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Rant n' Rave with the Stray Cats

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Studio album by

Stray Cats

Released

August 15, 1983

Genre

Rockabilly

Length

30:37

Stray Cats chronology

Built for Speed
(1982)

Rant n' Rave with the Stray Cats
(1983)

Rock Therapy
(1986)

Rant n' Rave with the Stray Cats is the third studio album by American rockabilly revivalist band Stray Cats, released in 1983 by EMI America.^[1] It was produced by Dave Edmunds. The album featured the No. 5 hit "(She's) Sexy + 17", Top 40 hit "I Won't Stand in Your Way" (#35) and "Look At That Cadillac" (#68).

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[1]

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a『B−』and said that its "bigger and rawer" sound was an improvement over "Built for Speed's prettification", but felt that, despite his improved guitar playing, Brian Setzer was a poor songwriter and "a preening panderer, mythologizing his rockin' '50s with all the ignorant cynicism of a punk poser".^[2] In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that the album "sounded identical" to Built for Speed and was just as strong because of the hits "(She's) Sexy + 17" and "I Won't Stand in Your Way".^[3]