Exciter (Exciter album)

Exciter
Exciter
Studio album by Exciter
Released	April 1988
Recorded	Metalworks Studios, Toronto, Canada
Genre	Heavy metal, speed metal
Length	38:55
Label	Maze Music
Producer	Ed Stone, Exciter
Exciter chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10^[2]

Exciter is the fifth studio album by Canadian speed metal band Exciter, released through Maze Music in 1988. It was re-released in 1995 by Magnetic Air Records and again by Megaforce Records in 2005 with the title O.T.T.,^[1] which stands for "Over the Top".^[3] This is the first album as a quartet, with new frontman Rob Malnati replacing Dan Beehler as lead vocalist of the band; however Beehler still performs drums and backing vocals.

Track listing

All tracks are written by McPhee, Johnson and Beehler.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Scream Bloody Murder"	4:40
2.	"Back in the Light"	3:34
3.	"Ready to Rock"	4:17
4.	"O.T.T." (stands for "Over the Top")	3:59
5.	"I Wanna Be King"	4:22
6.	"Enemy Lines"	4:00
7.	"Dying to Live"	4:35
8.	"Playin' with Fire"	4:34
9.	"Eyes in the Sky"	4:54

Bonus track 1995 & 2005 editions

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Termination"	2:17

Credits

Rob Malnati – lead vocals, guitar
Brian McPhee – guitar, vocals
Allan Johnson – bass
Dan Beehler – drums, vocals

Production

Leidecker Productions – production management
J.C. Caprara – concept
Zoran Busic – management

References

^ ^a ^b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Exciter – O.T.T." AllMusic. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
^ "Exciter – Exciter". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved October 9, 2011.

[allmusic-1] Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Exciter – O.T.T." AllMusic. Retrieved October 9, 2011.

[martin-2] Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.

[3] "Exciter – Exciter". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved October 9, 2011.

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Exciter
John Ricci Dan Beehler Allan Johnson Brian McPhee Rob Malnati David Ledden Jeff McDonnald Jacques Belanger Marc Charron Rik Charron Paul Champagne Rob DeGroot Rob "Clammy" Cohen Kenny Winter
Studio albums	Heavy Metal Maniac (1983) Violence & Force (1984) Long Live the Loud (1985) Unveiling the Wicked (1986) (1988) Kill After Kill (1992) The Dark Command (1997) Blood of Tyrants (2000) Thrash Speed Burn (2008) Death Machine (2010)