Manifest Destiny (The Dictators album)

Manifest Destiny is the second album by the Dictators and their first after switching to the Asylum label.

Critical reception

The New York Times noted that Handsome Dick Manitoba "certainly has flair, but he lacks a very distinct singing voice or style." Trouser Press praised the album as "another helping of brilliant Shernoff originals." Martin Popoff ranked the album 12th on his "Top 20 albums of Punk’s first year, 1977", in Goldmine.

Track listing

Personnel

• Handsome Dick Manitoba – lead vocals
• Ross "The Boss" Friedman – lead guitar, 12-string guitar
• Scott "Top Ten" Kempner – rhythm guitar
• Andy Shernoff – keyboards, lead and backing vocals
• Mark "The Animal" Mendoza – bass guitar
• Richie Teeter – drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Sleeping with the TV On" and "Hey Boys"

• Petronius Wood – additional keyboards

• Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman – producers
• John Jansen – engineer
• Andy Abrams, Corky Stasiak, Gray Russell, Jay Krugman, Rod O'Brien, Thom Panunzio – assistant engineers
• Steve L. Schenck – production coordinator
• Anne Garner, Roni Hoffman, Veronica Drew Ink – art direction, design
• Eric Meola – photography

References