''National Breakout'' is the second album by the American band

the Romantics The Romantics are an American rock band formed in 1977 in Detroit, Michigan. The band's music is often categorized as power pop and new wave. They were influenced by 1950s American rock and roll, Detroit's MC5, the Stooges, early Bob Seger, Mo ...

, released in 1980 on

Nemperor Records Nemperor Records was an American jazz and pop music record label active from 1974 to 1986. It was distributed by Atlantic Records from 1974 to 1977 and then Columbia Records, CBS Records from 1978 until the label was absorbed by subsidiary Epic ...

. It peaked at No. 176 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Critical reception

'' Goldmine'' opined that "too much of the record is a misguided, somewhat ham-fisted attempt at arena rock, with some just-plain-dumb lyrics."

Track listing

All songs written by

Wally Palmar Volodymyr Palamarchuk (born April 27, 1953), known professionally as Wally Palmar, is an American musician best known as a founding member and lead singer of the Detroit rock band the Romantics. Early life Palmar was born and raised in the Detr ...

, Jimmy Marinos and Mike Skill, except where noted.

Personnel

;The Romantics *

–

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a guitar technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse (music), pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., d ...

* Mike Skill –

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

* Richard Cole –

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

* Jimmy Marinos –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

;Technical * Peter Solley – producer * Steve Brown – engineer * Gerard McConville – assistant engineer *

Greg Calbi Gregory Calbi (born April 3, 1949) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound, New Jersey. Biography Greg Calbi was born on April 3, 1949, in Yonkers, New York, and raised in Bayside, Queens, New York. He graduated in 1966 from Bishop ...

– mastering * The Romantics – album concept * Karen Katz – cover design * Sheila Linz – hand coloring * David Tan – photography

References

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