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The album was an immediate success, with wide airplay on radio and heavy rotation on MTV of its singles, especially the hit "Round and Round". The album is certified as triple platinum by the RIAA. [9] The album brought Ratt to the top of the glam metal scene in Los Angeles. Out of the Cellar would prove to be the band's most successful album ...
Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album US [1] Main Rock [1] CAN [2] UK [4]; 1983 "You Think You're Tough" Ratt EP: 1984 "Round and Round" 12 4 16 — Out of the Cellar "Back for More" [airplay]
[citation needed] The album release was capped off by a successful world tour that saw the band sell out stadiums and arenas worldwide. Out of the Cellar is widely regarded as the band's best work and a definitive moment in 1980s heavy metal, while "Round and Round" scored at No. 61 on VH1's Greatest Hard Rock Songs Show. [citation needed]
The version of "Back for More" featured on this EP is an earlier recording than the one on the album Out of the Cellar.The European version also features an earlier recording of "You're in Trouble" as a bonus track, believed to feature Joey Cristofanilli on bass guitar.
Except, perhaps, on subsequent Lilac Time albums Paradise Circus (1989) and the lustrous Astronauts (1991), a record so widely underrated that this writer recently had to convince Duffy himself ...
Though the compilation sold well and had good reviews, the album has been criticized as missing more hits from Ratt, such as "You Think You're Tough" and "Givin' Yourself Away". [ 1 ] Track listing
‘Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly’ explores the author's time in the restaurant business, including encounters with Bobby Flay and David Chang
Ratt used to write songs in their Sunset Strip apartment by having both guitarists record riffs and melodies on cassettes, and then "bouncing" them back and forth, interspersing the riffs. Singer Stephen Pearcy said, "The lyrical content of 'Round And Round' is pretty much just stating our claim: 'Out on the streets, it's where we'll meet.'