Wants You! Explained

Wants You! is the second album of the band Rough Cutt. On certain versions/portions of the album, the full title appears as Rough Cutt Wants You!, as opposed to simply Wants You!.

Producer Jack Douglas also worked with Cheap Trick, Aerosmith on Rocks, Toys in the Attic and Draw the Line, and on John Lennon's last record, Double Fantasy.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Rock the USA" (Chris Hager, Matt Thorr, Paul Shortino, Dave Alford) - 2:58
2. "Bad Reputation" (Amir Derakh, Thorr, Alford) - 3:43
3. "Don't Settle for Less" (Hager, Shortino, Thorr, Alford) - 2:33
4. "Hot 'n' Heavy" (Hager, Derakh, Shortino, Thorr, Alford) - 4:46
5. "Take a Chance" (Hager, Derakh, Shortino, Thorr, Alford) - 4:04

Side two

1. "We Like It Loud" (Hager, Derakh, Shortino, Thorr, Alford) - 3:58
2. "Double Trouble" (Hager, Derakh, Shortino, Thorr, Alford) - 3:44
3. "You Wanna Be a Star" (Hager, Derakh, Shortino, Thorr, Alford) - 2:44
4. "Let 'em Talk" (Hager, Shortino, Thorr) - 3:35
5. "The Night Cries Out (for You)" (Hager, Derakh, Shortino, Thorr, Alford) - 4:52

Personnel

Band members

• Paul Shortino – lead vocals
• Amir Derakh – guitars, synthesizers
• Chris Hager – guitars
• Matt Thorr – bass
• Dave Alford – drums, backing vocals

Production

• Jack Douglas - producer
• Jay Messina - engineer, mixing at The Record Plant, New York City
• Karat Faye, Jeff Bennett, Peter Arata - assistant engineers
• George Marino - mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City