Invasion of Your Privacy by Ratt

Invasion of Your Privacy, Ratt's second album, came out on Atlantic in 1985, and it's Los Angeles glam metal with the chrome polished to a mirror shine. Beau Hill produced it, and the band that helped build the city's hair metal scene alongside friendly rivals Mötley Crüe sounds sharper and surer of itself: Stephen Pearcy's sneer up front, Warren DeMartini and Robbin Crosby trading lick after lick, Juan Croucier and Bobby Blotzer keeping the strut tight.

"Lay It Down" was the big one, cracking Billboard's top 40, and "You're in Love" and "What You Give Is What You Get" followed it out as singles. The sleeve got its share of attention too: Playboy model Marianne Gravatte posed for the cover and turned up again in the "Lay It Down" video. Loudwire later ranked it the 8th best metal album of 1985.

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