Projects in the Jungle

Projects in the Jungle
Studio album by
Pantera
ReleasedJuly 27, 1984 (1984-07-27)[1][2][3]
RecordedMay 1984
StudioPantego Sound, Pantego, Texas[4]
Genre
Length35:47
LabelMetal Magic[5]
Producer
Pantera chronology
Metal Magic
(1983) 		Projects in the Jungle
(1984) 		I Am the Night
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2.5/5 stars[6]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[8]
Sputnikmusic2/5 stars[9]

Projects in the Jungle is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Pantera. It was released on July 27, 1984 through Metal Magic Records.[1][2][3]

The song "All Over Tonight" was made into a music video. It was the band's first ever music video. The album takes influence from Def Leppard's pre-Hysteria sound and Judas Priest. There are also Van Halen-inspired guitar solos and speed metal like guitar riffs.

Reception

AllMusic writer Eduardo Rivadavia gave Projects in the Jungle a score of 3.5 stars out of a possible 5. He described Terry Glaze's vocals as "ear assaulting" and the lyrics as "frequently moronic" examples of glam metal cliches. Even so, the album was seen as "a major improvement over the band's tentative performance on debut album Metal Magic."[6]

Track listing

All credits are from the original LP.[4]

All songs written and composed by Pantera. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "All Over Tonight"   3:36
2. "Out for Blood"   3:09
3. "Blue Light Turnin' Red"   1:38
4. "Like Fire"   4:01
5. "In Over My Head"   3:58
Side two
No. Title Length
6. "Projects in the Jungle"   3:05
7. "Heavy Metal Rules!"   4:18
8. "Only a Heartbeat Away"   4:01
9. "Killers"   3:30
10. "Takin' My Life"   4:31
Total length:
 35:47

Personnel

All credits are from the original LP.[4]

Pantera
Production
  • T. Lee – additional keyboards
  • Jerry Abbott – production, engineering, mixing
  • M.C. Rather – mastering
  • Recorded and mixed at Pantego Sound, Pantego, Texas

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Daniels, Neil (January 1, 2000). Reinventing Metal: The True Story of Pantera and the Tragically Short Life of Dimebag Darrell. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4803-6273-4.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Popoff, Martin (August 15, 2014). The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade. Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-0-7603-4546-7.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Projects in the Jungle by Pantera". genius.com. July 27, 1984. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Projects in the Jungle (LP sleeve). Pantera. Arlington, Texas: Metal Magic Records. 1984. MMR1984.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ "Projects in the Jungle". Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Projects in the Jungle – Pantera". AllMusic. Retrieved January 4, 2005.
  7. ↑ The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. November 1, 2005. p. 258. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  8. ↑ The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. 2006. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  9. ↑ "Pantera - Projects in the Jungle (album review) | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com. September 24, 2007. Retrieved May 7, 2024.