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Manifest Destiny
Studio album by the Dictators
Released	1977
Studio	Record Plant, New York
Genre	Protopunk, punk rock
Length	37:50
Label	Asylum
Producer	Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman
The Dictators chronology
Go Girl Crazy! (1975) Manifest Destiny (1977) Bloodbrothers (1978)

Manifest Destiny is the second album by the Dictators and their first after switching to the Asylum label.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	B
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	10/10
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide

The New York Times noted that Handsome Dick Manitoba "certainly has flair, but he lacks a very distinct singing voice or style." Trouser Press praised the album as "another helping of brilliant Shernoff originals."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Andy Shernoff except where indicated

Personnel

The Dictators

• Handsome Dick Manitoba – lead vocals
• Ross "The Boss" Friedman – lead guitar, 12-string guitar
• Scott "Top Ten" Kempner – rhythm guitar
• Andy Shernoff – keyboards, lead and backing vocals
• Mark "The Animal" Mendoza – bass guitar
• Richie Teeter – drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Sleeping with the TV On" and "Hey Boys"

Additional musicians

• Petronius Wood – additional keyboards

Production

• Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman – producers
• John Jansen – engineer
• Andy Abrams, Corky Stasiak, Gray Russell, Jay Krugman, Rod O'Brien, Thom Panunzio – assistant engineers
• Steve L. Schenck – production coordinator
• Anne Garner, Roni Hoffman, Veronica Drew Ink – art direction, design
• Eric Meola – photography

References

1. Deming, Mark. "Manifest Destiny – The Dictators". AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor and Fields. ISBN 0-89919-026-X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. Popoff, Martin (2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal – Volume 1: The Seventies. Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-1894959025.
4. Catucci, Nick (2004). "The Dictators". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 234. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
5. Rockwell, John (8 July 1977). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. p. C11.
6. Robbins, Ira. "Dictators". Trouser Press. Retrieved April 18, 2019.

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