Let's Discuss...Ratt "Invasion of Your Privacy"

Let's discuss Ratt's second full length studio album "Invasion of Your Privacy" featuring hits like "Lay it Down" and "You're In Love"
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[@Easystreet208]

Beau Hill deserves a shout out for his work in this album. The sound of pearcys voice and the guitars will always stand the test of time. It’s killer from start to end!!!

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

I agree, his production is great, he was one of the best during that era.

[@gregsimmons694]

Love Ratt! I may be the biggest Ratt fan! Lay it down ! Iconic guitar riff! You're in love! Never use love! You should know by now ! Fun song! What you give is what you get a favorite of my daughter's !Closer to my heart! God bless all the Ratt n rollers ! Savior JESUS keep you safe always ! Thanks for sharing! God bless you my friend!

[@alfrednorman4255]

Big ratt fan from high school i am 56 still a fan give it all still a good song.

[@gregsimmons694]

I like out of the cellar more! That album could of had 7 singles come off it In 84! Lay it down may be my favorite Ratt song though ! Iconic opening riff! Thanks for sharing!

[@mordantrhed]

This is a great album in Ratt's discography. Back then, to me, they stood out as having a heavier sound compared to their contemporaries.

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

I agree, they were heavier than many of the other L.A. bands.

[@metalcatz888]

Strong sophomore LP, memorable songs, great hooks, choruses catchy. I go back and forth between Cellar & Invasion. Ratt n Roll!!

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

Hard to pick between the two...both great

[@66TGE]

Maybe the best guitarsound ever on a record. I just love it. They dipped a bit on Reach for the Sky but came back realy strong on Detonator.

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

Yeah, the guitar tone on this record is just great!

[@jaredmoen9114]

First three Ratt albums are fantastic, all clock in at a swift 35 minutes and I can play them front to back all killer no filler! The Rock Candy remasters on CD sound great!

[@mattmacarthur520]

@@jaredmoen9114 well said . I actually prefer reach for the sky over dancing and detonator , reach gets a bad rap , but I think it’s their most underrated album . They stretched out a bit more on that record and I dig it. Ratts first 5 albums are all killer though , yeah they had some average songs here and there but the majority of the tunes on their first 5 records are top notch classic hard rocking staples … such a great band , wayyyy better that the extremely overrated Motley Crue

[@scottbaylor6215]

Nice review. RATT was my introduction to the heavy metal genre. I was about 11 at the time Out of the Cellar came out. My older cousin played that and Quiet Riot's Metal Health album and I preferred RATT over it. I then bought all the RATT albums on cassette and played them until the tapes were worn. Having to think back, this album edges out their freshman release. Give it All and Lay it Down as well as the opening track, were my favorites off of this album. Love to see their catalog get a remastering some day. I have a few greatest hits albums that got the treatment but like to see the albums get that kind of attention as they deserve it.

[@UnchainedEruption]

I love this album! Warren DeMartini is such a great guitarist, a real inspiration for me. Fantastic riffs, and he's such a melodic lead player.

[@evileyes4070]

Hi John you and Darin told a story about Ozzy on yah podcast Blizzard of Oz. interview with Noddy Holder talks Reading Gig 1980 . Is new on You Tube and adds to that discussion 😍😍😍😎

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

Thanks...I'll check it out.

[@briansf7012]

My favorite Ratt album. Didn't care for Reach for The Sky. Had the poster of the cover to. Got Me On The Line kicks a**

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

Yeah!

[@pvdguitars2951]

That’s the cover of The Godz album behind you. Wow, I played this a tons back in 1977!

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

It's a cool album

[@pvdguitars2951]

@@LairoftheAlchemist under the table is EPIC! The Golden Earring cover kicks ass, and the rest of the album is great good time biker rock!

[@YT-wg8vt]

For me, this album has gotten better with time. Not as strong as Out of The Cellar, but as you said John….. it has some great deep cuts. Between The Eyes and What You Give Is What You Get stand out. Always liked You’re In Love from the moment I heard it. Lay It Down is one that has grown on me. Don’t remember liking it as much as I do now. What an opening riff to that song. I remember hearing Beau Hill talk about hearing that riff from Warren the first time and how blown away he was by it. It had to be the first single, in his opinion. Great sophomore album. After this album, it was a steady decline for Ratt in terms of albums, in my view.

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

This is the peak of Ratt for me.

[@mhayes22167]

Ditto

[@SepiaChild]

Best predominantly Glam/Heavy Metal 🤘🏻 album and great musicianship all songs are within 3 minutes not long and boring like most HardRock /HeavyMetal albums this album is loaded with Metal Riffs 🤘🏻

[@INTOTHEPIT]

Their best imo and definitely an album I still enjoy thoroughly to this day

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

Cool

[@russellgentile4719]

I prefer Out of the Cellar but this is still a great album. I lent this CD and Out of the Cellar to some friend (don't know who) back in the day and never got them back.🙁

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

bummer...you can still pick up those original CDs for a few bucks, they sound great.

