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Invasion of Your Privacy

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Studio album by

Ratt

Released

May 30, 1985^[1]

Recorded

1985

Studio

Rumbo (Los Angeles)
Atlantic (New York)

Genre

Length

36:02

Ratt chronology

Out of the Cellar
(1984)

Invasion of Your Privacy
(1985)

Dancing Undercover
(1986)

Singles from Invasion of Your Privacy

"Lay It Down"
Released: June 1985 (US) ^[4]
"You're in Love"
Released: September 1985 (US) ^[5]
"What You Give Is What You Get"
Released: January 25, 1986 (Japan) ^[6]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[7]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10^[8]
Metal Storm	8.9/10^[9]
Rolling Stone	(mixed)^[10]

Invasion of Your Privacy is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Ratt. It was released in 1985 and featured the singles "Lay It Down", "You're in Love" and "What You Give Is What You Get". Beau Hill produced the album, and the cover model is Playboy model Marianne Gravatte, who also made an appearance in the "Lay It Down" music video. In 2015, Loudwire ranked the album as the 8th best metal album of 1985.^[2]

Track listing[edit]

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You're in Love"	Juan Croucier, Stephen Pearcy	3:12
2.	"Never Use Love"	Pearcy	3:54
3.	"Lay It Down"	Warren DeMartini, Croucier, Robbin Crosby, Pearcy	3:23
4.	"Give It All"	Crosby, Pearcy	3:19
5.	"Closer to My Heart"	Crosby, Pearcy	4:30

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Between the Eyes"	DeMartini, Pearcy	3:54
7.	"What You Give Is What You Get"	Croucier	3:47
8.	"Got Me on the Line"	Crosby, Pearcy	3:04
9.	"You Should Know by Now"	Crosby, Croucier, Pearcy	3:29
10.	"Dangerous but Worth the Risk"	DeMartini, Croucier, Pearcy	3:30

Personnel[edit]

Ratt[edit]

Stephen Pearcy – lead vocals
Robbin Crosby – lead guitar, backing vocals
Warren DeMartini – lead guitar, backing vocals
Juan Croucier – bass guitar, backing vocals
Bobby Blotzer – drums, percussion

Production[edit]

Beau Hill – producer, engineer
Jim Faraci, Stephen Benben – engineers
Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York

Charts[edit]

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[11]	12
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)^[12]	32
UK Albums (OCC)^[13]	50
USBillboard 200^[14]	7

Certifications[edit]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[15]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

^ "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. May 24, 1985. p. 32. Retrieved April 5, 2023.

^ ^a ^b DiVita, Joe (December 28, 2015). "10 Best Metal Albums of 1985". Loudwire. Retrieved December 15, 2022.

^ "Top 50 Glam Metal Albums". Metal Rules. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2021.

^ "Ratt singles".

^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Ratt – Invasion of Your Privacy review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 15, 2015.

^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 282–283. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.

^ "Ratt – Invasion of Your Privacy". Metal Storm. January 3, 2006. Retrieved June 16, 2015.

^ Holmes, Tim (September 12, 1985). "Album Reviews: Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2015.

^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0559". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 24, 2021.

^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.

^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 24, 2021.

^ "Ratt Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2021.

^ "American album certifications – Ratt – Invasion of Your Privacy". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 24, 2021.

v t e Ratt
Stephen Pearcy Juan Croucier Jordan Ziff Pete Holmes Frankie Lindia Robbin Crosby Chris Hager Matt Thorr Jake E. Lee Marq Torien Joey Cristofanilli Robbie Crane Keri Kelli John Corabi Jizzy Pearl Scott Griffin Joshua Alan Bobby Blotzer Warren DeMartini Carlos Cavazo Chris Sanders
Studio albums	Out of the Cellar Invasion of Your Privacy Dancing Undercover Reach for the Sky Detonator Ratt Infestation
EPs & compilations	Ratt Ratt & Roll 81–91 Collage Tell the World: The Very Best of Ratt
Singles	"You Think You're Tough" "Round and Round" "Wanted Man" "Lack of Communication" "Lay It Down" "You're in Love" "What You Give Is What You Get" "Dance" "Slip of the Lip" "Body Talk" "I Want a Woman" "Way Cool Jr." "Shame Shame Shame" "Lovin' You's a Dirty Job" "Givin' Yourself Away" "Nobody Rides for Free" "Best of Me" "Eat Me Up Alive"
Related articles	Discography Members Arcade Saints of the Underground Milton Berle

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