Contagious is the eighth studio album by American

United States

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 hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

/heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Y&T

Y&T

Y&T is an American hard rock/heavy metal band formed in 1974. They hail from Oakland, California...

, released in 1987 through Geffen Records

Geffen Records

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, which, like their previous label A&M Records

A&M Records

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, is now a subsidiary of Interscope Records

Interscope Records

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 (itself owned by Universal Music Group

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). It is the first Y&T studio album to feature a different line up since their debut album, with Jimmy DeGrasso

Jimmy DeGrasso

Jimmy DeGrasso is an American heavy metal drummer. He is currently the drummer for F5.DeGrasso was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and graduated from Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1981....

 replacing Leonard Haze on drums after he left the band in 1986.

Track listing

1. "Contagious" (Dave Meniketti, Taylor Rhodes) – 3:21
2. "L.A. Rocks" (Phil Kennemore, Meniketti) – 4:41
3. "Temptation" (Kennemore, Al Pitrelli, Bruno Ravel) – 4:26
4. "The Kid Goes Crazy" (Jimmy DeGrasso, Kennemore, Meniketti) – 4:15
5. "Fight for Your Life" (Joey Alves, Kennemore, Meniketti) – 4:49
6. "Armed and Dangerous" (DeGrasso, Kennemore, Meniketti) – 4:20
7. "Rhythm or Not" (Alves, Kennemore, Meniketti) – 5:06
8. "Bodily Harm" (Robert White Johnson, Rhodes) – 3:33
9. "Eyes of a Stranger" (Kennemore, Meniketti, Rhodes) – 4:40
10. "I'll Cry for You" [Instrumental] (Alves, Meniketti) – 2:37

Band members

• Dave Meniketti
  Dave Meniketti
  David Alan "Dave" Meniketti is the singer, songwriter and lead guitarist for 70's/80's Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band Y&T. He has also released two solo efforts, one of which is more blues-oriented, but he still tours with Y&T.-History:...
  
   - vocals
  Singing
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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• Joey Alves - guitar
• Phil Kennemore - Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Jimmy DeGrasso
  Jimmy DeGrasso
  Jimmy DeGrasso is an American heavy metal drummer. He is currently the drummer for F5.DeGrasso was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and graduated from Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1981....
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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Production

• Kevin Beamish
  Kevin Beamish
  Kevin Beamish is an American record producer, sound engineer and mixer.He was the producer and engineer of REO Speedwagon #1 album Hi Infidelity and of the hit single "Keep on Loving You", with 15 million albums and 4 million singles sold worldwide....
  
   – Producer, Engineer
• Scott Boorey – Producer, Engineer, Executive Producer
• Bruce Barris – Engineer
• Wally Buck – Assistant Engineer, Assistant
• Kevin Elson – Vocals (bckgr), Mixing
• Greg Fulginiti – Mastering

• Hugh Syme
  Hugh Syme
  Hugh Syme is a Canadian Juno Award-winning graphic artist who is best known for his artwork and cover concepts for rock and metal bands. He is also a musician and has appeared in some Rush songs as a keyboard player. Syme is notably responsible for all of Rush's album cover art since 1975's Caress...
  
  – Art Direction
• Bill Traut – Assistant
• Glen Wexler – Photography