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Dawn Patrol
Dawn Patrol
Studio album by Night Ranger
Released	November 1982
Studio	Allen Zentz Recording (Los Angeles)
Genre	Hard rock; pop metal; AOR;
Length	40:30
Label	Boardwalk
Producer	Pat Glasser
Night Ranger chronology
Singles from Dawn Patrol
	"Don't Tell Me You Love Me"; Released: December 1982; "Sing Me Away"; Released: April 1983; "Young Girl in Love"; Released: July 1983;

Dawn Patrol is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Night Ranger, released in November 1982 by Neil Bogart's The Boardwalk Entertainment Co. The cover art of the album features dishes of the Very Large Array in central New Mexico.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Classic Rock	Essential^[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10^[4]
Daily Vault	B+^[8]

Background edit

During the recording of the album, the band was known as just Ranger. The first issues of the album were printed and ready to be shipped when a country band from California was found to have the same name. The band decided to name themselves Night Ranger after the song that Blades had written for the album, and Boardwalk proceeded to destroy every copy that had "Ranger" on it.

Release edit

"Don't Tell Me You Love Me", the first single, which had a music video that entered heavy rotation on MTV, reached number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number four on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.^[9]

The second single, "Sing Me Away", reached number 54 on the Hot 100 and number 39 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in late spring of 1983.^[9]

Track listing edit

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Don't Tell Me You Love Me"	Jack Blades	Blades	4:19
2.	"Sing Me Away"	Kelly Keagy, Blades	Keagy	4:09
3.	"At Night She Sleeps"	Keagy, Blades	Keagy	4:08
4.	"Call My Name"	Blades	Blades	3:42
5.	"Eddie's Comin' Out Tonight"	Blades	Blades	4:26

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
6.	"Can't Find Me a Thrill"	Blades	Blades and Keagy	3:19
7.	"Young Girl In Love"	Keagy, Blades	Keagy	3:32
8.	"Play Rough"	Blades	Blades	4:14
9.	"Penny"	Blades	Keagy	3:47
10.	"Night Ranger"	Blades	Blades	4:22

Personnel edit

Night Ranger

Jack Blades – bass, lead vocals
Jeff Watson – guitars
Brad Gillis – guitars
Alan Fitzgerald – keyboards
Kelly Keagy – drums, lead vocals

Production

Pat Glasser – producer
John Van Nest – engineer
Tucker Williamson – studio assistant
Brian Gardner – mastering
Mike Beard – graphic effects

Charts edit

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[10]	86
US Billboard 200^[11]	38

References edit

^ Rivadavia, Eduardo (October 28, 2013). "30 Years Ago: Night Ranger Release 'Midnight Madness'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Elliott, Paul (February 20, 2015). "Buyer's Guide: Night Ranger". Classic Rock. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Night Ranger - Dawn Patrol review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 242. ISBN 978-1894959315.
^ Elliott, Paul (December 16, 2023). ""When the Boogie Nights scene came on, I said, 'Man, I think I've been in that guy's house in the early 80s!'": the rise, fall and porn-assisted resurrection of AOR heroes Night Ranger". Classic Rock. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
^ "Night Ranger singles".
^ "Night Ranger discography".
^ Thelen, Christopher (January 3, 2000). "Dawn Patrol: Night Ranger". Daily Vault. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Night Ranger Chart History". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. September 12, 2008. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6204b". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^ "Night Ranger Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 13 May 2023.