BMG, in partnership with Rhino Entertainment, announces the release of Out Of The Cellar 40th Anniversary, celebrating Ratt’s massively successful first studio album with Limited Edition versions which include an unreleased track recorded during the 1983 Out of the Cellar sessions, pre-order here.
Formed in Los Angeles, Ratt was featured as an unsigned act on Uncle Joe Benson’s Local Licks Drive Time Show on KLOS-FM. This was their first time on radio and led to their signing to Atlantic Records.
Featuring the classic line up of Stephen Pearcy (vocals), Warren DeMartini (guitars), Robbin Crosby (guitars), Juan Croucier (bass/vocals), and Bobby Blotzer (drums), Ratt exploded on to the national scene in 1984 with the release of Out Of The Cellar.
Featuring an undeniable hook and legendary music video, the lead single Round And Round hit #12 on the Billboard Hot 100, while Out Of The Cellar reached number seven on the Billboard Top 200 and was certified triple platinum. Two more charting singles followed with Back For More and Wanted Man.
Out of the Cellar became a huge success, and after the album was released, the band went on a world tour, selling out stadiums and arenas worldwide and sharing a stage with acts such as Ozzy Osborne, Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe, Twisted Sister and more.
This Limited Edition of Out Of The Cellar is being released in red and black splatter vinyl with a lenticular cover and an additional neon orange 7” with the unreleased track Reach for the Sky as well as a Limited Edition CD format with lenticular cover and unreleased track.
Out Of The Cellar Tracklisting:
1. Wanted Man (Cristofanilli/Crosby/Pearcy)
2. You’re In Trouble (DeMartini/Pearcy/Crosby)
3. Round And Round (DeMartini/Pearcy/Crosby)
4. In Your Direction (Pearcy)
5. She Wants Money (Croucier)
6. Lack Of Communication (Croucier/Pearcy)
7. Back For More (Pearcy/Crosby)
8. The Morning After (DeMartini/Pearcy/Crosby)
9. I’m Insane (Crosby)
10. Scene Of The Crime (Crosby/Croucier)
11. Bonus Track: Reach for the Sky (Crosby/Pearcy/Torien)
Also available are brand new Limited Edition color vinyl versions of the albums Reach for the Sky, Invasion Of Your Privacy, Detonator and Dancing Undercover.
5 Responses
Out Of The Cellar is 1 of those albums you never get tired of listening to! Well I know I don’t!
“reach for the sky” is juan unreleased track i would like to hear!
Is it safe to assume they needed Warren DeMartini’s Ok to release a previously unreleased track from the original sessions? I think they were kind of an underrated band. I certainly liked them much more than Bon Jovi. They were heavier, darker and had much better guitar riffs.
Ratt is/was a GREAT band.
Agree with all of you, incredible band! Kind of similar to GNR, perhaps not musically, but with a limited number of albums and tons of band drama. But the material that we got from both bands is excellent for the most part and I believe seals their legacy. For both bands, quality over quantity was actually a good thing.