Revenge (T.S.O.L. album)

T.S.O.L. toured for almost two years in support of their 1984 album Change Today?, becoming quite popular in their home region of Southern California. With this increased exposure, their music, which had been rooted in punk rock and gothic rock, began to take on elements of the area's growing hard rock scene. The band recorded Revenge at Music Grinder Studios in Hollywood with producer Howard Benson and recording engineer Ron Goudie. Several additional engineers assisted in the recording, and the tracks were mixed by Benson. Revenge was released by June 20, 1986, by Enigma Records (catalog number 73211), under a new nationwide distribution deal between Enigma and Capitol Records. Prior to the album's release, the song "Nothin' for You" was used in the soundtrack for the 1985 horror film The Return of the Living Dead. The album's title track was included in the film Dangerously Close, and a music video was filmed that included scenes from the movie. A second music video was filmed for the song "Colors (Take Me Away)". ==Reception==

Prior to the album's release, Randy Lewis of the Los Angeles Times predicted that it could give T.S.O.L. their shot at radio airplay: "Even more than its predecessor—1984's Change Today? LP—Revenge is a driving, often provocative work that shows the group's musical base extending beyond mere punk thrash. Although a couple of up-tempo tunes prove that the band can still muster blasts of raw punk power, Ron Emory|[Ron] Emory's blazing guitar work and the raging, Jim Morrison-like intensity of Wood's vocals on 'No Time' and 'Memories' would fit comfortably alongside hard rock and heavy metal on album rock stations." He remarked that, despite the presence of a few fast-paced songs, the more hard rock-oriented tracks on the album "continued the trend toward rock simplicity. Revenge is really not much more than a record aimed to appease the juvenile mind." ==Track listing==

;Band • Joe Wood – vocals, guitar • Ron Emory – guitar • Mike Roche – bass guitar • Mitch Dean – drums ;Production • Howard Benson – producer, mix engineer • Ron Goudie – recording engineer • Randy Burns – recording engineer • Chris Grayson – recording engineer ("Nothin' for You" and "Everybody's a Cop") • Robert Feist – recording engineer ("Nothin' for You" and "Everybody's a Cop") • Jeff Woodruff – additional engineering, mix engineer • Mike Kloster – additional second engineering • Scarpati – photography ==References==