Warrior (Scandal album) explained

Warrior
Type:studio
Artist:Scandal
Cover:Scandal - Warrior album.jpg
Released:August 21, 1984
Recorded:The Record Plant, New York, New York, August 1983–January 1984
Genre:AOR, pop rock
Length:43:19
Label:Columbia
Producer:Mike Chapman
Prev Title:Scandal
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:Scandalous
Next Year:1992

Warrior is the debut and sole studio album by American rock band Scandal (billed on the album as "Scandal featuring Patty Smyth"). The album reached a high of No. 17 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on the strength of the lead single "The Warrior". In 2014, an expanded and remastered edition was released, which included as bonus tracks the five songs from the 1982 EP, Scandal.[1]

Charts

Chart (1984)Position
United States (Billboard 200)17
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 70

Personnel

Scandal

Additional musicians

+ On the album, it states that Andy Newmark played drums on the song "Hands Tied"; however, drum aficionados believe he actually played on the next song "Less Than Half" instead, since the complicated rhythm pattern replicates a technique/style that he commonly used.

Production

Chart performance

The album spent 41 weeks on the U.S. Billboard album charts and reached its peak position of #17 in early October 1984.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rock Candy Records New Releases - KROKUS & SCANDAL. August 22, 2014. MelodicRock.com.
  2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 266.
  3. Web site: Billboard 200: Scandal . 2017 . . Billboard.com . February 9, 2017 .