Projects in the Jungle
Projects in the Jungle is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Pantera. It was released on July 27, 1984 through Metal Magic Records.[1][2][3]
| Projects in the Jungle | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 27, 1984[1][2][3] | |||
| Recorded | May 1984 | |||
| Studio | Pantego Sound, Pantego, Texas[4] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 35:47 | |||
| Label | Metal Magic[5] | |||
| Producer |
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [6] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[7] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [8] |
| Sputnikmusic | [9] |
The song "All Over Tonight" was made into a music video. It was the band's first ever music video. The album takes influence from Def Leppard's pre-Hysteria sound and Judas Priest. There are also Van Halen-inspired guitar solos and speed metal like guitar riffs.
Reception
changeAllMusic writer Eduardo Rivadavia gave Projects in the Jungle a score of 3.5 stars out of a possible 5. He described Terry Glaze's vocals as "ear assaulting" and the lyrics as "frequently moronic" examples of glam metal cliches. Even so, the album was seen as "a major improvement over the band's tentative performance on debut album Metal Magic."[6]
Track listing
changeAll credits are from the original LP.[4]
All songs written and composed by Pantera.
| Side one | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "All Over Tonight" | 3:36 | |||||||
| 2. | "Out for Blood" | 3:09 | |||||||
| 3. | "Blue Light Turnin' Red" | 1:38 | |||||||
| 4. | "Like Fire" | 4:01 | |||||||
| 5. | "In Over My Head" | 3:58 | |||||||
| Side two | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 6. | "Projects in the Jungle" | 3:05 | |||||||
| 7. | "Heavy Metal Rules!" | 4:18 | |||||||
| 8. | "Only a Heartbeat Away" | 4:01 | |||||||
| 9. | "Killers" | 3:30 | |||||||
| 10. | "Takin' My Life" | 4:31 | |||||||
Total length: |
35:47 | ||||||||
Personnel
changeAll credits are from the original LP.[4]
- Pantera
- Terrence Lee – vocals
- Diamond Darrell – guitars
- Rex Rocker – bass, backing vocals (uncredited)
- Vinnie Paul – drums
- Production
- T. Lee – additional keyboards
- Jerry Abbott – production, engineering, mixing
- M.C. Rather – mastering
- Recorded and mixed at Pantego Sound, Pantego, Texas
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Daniels, Neil (January 1, 2000). Reinventing Metal: The True Story of Pantera and the Tragically Short Life of Dimebag Darrell. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4803-6273-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Popoff, Martin (August 15, 2014). The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade. Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-0-7603-4546-7.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Projects in the Jungle by Pantera". genius.com. July 27, 1984. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Projects in the Jungle (LP sleeve). Pantera. Arlington, Texas: Metal Magic Records. 1984. MMR1984.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ↑ "Projects in the Jungle". Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Projects in the Jungle – Pantera". AllMusic. Retrieved January 4, 2005.
- ↑ The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. November 1, 2005. p. 258. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- ↑ The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. 2006. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
- ↑ "Pantera - Projects in the Jungle (album review) | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com. September 24, 2007. Retrieved May 7, 2024.