Manifest Destiny (The Dictators album)

Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny
Studio album by the Dictators
Released	1977
Studio	Record Plant, New York
Genre	Protopunk, punk rock
Length	37:50
Label	Asylum
Producer	Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman
The Dictators chronology

Manifest Destiny is the second album by the Dictators and their first after switching to the Asylum label.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B^[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	10/10^[3]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

The New York Times noted that Handsome Dick Manitoba "certainly has flair, but he lacks a very distinct singing voice or style."^[5] Trouser Press praised the album as "another helping of brilliant Shernoff originals."^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Andy Shernoff except where indicated

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Exposed"		4:27
2.	"Heartache"		3:37
3.	"Sleepin' with the TV On"		4:16
4.	"Disease"	Richard Blum, Andy Shernoff	6:26

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Hey Boys"	Scott Kempner, Shernoff	3:02
6.	"Steppin' Out"		5:47
7.	"Science Gone Too Far"		3:27
8.	"Young, Fast, Scientific"		3:22
9.	"Search & Destroy" (The Stooges cover)	James Williamson, J.J. Osterberg	3:26

Personnel

The Dictators

Handsome Dick Manitoba – lead vocals
Ross "The Boss" Friedman – lead guitar, 12-string guitar
Scott "Top Ten" Kempner – rhythm guitar
Andy Shernoff – keyboards, lead and backing vocals
Mark "The Animal" Mendoza – bass guitar
Richie Teeter – drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Sleeping with the TV On" and "Hey Boys"

Additional musicians

Petronius Wood – additional keyboards

Production

Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman – producers
John Jansen – engineer
Andy Abrams, Corky Stasiak, Gray Russell, Jay Krugman, Rod O'Brien, Thom Panunzio – assistant engineers
Steve L. Schenck – production coordinator
Anne Garner, Roni Hoffman, Veronica Drew Ink – art direction, design
Eric Meola – photography

References

^ Deming, Mark. "Manifest Destiny – The Dictators". AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor and Fields. ISBN 0-89919-026-X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Popoff, Martin (2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal – Volume 1: The Seventies. Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-1894959025.
^ Catucci, Nick (2004). "The Dictators". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 234. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ Rockwell, John (8 July 1977). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. p. C11.
^ Robbins, Ira. "Dictators". Trouser Press. Retrieved April 18, 2019.

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[1] Deming, Mark. "Manifest Destiny – The Dictators". AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2012.

[2] Christgau, Robert (1981). "D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor and Fields. ISBN 0-89919-026-X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[3] Popoff, Martin (2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal – Volume 1: The Seventies. Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-1894959025.

[4] Catucci, Nick (2004). "The Dictators". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 234. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[5] Rockwell, John (8 July 1977). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. p. C11.

[6] Robbins, Ira. "Dictators". Trouser Press. Retrieved April 18, 2019.

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v t e The Dictators
Ross the Boss Scott Kempner Andy Shernoff Handsome Dick Manitoba J.P. Patterson Stu Boy King Richie Teeter Mark Mendoza Mel Anderson Frank Funaro
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