Invasion of Your Privacy

Invasion of Your Privacy
Studio album by
Ratt
ReleasedMay 30, 1985 (1985-05-30)
Recorded1985
StudiosRumbo (Los Angeles)
Atlantic (New York)
Genres
Length36:02
LabelAtlantic
ProducerBeau Hill
Ratt chronology
Out of the Cellar
(1984)		 Invasion of Your Privacy
(1985)		 Dancing Undercover
(1986)
Singles from Invasion of Your Privacy
  1. "Lay It Down"
    Released: June 1985 (US)
  2. "You're in Love"
    Released: September 1985 (US)
  3. "What You Give Is What You Get"
    Released: January 25, 1986 (Japan)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10
Metal Storm8.9/10
Rolling Stone(mixed)

Invasion of Your Privacy is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Ratt. It was released in 1985 and featured the singles "Lay It Down", "You're in Love" and "What You Give Is What You Get". Beau Hill produced the album, and the cover model is Playboy model Marianne Gravatte, who also made an appearance in the "Lay It Down" music video. In 2015, Loudwire ranked the album as the 8th best metal album of 1985.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You're in Love"
3:12
2."Never Use Love"Pearcy3:54
3."Lay It Down"
3:23
4."Give It All"
  • Crosby
  • Pearcy
3:19
5."Closer to My Heart"
  • Crosby
  • Pearcy
4:30
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Between the Eyes"
  • DeMartini
  • Pearcy
3:54
7."What You Give Is What You Get"Croucier3:47
8."Got Me on the Line"
  • Crosby
  • Pearcy
3:04
9."You Should Know by Now"
  • Crosby
  • Croucier
  • Pearcy
3:29
10."Dangerous but Worth the Risk"
  • DeMartini
  • Croucier
  • Pearcy
3:30
Total length:36:02

Personnel

Ratt

  • Stephen Pearcy – lead vocals
  • Robbin Crosby – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Warren DeMartini – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Juan Croucier – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Bobby Blotzer – drums, percussion

Production

  • Beau Hill – producer, engineer
  • Jim Faraci, Stephen Benben – engineers
  • Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York

Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)36
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) 32
UK Albums (Official Charts)50
US Billboard 2007

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) Platinum 100,000^
Japan (RIAJ) Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA) 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. May 24, 1985. p. 32. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  2. 1 2 DiVita, Joe (December 28, 2015). "10 Best Metal Albums of 1985". Loudwire. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Top 50 Glam Metal Albums". Metal Rules. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Ratt singles".
  5. ↑ "Ratt singles".
  6. ↑ "Ratt singles".
  7. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Ratt – Invasion of Your Privacy review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  8. ↑ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 282–283. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  9. ↑ "Ratt – Invasion of Your Privacy". Metal Storm. January 3, 2006. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  10. ↑ Holmes, Tim (September 12, 1985). "Album Reviews: Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs. Volume 42, Issue 22 (1985-08-10)". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  12. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  13. ↑ "Official Albums Chart on 7/7/1985 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Ratt Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  15. 1 2 "1907: Ratt 1985 Invasion Of Your Privacy Canada Platinum Record Award Presented to Beau Hill; 1907: Ratt 1985 Invasion Of Your Privacy Japan Gold Record Award Presented to Beau Hill". Archived from the original on April 3, 2025. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  16. ↑ "American album certifications – Ratt – Invasion of Your Privacy". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 24, 2021.