Projects in the Jungle

Projects in the Jungle
Studio album by Pantera
Released	July 27, 1984 (1984-07-27)[1][2][3]
Recorded	May 1984
Studio	Pantego Sound, Pantego, Texas[4]
Genre	Glam metal heavy metal
Length	35:47
Label	Metal Magic[5]
Producer	Jerry Abbott & Pantera
Pantera chronology
Metal Magic (1983) Projects in the Jungle (1984) I Am the Night (1985)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10[7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[8]
Sputnikmusic	[9]

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

The band would make their first music video for the track "All Over Tonight". Though sharing many similarities with Def Leppard's pre-Hysteria sound (Pyromania had been released the year before), the album also contains influences from bands like Judas Priest and in addition to Van Halen-inspired guitar solos features many speed metal-oriented guitar riffs.^[citation needed]

Reception

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Eduardo Rivadavia described Terry Glaze's vocal style as "ear assaulting" and the lyrics as "frequently moronic" examples of glam metal cliches of the era. Nonetheless, Projects in the Jungle was "a major improvement over the band's tentative performance on debut album Metal Magic, and its much improved production clarity and musicianship spoke volumes of Pantera's growing professionalism and maturity."[6]

Metal Hammer included the album cover on their list of "50 most hilariously ugly rock and metal album covers ever".[10]

According to Vinnie Paul in 1990, the album only sold 15,000 copies.[11]

Track listing

All credits adapted from the original LP.[4]

All tracks are written 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 adapted from the original LP.[4]

Pantera

• Terrence Lee – vocals, additional keyboards
• Diamond Darrell – guitars
• Rex Rocker – bass guitar
• Vinnie Paul – drums

Production

• Jerry Abbott – production, engineering, mixing
• M.C. Rather – mastering
• Recorded and mixed at Pantego Sound, Pantego, Texas

References

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. 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. "Projects in the Jungle by Pantera". genius.com. July 27, 1984. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
4. Projects in the Jungle (LP sleeve). Pantera. Arlington, Texas: Metal Magic Records. 1984. MMR1984.
5. "Projects in the Jungle". Retrieved August 5, 2010.
6. 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.
10. Young, Simon (May 9, 2023). "The 50 most hilariously ugly rock and metal album covers ever". Metal Hammer. Future plc. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
11. "Hell Bent For Texas". Metal Forces. No. 53. Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England: Rockzone Publications Ltd. August 1990. p. 20–22.