Down for the Count by Y&T

Down for the Count, released by A&M Records in November 1985, was the seventh studio album from Oakland hard rockers Y&T, and the one where they lightened up their attack to chase the hair metal crowd. Kevin Beamish produced it, and it was the last record by the classic lineup of singer and guitarist Dave Meniketti, guitarist Joey Alves, bassist Phil Kennemore and drummer Leonard Haze, who quit the following year.

Meniketti's guitar still burns and his voice still has grit, but the edges are sanded down and the choruses built for the radio. The prize is "Summertime Girls", a sunny, radio-ready singalong that first appeared as the lone studio cut on the live album Open Fire earlier that year and became the band's biggest hit, reaching number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album itself climbed to number 91 on the Billboard 200.

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