Wants You!

Wants You! [1]
Cover art by Holly Hollington
Studio album by Rough Cutt
Released	1986
Recorded	Crystal Studios, One On One Studios and Fiddler's, Los Angeles
Genre	Heavy metal, glam metal
Length	37:03
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Jack Douglas
Rough Cutt chronology
Rough Cutt (1985) Wants You! (1986) Rough Cutt Live (1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Kerrang!	[3]

Wants You! is the second album of the band Rough Cutt. On certain versions/portions of the album, the full title appears as Rough Cutt Wants You!, as opposed to simply Wants You!.

Producer Jack Douglas also worked with Cheap Trick, Aerosmith on Rocks, Toys in the Attic and Draw the Line, and on John Lennon's last record Double Fantasy.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Rock the USA" (Chris Hager, Matt Thorr, Paul Shortino, Dave Alford) - 2:58
2. "Bad Reputation" (Amir Derakh, Thorr, Alford) - 3:43
3. "Don't Settle for Less" (Hager, Shortino, Thorr, Alford) - 2:33
4. "Hot 'n' Heavy" (Hager, Derakh, Shortino, Thorr, Alford) - 4:46
5. "Take a Chance" (Hager, Derakh, Shortino, Thorr, Alford) - 4:04

Side two

1. "We Like It Loud" (Hager, Derakh, Shortino, Thorr, Alford) - 3:58
2. "Double Trouble" (Hager, Derakh, Shortino, Thorr, Alford) - 3:44
3. "You Wanna Be a Star" (Hager, Derakh, Shortino, Thorr, Alford) - 2:44
4. "Let 'em Talk" (Hager, Shortino, Thorr) - 3:35
5. "The Night Cries Out (for You)" (Hager, Derakh, Shortino, Thorr, Alford) - 4:52

Personnel

Band members

• Paul Shortino – lead vocals
• Amir Derakh – guitars, synthesizers
• Chris Hager – guitars
• Matt Thorr – bass
• Dave Alford – drums, backing vocals

Production

• Jack Douglas - producer
• Jay Messina - engineer, mixing at The Record Plant, New York City
• Karat Faye, Jeff Bennett, Peter Arata - assistant engineers
• George Marino - mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City

References

1. Rough Cutt- Wants You album @Heavyharmonies.com Retrieved 5-13-2012.
2. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Rough Cutt Wants You! review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
3. Putterford, Mark (18 September 1986). "Blunt Instruments". Kerrang! 129. London, UK: Spotlight Publications. p. 22.