Warrior (Scandal album)

Warrior is the debut and sole studio album by American rock band Scandal (billed on the album as "Scandal featuring Patty Smyth"). The album reached a high of No. 17 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on the strength of the lead single "The Warrior". In 2014, an expanded and remastered edition was released, which included as bonus tracks the five songs from the 1982 EP, Scandal.

Warrior
Studio album by Scandal
Released	August 21, 1984
Recorded	The Record Plant, New York, New York, August 1983–January 1984
Genre	AOR, pop rock
Length	43:19
Label	Columbia
Producer	Mike Chapman
Scandal chronology
Scandal (1982) Warrior (1984) Scandalous (1992)
Singles from Warrior
"The Warrior" Released: June 1984 "Hands Tied" Released: October 1984 "Beat of a Heart" Released: January 1985

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Robert Christgau	C

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Warrior"	Holly Knight, Nick Gilder	4:00
2.	"Beat of a Heart"	Zack Smith, Patty Smyth, Keith Mack	4:46
3.	"Hands Tied"	Knight, Chapman	4:07
4.	"Less Than Half"	Smith, Smyth, Mack	4:18
5.	"Only the Young"	Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon	4:29
6.	"All I Want"	Smith, Smyth, Benjy King	4:11
7.	"Talk to Me"	Doug Lubahn	3:56
8.	"Say What You Will"	Smith, Smyth	4:41
9.	"Tonight"	Smith, Smyth	4:19
10.	"Maybe We Went Too Far"	Smith, Smyth, Mack	4:50

2014 collector's edition bonus tracks (from the Scandal EP)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Goodbye to You"	Smith	3:46
12.	"Love's Got a Line on You"	Smith, Kathe Green	3:24
13.	"Win Some, Lose Some"	Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, Eric Kagna, Paul Dean	3:47
14.	"She Can't Say No"	Smith, Smyth	4:21
15.	"Another Bad Love"	Smith, Smyth	3:35

Charts

Chart (1984)	Position
United States (Billboard 200)	17
Australia (Kent Music Report)	70

Personnel

Scandal

• Patty Smyth - lead vocals
• Zack Smith - guitar, background vocals
• Ivan Elias - bass guitar
• Keith Mack - guitar, background vocals
• Thommy Price - drums, background vocals

Additional musicians

• Peter Wood - synthesizer
• Pat Mastelotto - drums ("Only the Young")
• Andy Newmark - drums ("Less than Half") +
• Franke Previte - background vocals ("Hands Tied")
• Norman Mershon - background vocals ("Hands Tied")

+ On the album, it states that Andy Newmark played drums on the song "Hands Tied"; however, drum aficionados believe he actually played on the next song "Less Than Half" instead, since the complicated rhythm pattern replicates a technique/style that he commonly used.

Production

• Mike Chapman - producer
• John Agnello, David Alhert, Carol Cafiero, John Davenport, Eddie Garcia, Dave Hernandez, Greg Mack, William Wittman, Gene Wooley - engineering
• John Davenport, William Wittman, David Alhert, Gene Wooley - mixing
• LP dead-wax reads "A Disgusting Pile of Guts" on the A-side; the B-side reads "I Like That About Myself"

Chart performance

The album spent 41 weeks on the U.S. Billboard albums chart and reached a peak position of No. 17 in early October 1984.

External links

• Discogs.com - The Warrior entry