Twisted Sister: Under The Blade (Special Edition)

 

A GLINT OF STEEL,

A FLASH OF LIGHT

YOU KNOW

YOU'RE NOT

 GOING HOME TONIGHT

Under the Blade

 is the 

debut

 studio album

 by American 

Heavy Metal Band

 Twisted Sister 

released on 

Secret Records

 in September 1982.

 It was produced by 

UFO/Waysted

 bassist 

Pete Way 

and featured an 

aggressive and 

hard-hitting sound, 

which was 

eventually ignored 

on a remixed

 re-release by 

Atlantic Records on

 June 13, 1985. 

The re-release 

also added a

 remixed version

 of the song

 "I'll Never Grow Up, Now!",

 the band's 

long-forgotten 

1979 single. 

The Atlantic Records release 

was both an attempt 

to cash in on

 the commercial success of 

Stay Hungry 

and, 

by then

 (and for years to come),

 the only official way

 to get the album as 

Secret Records 

was no more. 

However, 

bootlegs with 

the original mix 

were still in circulation. 

On May 31, 2016,

 Eagle Records

 re-released

 Under the Blade

 in a digital remastered form 

with the 

original mix

 finally restored, 

which it would be 

re-released under 

Rhino Entertainment

 through streaming services.

 Under the Blade 

has sold over

 two million copies

 worldwide

The album was ranked #24

 on

 Metal Rules list

 of

 "The Top 50 Glam Metal Albums".

In 1985 the member of the

 PMRC committee

 Tipper Gore 

(wife of Senator Al Gore),

 found that the song

 "Under the Blade" 

referred to

 "sadomasochism, 

bondage, and rape", 

promoting violence, 

while 

Dee Snider

 testified at the 

Congress panel hearings

 that it was

 "about surgery, 

and the fear 

that it instills in people", 

concluding that

 "the only

 sadomasochism,

 bondage, and rape

 in this song

 is in the mind of

 Ms. Gore."

The special edition, 

released on CD, 

contains the original album,

 the complete 

and remastered

 Ruff Cutts EP, 

and an edited 

live version of

 "Shoot 'Em Down" 

from a 

UK sampler

 called

 "Reading Rock Volume One".

TRACKLIST

What You Don't Know 

(Sure Can Hurt You)

Bad Boys

 (Of Rock 'n' Roll)

Run For Your Life

Sin After Sin

Shoot 'Em Down

Destroyer

Under The Blade

Tear It Loose

Day Of The Rocker

What You Don't Know

 (Sure Can Hurt You)

I'll Never Grow Up, Now!

 (1979 single version)

Shoot 'Em Down 

[Ruff Cutts EP Version]

Under The Blade

 [Ruff Cutts EP Version]

Leader Of The Pack

 [Ruff Cutts EP Version]

I'll Never Grow Up, Now!

 (1985 Atlantic re-issue only)

Shoot 'Em Down 

(Edit Live Reading Rock Volume One)

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