Stand in Line

Stand in Line
Studio album by Impellitteri
Released	1988 (1988)[1]
Recorded	Record Plant Studios; Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles; Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, Los Angeles; TMF Recording Studios in New York City
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	35:15[2]
Label	Relativity
Producer	Chris Impellitteri, Cliff Cultreri
Impellitteri chronology
Impellitteri (1987) Stand in Line (1988) Live in Tokyo 1988 (1988)
Alternative cover
2009 remastered edition

Stand in Line is the first studio album by heavy metal band Impellitteri, released in 1988 through Relativity Records; a remastered edition was issued on May 19, 2009 through EMI Records,^[3] containing four bonus tracks which originally formed their 1987 EP Impellitteri. The album reached No. 91 on the U.S. Billboard 200^[4] and remained on that chart for twenty weeks.^[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Whitney Z. Gomes at AllMusic gave Stand in Line four stars out of five, noting "Secret Lover", "Tonight I Fly", "Goodnight and Goodbye" and the title track as highlights. He mainly praised singer Graham Bonnet's vocals throughout the album, but heavily criticized the guitarist and bandleader Chris Impellitteri's cover versions of "Since You Been Gone" and "Over the Rainbow" as "excessive and useless", writing that they "almost [run] the record into the ground". Further criticism was directed at the album's mixing and production, but he concluded by saying, "When Stand in Line works, it rules."^[1]

Track listing

Personnel

• Chris Impellitteri – guitar, production
• Graham Bonnet – vocals
• Phil Wolfe – keyboard
• Pat Torpey – drums
• Chuck Wright – bass (except track 2)
• Randy Rand – bass (track 2)
• Bill Freesh – engineering, mixing
• Mikey Davis – engineering
• Brian Jenkins – engineering assistance
• Paul Winger – engineering assistance
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Cliff Cultreri – executive production

Chart performance

References