Wild Cat (Danko Jones album)

Wild Cat is the eighth studio album by Canadian hard rock band Danko Jones. The album was released on March 3, 2017 through AFM Records.

Wild Cat
Studio album by Danko Jones
Released	March 3, 2017
Recorded	October 2016
Studio	The Vanilla Room, Toronto[1] Revolution Recording, Vespa[1]
Genre	Hard rock[2] blues rock heavy metal[2] alternative metal[2]
Length	38:29
Label	AFM
Producer	Eric Ratz[1]
Danko Jones chronology
Fire Music (2015) Wild Cat (2017) A Rock Supreme (2019)
Singles from Wild Cat
"My Little RnR" Released: January 27, 2017 "You Are My Woman" Released: September 25, 2017

Background

On December 14, 2016, it was revealed that the title of the 8th Danko Jones album would be Wild Cat, and that it would be released on March 3, 2017.^[3] The band also announced a 17-date European tour to accompany the release of the album.

2017 saw four more tours: a spring Canadian tour, the usual summer festival tour, an autumn Canadian tour and a winter Nordic tour. On February 1, 2018, it was announced they'd be supporting Skindred on their April UK tour, alongside CKY.^[4] In May, they announced another European tour scheduled for November/December.^[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Classic Rock	[7]
Kerrang!	[8]
Now	[9]

Wild Cat was well-received by most contemporary music critics. On review aggregator website, Metacritic, which normalizes music ratings, Wildcat received an average score of 74 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews based on four critics".^[6]

Track listing

Wild Cat track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Gotta Rock"	3:39
2.	"My Little RnR"	3:44
3.	"Going Out Tonight"	3:31
4.	"You Are My Woman"	3:24
5.	"Do This Every Night"	3:11
6.	"Let's Start Dancing"	3:13
7.	"Wild Cat"	3:46
8.	"She Likes It"	3:25
9.	"Success In Bed"	3:34
10.	"Diamond Lady"	3:36
11.	"Revolution (But Then We Make Love)"	3:35
Total length:		38:29

All tracks are written by Danko Jones

Personnel

The following individuals were credited with the production of the album.^[1]

Band

• John Calabrese – bass
• Danko Jones – guitar, primary artist, vocals
• Rich Knox – drums

Production

• Andrew Doidge – assistant engineer
• Harry Hess – mastering, vocals
• Ryan Jones – digital engineer, engineer
• Kenny Luong – digital engineer
• Vespa Justin Madill – assistant engineer
• Craig Pattison – guitar technician
• Eric Ratz – engineer, mixing, producer
• Luke Schindler – assistant engineer
• Jeff Zurba – drum technician

Charts

Chart performance for Wild Cat

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10]	39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11]	95
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12]	170
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13]	195
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14]	42
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15]	14
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16]	26

References

1. "Wild Cat by Danko Jones Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
2. Deming, Mark. "Wild Cat by Danko Jones Reviews and Tracks". Allmusic. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
3. "New Album And Tour Announcement". DankoJones.com. December 14, 2016.
4. Jones, Danko (February 1, 2018). "This is happening!!! Very excited to go out on tour in the UK this April with Benji and the boys in @Skindredmusic and my dudes in @ckymusic. This is gonna be fun. Yeah, @jessmargera!!!@calabresejohn @richknoxdrums @badtasteempire #wildcat" (Tweet). Twitter. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
5. "Danko Jones on Instagram: "Announcement! This November we head out on a headline tour across Europe. There are more dates to be announced but here's the tour so far.…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021.
6. "Wild Cat by Danko Jones". Metacritic. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
7. Kilroy, Hannah May (March 3, 2017). "Danko Jones - Wild Cat album review". Classic Rock. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
8. Kerrang! magazine, print edition. 11 Mar 2017, p.52
9. Boles, Benjamin (March 9, 2017). "On their eighth album, Toronto's Danko Jones continue to bring the rock". Now. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
10. "Austriancharts.at – Danko Jones – Wild Cat" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
11. "Ultratop.be – Danko Jones – Wild Cat" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
12. "Ultratop.be – Danko Jones – Wild Cat" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
13. "Dutchcharts.nl – Danko Jones – Wild Cat" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
14. "Danko Jones: Wild Cat" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
15. "Offiziellecharts.de – Danko Jones – Wild Cat" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
16. "Swisscharts.com – Danko Jones – Wild Cat". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 15, 2023.

External links

• Wildcat at Discogs