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Rant n' Rave with the Stray Cats
Studio album by Stray Cats
Released	August 15, 1983
Genre	Rockabilly
Length	30:37
Label	EMI America
Producer	Dave Edmunds
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. 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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

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". 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".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Brian Setzer; except where indicated

1. "Rebels Rule"
2. "Too Hip, Gotta Go"
3. "Look at That Cadillac"
4. "Something's Wrong With My Radio" (Setzer, Slim Jim Phantom, Lee Rocker)
5. "18 Miles to Memphis"
6. "(She's) Sexy + 17"
7. "Dig Dirty Doggie"
8. "I Won't Stand in Your Way"
9. "Hotrod Gang"
10. "How Long You Wanna Live, Anyway?" (Setzer, Slim Jim Phantom, Lee Rocker)
11. "Lucky Charm (Ooh Wee Suzy)" (Japan Release Bonus Track)

Personnel

• Brian Setzer - guitar, vocals
• Lee Rocker - bass, vocals
• Slim Jim Phantom - drums
• 14 Karat Soul - background vocals
• Mel Collins - saxophone
• Geraint Watkins - piano
• David Thurmond - background vocals
• Russell Fox II - background vocals
• Gavin Cochrane - Photography

Charts

References

1. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 678.
2. Christgau, Robert (November 11, 1983). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Rant N Rave with the Stray Cats - Stray Cats". Allmusic. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 297. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

• Stray Cats albums
• 1983 albums
• EMI America Records albums
• Albums produced by Dave Edmunds