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After years of professional frustration with little to show for their efforts, Y&T parted with longtime label A&M to seek out pop-metal salvation at the hands of A&R guru John Kalodner and the red-hot Geffen Records. But although 1987's Contagious was given the same Kalodner treatment (party lyrics, gang vocals, synthesizer splashes, sugar-coated guitar riffs, etc.) which led to Aerosmith's miraculous comeback the same year, Dave Meniketti and crew would have no such luck. From the very first "hey!" which launches the bombastic title track (a barely disguised rehash of Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer"), Contagious is your textbook example of sleek, over-produced '80s pop-metal: all fluff and frilly shirts, no substance. Mid-paced melodic rockers like "L.A. Rocks" and "The Kid Goes Crazy" peddle their numbskull choruses ad nausea, to the point of embarrassment, actually. It may have worked for any number of lesser hair bands with prettier faces, but not for Y&T, who also managed to alienate whatever was left of their original audience in the process. And even though they would take another stab at it with the somewhat improved Ten, Contagious effectively signaled Y&T's death knell.
© Eduardo Rivadavia /TiVo
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Taylor Rhodes, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Elson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Meniketti, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Beamish, Producer - Y&T, MainArtist - Scott Boorey, Producer
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kevin Elson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Meniketti, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Beamish, Producer - Y&T, MainArtist - Phil Kennemore, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bruno Ravel, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Elson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kevin Beamish, Producer - Al Pitrelli, ComposerLyricist - Y&T, MainArtist - Phil Kennemore, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kevin Elson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Meniketti, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Beamish, Producer - Y&T, MainArtist - Phil Kennemore, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy DeGrasso, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kevin Elson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Meniketti, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Beamish, Producer - Y&T, MainArtist - Joey Alves, ComposerLyricist - Phil Kennemore, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kevin Elson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Meniketti, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Beamish, Producer - Y&T, MainArtist - Phil Kennemore, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy DeGrasso, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kevin Elson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Meniketti, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Beamish, Producer - Y&T, MainArtist - Joey Alves, ComposerLyricist - Phil Kennemore, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Taylor Rhodes, ComposerLyricist - Robert White Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Elson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kevin Beamish, Producer - Y&T, MainArtist
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Taylor Rhodes, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Elson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Meniketti, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Beamish, Producer - Y&T, MainArtist - Phil Kennemore, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kevin Elson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Meniketti, Composer - Kevin Beamish, Producer - Y&T, MainArtist - Joey Alves, Composer
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
After years of professional frustration with little to show for their efforts, Y&T parted with longtime label A&M to seek out pop-metal salvation at the hands of A&R guru John Kalodner and the red-hot Geffen Records. But although 1987's Contagious was given the same Kalodner treatment (party lyrics, gang vocals, synthesizer splashes, sugar-coated guitar riffs, etc.) which led to Aerosmith's miraculous comeback the same year, Dave Meniketti and crew would have no such luck. From the very first "hey!" which launches the bombastic title track (a barely disguised rehash of Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer"), Contagious is your textbook example of sleek, over-produced '80s pop-metal: all fluff and frilly shirts, no substance. Mid-paced melodic rockers like "L.A. Rocks" and "The Kid Goes Crazy" peddle their numbskull choruses ad nausea, to the point of embarrassment, actually. It may have worked for any number of lesser hair bands with prettier faces, but not for Y&T, who also managed to alienate whatever was left of their original audience in the process. And even though they would take another stab at it with the somewhat improved Ten, Contagious effectively signaled Y&T's death knell.
© Eduardo Rivadavia /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:20
- Main artists: Y&T
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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