Rough Cutt (album)

Rough Cutt is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Rough Cutt, released in 1985. It was produced by Tom Allom, who is most famous for producing Judas Priest.

Rough Cutt
Studio album by
Rough Cutt
ReleasedFebruary 11, 1985[1]
Recorded1984
StudioRecord Plant, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length42:17
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerTom Allom
Rough Cutt chronology
Rough Cutt
(1985)		 Wants You!
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[3]

The song "Take Her" was co-written by Ronnie James Dio. The songs "Dreamin' Again" and "Black Widow" were co-written by Wendy Dio, Ronnie's wife and also the band's manager at the time. "Piece of My Heart" was originally performed by Erma Franklin, though Janis Joplin made it famous, and many people mistakenly believe Janis Joplin was the original performer of the song. "Never Gonna Die" was written by vocalist Mark Gable and guitarist Brad Carr whose band The Choirboys scored a minor hit with it in 1983. The single peaked at No. 21 on the Australian charts.

Track listing
Side one
  1. "Take Her" (Chris Hager, Matt Thorr, Paul Shortino, Dave Alford, Craig Goldy, Ronnie James Dio) - 3:39
  2. "Piece of My Heart" (Bert Berns, Jerry Ragovoy) - 4:44 (Erma Franklin cover)
  3. "Never Gonna Die" (Brad Carr, Mark Gable) - 4:21 (The Choirboys cover)
  4. "Dreamin' Again" (Alford, Hager, Thorr, Shortino, Wendy Dio) - 5:34
  5. "Cutt Your Heart Out" (Hager, Thorr, Shortino) - 2:28
Side two
  1. "Black Widow" (Amir Derakh, Alford, Thorr, Shortino, W. Dio) - 4:33
  2. "You Keep Breaking My Heart" (Derakh, Hager, Thorr, Alford, Shortino) - 5:13
  3. "Kids Will Rock" (Thorr, Shortino) - 4:02
  4. "Dressed to Kill" (Hager, Alford, Shortino) - 4:16
  5. "She's Too Hott" (Hager, Alford, Shortino) - 3:27

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[4]

Band members
Additional personnel
  • Chorus on "Kids Will Rock" sung by The Road Runner Junior Soccer Team
Production
  • Tom Allom – producer
  • Mark Dodson – engineer
  • Paul Wertheimer – second engineer
  • Kevin Aguilar – front cover illustration
  • Steve Gerdes – art direction, design
  • Rough Cutt – original concept
  • Wendy Dio – management for Niji Productions, Inc.

References
  1. "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. 1 February 1985. p. 26. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Rough Cutt Rough Cutt review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  3. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  4. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Rough Cutt Rough Cutt review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-07-11.



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