additional engineer
- George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
- Vigon Seireeni – art direction, design
- Ray Tusken – A&R coordination for Capitol
- Carol Peters – coordination for Pasha
- Cathy Goodman – coordination for Miller Management
- Allan Miller – management for Miller Management
References edit
- ^ "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. 22 February 1985. p. 25. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ Theakston, Rob. "King Kobra Ready to Strike review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ^ Theakston, Rob. "King Kobra Ready to Strike review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-09-20.