{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} <!--PLEASE NOTE: the references in this article are in a list format, which means the data for the refs is in the References section, not in the body of the article. If you add a new ref, please follow this format. If you delete some text that includes a ref, please preview the whole page and check that you haven't created a ref error in the References section. --> {{Infobox album | name = Raygun...Naked Raygun | type = album | artist = Naked Raygun | cover = Naked Raygun - Raygun Naked Raygun.jpg | alt = | released = 1990 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = * Hardcore punk<ref name="wpost" /><ref name="austin" /> * punk rock<ref name="wpost" /> * post-punk<ref name="allmusic"/> | length = 48:36 | label = Caroline | producer = Keith Auerbach, Naked Raygun | prev_title = Understand? | prev_year = 1989 | next_title = Free Shit! | next_year = 2001 }} '''''Raygun...Naked Raygun''''' is the fifth studio album by Chicago punk rock band Naked Raygun, released in 1990 through Caroline Records. The album was recorded at Chicago Trax and was co-produced by Keith Harbacher and the band. It was the band's first album with their new guitarist Bill Stephens, who had replaced John Haggerty.<ref name="trib2" /> This was the last album by the band before they broke up in 1992.<ref name="timeout" />
== Reception == {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="allmusic" /> }} *"The band's fifth album sounds like the culmination of some of the ideas explored on ''Jettison'' and ''Understand?''. The trick is to maintain the original hard edge, and on ''Raygun...Naked Raygun'' the band pulls it off. Pierre Kezdy's bass sounds like a power tool and Eric Spicer excavates a groove with his explosive drumming, while new guitarist Bill Stephens adds tonal color. As usual, vocalist Jeff Pezzati delivers the angst without histrionics." (Greg Kot, ''Chicago Tribune'')<ref name="trib" /> *"Bill Stephens joined and the fresh blood resulted in one last, stellar album, 1990's ''Raygun...Naked Raygun''" (Jim DeRogatis, ''Chicago Sun-Times'')<ref name="suntimes" /> *"This is fast and hard enough that the band's hardcore past is never in doubt, but the emphasis is on infectious shout-along rockers in the Brit-punk football-cheer tradition. All four members are songwriters, and have produced a solid set of hard-edged wallopers." (Mark Jenkins, ''The Washington Post'')<ref name="wpost" /> *"Without Haggerty' s presence, ''Raygun'' is dry, forever tripping on its own feet. The passion and cross-cutting tension of early Naked Raygun records don't make it on to ''Raygun''." (Bob Gendron, AllMusic)<ref name="allmusic" /> *"Though the band rejects the hardcore tag as too limiting, its new ''Raygun...Naked Raygun'' album remains true to supersonic form and promises an earsplitting assault when the band appears Wednesday night at the Cannibal Club." (''Austin American-Statesman'')<ref name="austin" />
== Track listing == {{track listing | title1 = Home | writer1 = Pierre Kezdy | length1 = 2:53 | title2 = Fever Island | writer2 = Jeff Pezzati, Eric Spicer, Bill Stephens | length2 = 2:39 | title3 = The Grind | writer3 = Jeff Pezzati | length3 = 3:49 | title4 = Jazz Gone Bad | writer4 = Jeff Pezzati | length4 = 4:27 | title5 = Prepare to Die | writer5 = Pierre Kezdy | length5 = 2:51 | title6 = The Promise | writer6 = