Strength of Steel

Strength of Steel is the fourth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. It was released by Metal Blade and Enigma Records on June 22, 1987.

Strength of Steel
Studio album by Anvil
Released	June 22, 1987[1]
Recorded	Quest Recording Studios, Oshawa, Canada
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	42:05
Label	Metal Blade / Enigma (North America) Roadrunner (Europe)
Producer	Anvil, Paul Lachapelle, Gabor Varszegi
Anvil chronology
Backwaxed (1985) Strength of Steel (1987) Pound for Pound (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	4/10[3]
Kerrang!	[4]
Rock Hard	8.5/10[5]

It is the group's sole charting album in the United States, peaking at No. 191 on the Billboard 200 album chart in 1987.^[6] It was also the band's first release on Metal Blade Records. Two of the songs on this album ("Straight Between the Eyes" and "Wild Eyes") appeared in the film Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers.

A music video was made for the song "Mad Dog".

Metal Hammer included the album cover on their list of "50 most hilariously ugly rock and metal album covers ever".^[7]

Track listing

All tracks by Anvil, except "Wild Eyes" by Rich Dodson

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Strength of Steel"	3:30
2.	"Concrete Jungle"	5:21
3.	"9-2-5"	2:57
4.	"I Dreamed It Was the End of the World"	4:14
5.	"Flight of the Bumble Beast"	2:25
6.	"Cut Loose"	3:29

Side two

No.	Title	Length
7.	"Mad Dog"	3:14
8.	"Straight Between the Eyes"	3:19
9.	"Wild Eyes" (The Stampeders cover)	3:26
10.	"Kiss of Death"	5:21
11.	"Paper General"	4:49

Personnel

Anvil

• Steve "Lips" Kudlow – vocals, guitar
• Dave Allison – guitar, second vocal on "Straight Between the Eyes"
• Ian Dickson – bass
• Robb Reiner – drums

Production

• Paul Lachapelle – producer, engineer, mixing
• Gabor Varszegi – executive producer