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Y & T – Earthshaker
Label: A&M Records – AMLH 64867
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: Europe
Released: 1981
Style: Hard Rock

A1 Hungry For Rock 3:45
A2 Dirty Girl 5:03
A3 Shake It Loose 2:54
A4 Squeeze 4:02
A5 Rescue Me 4:42

B1 Young And Tough 3:41
B2 Hurricane 3:22
B3 Let Me Go 3:09
B4 Knock You Out 2:58
B5 I Believe In You 7:13

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Phonographic Copyright ℗ – A&M Records, Inc.
Distributed By – CBS Records

Bass Guitar, Vocals – Phil Kennemore
Drums, Other [Insanity] – Leonard Haze
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Joey Alves
Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals – Dave Meniketti
Written-By – D. Meniketti*, D. Sieff* (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1, B3), J. Alves*, L. Haze*, P. Kennemore*, R. Shulman* (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1, B3)

℗ 1981 A&M Records, Inc. /© 1981 A&M Records, Inc.
Distributed by CBS Records / Printed in Holland

Made in Holland (on labels)
Label Code: LC 0485
Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA
Price Code (In a circle): 57
Price Code: CB 271

WHEN Y&T reappeared in 1981 and released Earthshaker most hard rock fans were shocked that the band were still a functioning unit. Having made a name for themselves in the late seventies with two obscure albums released on the decidedly unhip London label, very little was then heard of them. But when Earthshaker appeared on the rather more happening A&M label, brandishing a streamlined name change from the cumbersome Yesterday And Today to the far more manageable Y&T, fans could not have been happier.

Released in 1981, Earthshaker stunned the hard rock world with its aggressive songs and production. It was a double whammy that breathed new life into the band’s profile, helping to re-establish them as real contenders after years spent hiding in the shadows on a label that offered little in the way of promotion or career advancement. In Europe, where the band had already enjoyed a cult following through imports of their previous two records, the news was embraced with open arms and word soon spread that the band were not only back but sounding bigger and better than ever.

Recorded in their native San Francisco, the album harnessed a new raw energy, allowing songs such as ‘Hungry For Rock’, ‘Dirty Girl’, ‘Squeeze’ and ‘Hurricane’ to explode like molotov cocktails, whilst the epic and lengthy album closer ‘I Believe In You’ showed that the band could write anthems equal to the best of the genre. It also showed just how masterful they had developed as musicians, especially Dave Meniketti’s extraordinary vocals. Honestly, we can’t recommend this album highly enough.

Earthshaker is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Y&T, released in 1981. It is their first album under the name Y&T, after shortening it from Yesterday and Today, and their first album with A&M Records. A mix of hard rock and heavy metal songs, AllMusic’s Eduardo Rivadavia named this album as the best release in the band’s career, the album most faithfully representing “the power and energy” of Y&T’s “legendary concerts”.

Personnel
Dave Meniketti – electric guitar, lead vocals (all except track 4)
Joey Alves – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Phil Kennemore – bass, backing and lead vocals (track 4)
Leonard Haze – drums, backing vocals

Y&T had, in the less streamlined guise of Yesterday & Today, made ripples in the 70s with two studio albums and their exciting live performances. But they would make major tremors with their first album of the next decade: 1981’s Earthshaker. The Bay Area band hardened their sound with a bold, metallic edge that positioned them (along with bands like Riot) as the Stateside answer to the new wave of heavy bands appearing in Europe.

With their powerful rhythm section, blocky riffs and Dave Meniketti’s Hagar-esque vocals, Y&T stick so close to the Montrose blueprint. These road-hardened rockers know how to show you a good time. Hungry For Rock and Dirty Girl are all pocket and swagger. Meniketti cuts loose with wild Nuge-esque guitar on Shake It Loose and Squeeze and Rescue Me cunningly reworks Zep’s Babe I’m Gonna Leave You into a stomping dancefloor anthem.

on side two we have the rousing Hurricane, the blazing Knock You Out and the moody closer I Believe In You. Earthshaker is a hearty, hefty serving of 5 star hotel meal, that will satisfy anyone that is “Hungry For Rock“.