[@alfrednorman4255]

Your right love in vasision and dokken

[@ianmacdonald7987]

There’s really not much in it but I think this one has always just edged Cellar for me. The Invasion tour was also the only time I ever saw them live, supporting Ozzy on the Ultimate Sin tour. Not an obvious match, but worked for me

[@cassettemayhem-dan3086]

Invasion has always been my fave RATT album, yes like you I got a bit burned out with Out of the Cellar but still a fantastic album, love the opening riff to Lay it Down, sounds easy but still very technical, I’ve always said that Warren is one of the most underrated guitarist, this is always my go to RATT album, great review, cheers bro

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

Warren is underrated

[@pvdguitars2951]

Nr 1 for the cover art😉

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

I forgot to talk about the cover...haha

[@SGtem]

I personally like Out of the Cellar just a tad better , I always thought that RATT stood out amongst their peers because they at times sounded more traditional heavy metal than the poppier sounds of post Shout at the Devil Motley Crue or Dokken or Poison or Bon Jovi etc…

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

I agree, Ratt had their own sound, a bit heavier and more "metal"

[@SGtem]

@@LairoftheAlchemist hey do you remember Rough Cutt ? Should do a segment on them..

[@humbug4478]

Pearcy was mates with Eddie and a guitar player so it makes sense he could write a van halen influenced riff but I didn't realise it wasn't Crosby Demartini either, I still remember the first time I heard it at my mates when it had just been released over here in Australia and he had bought the Cure close to me 7 inch and I had to sit through that first.

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

good point!

[@rayjones4616]

I love this album, an excellent follow-up to Out of the Cellar, but not quite it's equal.

[@dwaynestjohn5324]

Great album great band

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

Yeah

[@UnchainedEruption]

Out of the Cellar is great, but I think Invasion is better, a definite step up.

[@kevinsmith7-7-7]

It goes 1,2,3 for Albums from me

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

I like Detonator a bit more than Reach for the Sky

[@kevinsmith7-7-7]

@@LairoftheAlchemist See Detonator lost me with the pop and I am all about pop I like Poison but it's just the oppostie for me Reach by a hair over Detonator

[@66TGE]

@@LairoftheAlchemist Invasion of Your Privacy has allways been my fav Ratt album but The last couple of years my go to record has been Detonator. Now a days its a tie.

[@brandonio_granger]

Let's not forget about that killer RATT debut EP 🤟

[@juanpedrogarciachuecos9330]

Para mi la portada del invasion es de las mad iconicas de mi discografia,me impacto en la epoca....siempre me pregunté que cara tendria la chica de la portada pues la figura como fisico me encantaba... ,y cuarenta años despues se la puse al enterarme de que era la entonces novia del guitarrista de ratt y la que fue esposa de Coverdale tawny kitaen....invasion of yout privacy para mi es el disco clave de Ratt.recuerdo que lo compre en cassette..😅😅

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

Thanks

[@alfrednorman4255]

Lay it down was better than around and around

[@therockbeast6214]

AT SOMEPOINT DO WINGER DEBUT FOR LETS DICUSS

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

Yeah….I can do that.

[@alfrednorman4255]

Can I follow your app

[@arturoalmazan5262]

Out of the cellar was their best if u can call it that lol. Invasion has some Good tracks; but out of the cellar tops invasion.

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

I can go either way.

[@HOLYWELL]

I love this album but not quite as much as Out Of The Cellar although I do prefer the production on this,I got to see them around this time here in the U.K. when they were supporting Ozzy on his Ultimate Sin tour

[@robertmedrano2768]

You should review “ infestation “ that came out in 2010 - it rocks and could have easily been released i between “ out of the cellar “ and invasion “ or Just after “ invasion “ and before “ dancing undercover “

[@karensingh2020]

i have out of the cellar very good production considering its a metal album. metal albums from that era suffer from lack of low end. bass drum is very low. sonic low end is missing. very compressed. im a fan of bass in recordings got to have it!

[@LairoftheAlchemist]

I know what you mean about low end, metal in general seems to be very bad at having good low end. I listen to some electronic music occasionally and I'm always surprised at how much bottom end there is in that style, then I listen to a metal album and it disappears.

[@karensingh2020]

@@LairoftheAlchemist last nite i had guns n roses appetite for destruction on the turntable. terrible sound quality! plenty of low end this time its the highs. cymbals buried in the guitars! and i could hear they even fade in and out. i do have the cd version. if the cd version is good that could mean the stampers were crap!

[@karensingh2020]

@@LairoftheAlchemist ok found appetite for destruction CD from pile. so compared to the vinyl way better twice the volume. can hear everything! very good sounding. had the vinyl sounding close to the cd. had to use a preamp that has a five band eq. punched up the eq 4 steps and way more volume.

[@michaelsmith3355]

Great album, but way glossier than Cellar, which I found slightly disappointing.