You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll

Studio album by Twisted Sister

Released

May 1983

Recorded

Sol Studios, Cookham, England, early 1983

Genre

Heavy metal

Length

37:53

Twisted Sister chronology

Under the Blade
(1982)

You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll
(1983)

Stay Hungry
(1984)

Singles from You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll

"I Am (I'm Me)" / "Sin After Sin (live)"
Released: March 1983
"The Kids Are Back" / "Shoot 'Em Down (live)"
Released: April 1983
"You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll" / "Feels So Fine (live)"
Released: August 1983

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10^[2]
Kerrang!	(very favorable)^[3]

You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Twisted Sister, released in April 1983.

The songs "The Kids Are Back", "I Am (I'm Me)," and the album's title track were released as singles. The album was certified as a Gold Album for USA for selling over 500,000 items.^[4] Metal-rules.com put the album in their list of "The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums".^[5]

Track listing

All tracks written by Dee Snider.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Kids Are Back"	3:16
2.	"Like a Knife in the Back"	3:03
3.	"Ride to Live, Live to Ride"	4:04
4.	"I Am (I'm Me)"	3:34
5.	"The Power and the Glory"	4:20

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"We're Gonna Make It"	3:44
7.	"I've Had Enough"	4:02
8.	"I'll Take You Alive"	3:08
9.	"You're Not Alone (Suzette's Song)"	4:02
10.	"You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll"	4:40

Re-release bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
11.	"One Man Woman"	3:09
12.	"Four Barrel Heart of Love"	3:04
13.	"Feel the Power"	3:12

Personnel

Twisted Sister

Dee Snider – lead vocals
Jay Jay French – lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda – lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Mark "The Animal" Mendoza – bass, backing vocals, studio assistant
A. J. Pero – drums, percussion

Production

Stuart Epps - producer, engineer, mixing

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1983	UK Albums Chart^[6]	14
1983	Billboard 200 (USA)^[7]	164

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	"I Am (I'm Me)"	UK Singles Chart^[6]	18
	"The Kids Are Back"	UK Singles Chart^[6]	32
	"You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll"	UK Singles Chart^[6]	43

Certifications

Country	Organization	Year	Sales
USA	RIAA	1995	Gold (+ 500,000)^[4]

In Popular Culture

In one series of Brainiac: Science Abuse, the song "You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll" was used as an experiment to show what things could be used to stop rock and roll, using various chemicals and a stereo.
In the 2010 film Jackass 3D, "The Kids Are Back" is played during the opening credits.

References

↑ Prato, Greg. You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll at AllMusic
↑ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 369. ISBN 978-1894959315.
↑ Johnson, Howard (May 19, 1983). "Twisted Sister 'You Can't Stop Rock 'n'n Roll'". Kerrang!. 42. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 15. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 "RIAA Searchable Database: search for Twisted Sister". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
↑ "The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums". Metal Rules. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
1 2 3 4 "Twisted Sister Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
↑ "Twisted Sister Chart History". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2016.

Twisted Sister

Jay Jay French Eddie Ojeda Dee Snider Mark Mendoza Mike Portnoy Kenny Neill Mel Anderson Michael O'Neill Billy Stiger Keith Angelino Frank Karuba Kevin John Grace Tony Petri Ritchie Teeter Joey Brighton Walt Woodward III A. J. Pero Joey Franco

Studio albums	Under the Blade You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll Stay Hungry Come Out and Play Love Is for Suckers Still Hungry A Twisted Christmas

Compilation albums	Big Hits and Nasty Cuts Club Daze Volume 1: The Studio Sessions We're Not Gonna Take It And Other Hits The Essentials

Live albums	Live at Hammersmith Club Daze Volume II: Live in the Bars Live at Wacken: The Reunion A Twisted Christmas - Live

Singles	"Under the Blade" "Day of the Rocker" "Sin After Sin" "We're Not Gonna Take It" "I Wanna Rock" "The Price" "Leader of the Pack" "Be Chrool to Your Scuel" "You Want What We Got" "Hot Love" "Wake Up (The Sleeping Giant)" "One Bad Habit" "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" "White Christmas" "Silver Bells" "Deck the Halls" "30"

Other	Albums Songs Twisted Forever We Are Twisted Fucking Sister!

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