RATT New Greatest Hits Package

Stephen Pearcy announces RATT: The Atlantic Years 1984-1990 via his Facebook page. The album is available for pre-sale now on Amazon. It will be released April 3, 2020. The package will include single edits and bonus tracks across five discs. Good stuff!

Pre-order 'The Atlantic Years 1984-1990'

Comments

[GNR]

Boy does seeing those albums lined up put a smile on my face this morning. Solid music in such a short time frame. Hard to pick a fave. More of what mood am I in. I'm a sucker for the whole Reach for the Sky album due to the gal I dated in high school, pretty sure we wore two cassettes out.

[Metalboy!]

RATT possesses the most iconic Hair Metal Anthem in their canon: “Round And Round”.

Too bad they can’t seem to get it back together ... That “Infestation” line-up with Cavazo including Croucier killed it, as I witnessed it POINT BLANK when they headlined M3 at the Frank Gehry designed Merriweather Post Pavilion (1967 - his first building!)!

Imagine them with classic line-up Cinderella, L.A. Guns, Skid Row and KIX (I know, I know - the latter two will NEVER happen) ...

p.s. It sure would be nice if this included the EP with “Walkin’ The Dog”, etc. I wonder what bonus tracks will be included.

[Jack T Ripper]

Pure Awesomeness!!!!!! MRGA!!!!! Bring Back Warren!!!!!

[Jack T Ripper]

I have known Pearcy for awhile. Iam good friends with Erik Ferentinos. I’ve been told the set will have 7 bonus tracks. Hoping Erik gets the rhythm guitar spot now that Sanders is out!

[steverox]

Somebody needs to get the rhythm slot. I have a lot of respect for RATT and understand that Stephen's solo band had only one guitarist, and I get the financial side of it all, but RATT needs two guitarists to sound like RATT.

If you watch a youtube video of the last show which was the first one without Chris Sanders, it just sounds off, no matter how well Jordan Ziff plays (and he's a damn good guitarist). He is trying his hardest to make up for the one guitar missing, it's a valiant effort, but the overall sound is just not quite there.

Plus you really can't do the second half of the solo to Round and Round justice with only one guitar!

Would I go see RATT with only one guitarist ... yes I probably would. I love the songs. But the show would be much more sonically pleasing and complete with two guitars.

[Him]

I, too, love me some Ratt. But this isn't quite the treasure trove one would expect. Granted, the price isn't that bad for some CDs (you remember those things, right?). You get five CDs for less than $10 bucks each, no commitments! I miss you Columbia House and, to a lesser degree, BMG (with your toilet paper-thin CD and cassette covers and little to no liner notes).

First three CDs: single edits. Next CD: unplugged single. Final CD: "Nobody Rides for Free" (never heard that one before . . . giggle) and two "Ratt Fonic" mixes of the same song, though one is the 'radio' and one is the 'monster' mix. Oooh. What changes will we hear?

Clearly, this isn't a lovingly curated set of interesting odds and ends from the band. Not that the cover would suggest it was going to be that sort of thing. This is the sort of 'greatest hits' compilation that used to end up in the bin at truck stops, those 'cut out' ones that looked like a robot took a bite out of them.

Say what you will about Ratt LLC these days, but one thing is certain: Pearcy has got the glue to glue it.

[Jack T Ripper]

Definitely check out Pearcy 2005 Release Mickey Ratt. Bunch of the Ratt gems and Demos from the early years.

[Bkallday]

Glue? Pearcy's voice is absolutely shot and has been for a decade or so.

[Him]

That was a joke about Pearcy's lyrical genius, Bkallday. Moving on . . .