Stick It To Ya is the debut album from hard rock band Slaughter

Slaughter (band)

Slaughter is an American heavy metal band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada by lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Mark Slaughter and bassist Dana Strum. The band reached stardom in 1990 with their first album, Stick It to Ya which spawned several hit singles including "Up All Night", "Spend My Life", "Mad...

. It was released in 1990 by Chrysalis Records. It sold over 2 million copies. It was also nominated for a best metal album of the year at the 1991
American Music Awards

American Music Awards

-Conception:The AMAs were created by Dick Clark in 1973 to compete with the Grammys after the move of that year's show to Nashville, Tennessee led to CBS picking up the Grammy telecasts after its first two in 1971 and 1972 were broadcast on ABC...

 show.

Track listing

All songs written, arranged and produced by Mark Slaughter & Dana Strum.

1. "Eye to Eye" - 3:57
2. "Burnin' Bridges" - 4:07
3. "Up All Night
   Up All Night (Slaughter song)
   Up All Night is a popular hard rock song by the American band Slaughter. Written by band members Mark Slaughter and Dana Strum, it was the third title on the band's debut album, Stick It to Ya and the band's first single. It is their second most popular song, according to Last.fm...
   
   " 4:16
4. "Spend My Life" - 3:21
5. "Thinking of June" (Instrumental) - 1:05
6. "She Wants More" - 3:55
7. "Fly to the Angels" - 5:05
8. "Mad About You" - 4:05
9. "That's Not Enough" - 3:25
10. "You Are the One" - 3:55
11. "Gave Me Your Heart" - 3:51
12. "Desperately" - 3:34
13. "Loaded Gun" - 4:18
14. "Fly to the Angels" (Acoustic Version) - 3:22
15. "Wingin' It" - 1:11

A later, reissued and remastered version included bonus tracks.

Band members

• Mark Slaughter
  Mark Slaughter
  Mark Allen Slaughter is an American singer and musician. He is one of the founders of hard rock band Slaughter, and he also has worked as a voice actor and composer...
  
   - Lead Vocals, Guitar, and Keyboards
• Tim Kelly - Guitar, background vocals
• Dana Strum
  Dana Strum
  Dana Strum is the bassist of heavy metal band Slaughter. Before that, he was in Vinnie Vincent Invasion together with fellow bandmate, Mark Slaughter...
  
   - Bass, background vocals
• Blas Elias
  Blas Elias
  Blas Elias , is the drummer of rock band Slaughter. He also drums for the Las Vegas production of Blue Man Group.-Biography:...
  
   - Drums, percussion, background vocals

Production

• Produced By Mark Slaughter & Dana Strum
• Production Co-Ordination by Scott Cadwallader
• Engineer: Andy Chappel
• Mixing: Brian Malouf
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig is an American mastering engineer.He is a well known and respected figure within the music industry. His name is credited on the covers of albums released across the world, and he has won numerous awards....
  
  

Singles

• Up All Night / Eye To Eye - April 17, 1990 - Chrysalis 23486 #27 US Hot 100
• Fly To The Angels / Desperately - July 23, 1990 - Chrysalis 23527 #15 US Hot 100
• Spend My Life / She Wants More - December 4, 1990 - Chrysalis 23605 #39 US Hot 100
• Mad About You / Rock And Roll All Nite
  Rock and Roll All Nite
  "Rock and Roll All Nite" is a song by Kiss, originally released on their 1975 album Dressed to Kill. It was released as the A-side of their fifth single, with the album track "Getaway." The studio version of the song peaked at No. 57 on the Billboard singles chart, besting the band's previous...
  
   (Live Cover) - April 2, 1991 - Chrysalis 23699

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – United States	Gold	May 11, 1990
	Platinum	September 11, 1990
	2x Platinum	May 10, 1991

Cover Art

• Art Direction: Glen Wexler
  Glen Wexler
  Glen Wexler is an American photographer who is best known for his elaborately staged digital photocompositions of improbable situations.-Biography:Wexler was born in Palm Springs, CA...
  
   and Hugh Syme
  Hugh Syme
  Hugh Syme is a Canadian Juno Award-winning graphic artist who is best known for his artwork and cover concepts for rock and metal bands. He is also a musician and has appeared in some Rush songs as a keyboard player. Syme is notably responsible for all of Rush's album cover art since 1975's Caress...
  
  
• Photography: Glen Wexler
  Glen Wexler
  Glen Wexler is an American photographer who is best known for his elaborately staged digital photocompositions of improbable situations.-Biography:Wexler was born in Palm Springs, CA...
  
  
• Model: Laurie Carr

This image used on the cover of the album was the last project Wexler created using traditional darkroom methods. The Target girl

Target girl

Target girl is a term sometimes used in circus and vaudeville to denote a female assistant in "impalement" acts such as knife throwing, archery or sharpshooting. The assistant stands in front of a target board or is strapped to a moving board and the impalement artist throws knives or shoots...

posed in his studio, and a miniature set of the carnival was placed in perspective for the background.