Manifest Destiny (The Dictators album)

Manifest Destiny
Studio album by The Dictators
Released	1977
Recorded	Record Plant, New York
Genre	Punk rock
Length	37:50
Label	Asylum
Producer	Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman
The Dictators chronology
The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! (1975) Manifest Destiny (1977) Bloodbrothers (1978)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Manifest Destiny is the second album by The Dictators and their first after switching to the Asylum label. Trouser Press praised the album as "another helping of brilliant Shernoff originals".

Track listing

All songs written by Andy Shernoff except as indicated.

Side one

1. "Exposed" - 4:27
2. "Heartache" - 3:37
3. "Sleepin' with the TV On" - 4:16
4. "Disease" - 6:26

Side two

1. "Hey Boys" (Scott Kempner, Andy Shernoff) - 3:02
2. "Steppin' Out" - 5:47
3. "Science Gone Too Far" - 3:27
4. "Young, Fast, Scientific" - 3:22
5. "Search & Destroy" (James Williamson, J.J. Osterberg) - 3:26

Personnel

• Handsome Dick Manitoba – lead vocals
• Ross "The Boss" Friedman – lead guitar, 12-string guitar
• "Top Ten" Kempner – rhythm guitar
• Andy Shernoff – keyboards, lead & background vocals
• Mark "The Animal" Mendoza – bass guitar
• Ritchie Teeter – drums, background vocals, lead vocals on "Sleeping with the TV On" and "Hey Boys"

References

1. Deming, Mark. "The Dictators Manifest Destiny review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-07-21.