Album · Y&T
Mean Streak by Y&T
Mean Streak is an album by Y&T, released in 1983. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Meanstreak”, on 1 list with a best position of #567.
Mean Streak, Y&T's fifth album, came out on A&M in 1983, the third of five records the Oakland band made for the label after trimming their name down from Yesterday & Today. Chris Tsangarides produced, and he gives Dave Meniketti's guitar and hard-driving vocals, Joey Alves' second guitar and the rhythm section of Phil Kennemore on bass and Leonard Haze on drums a big, beefy sound.
The title track kicks off the record in a snarl, "Sentimental Fool" is a standout further in, and "Midnight in Tokyo" was inspired by a gig the band played in Tokyo. It's muscular, melodic hard rock with plenty of guitar heroics. The album got as high as 103 on the Billboard 200 that October, and Rock Candy Records reissued it on remastered CD in July 2018.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Mean Streak on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meanstreak | 1 | #567 | – | 1990 | |
| 2 | Down & Dirty | 1 | #898 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.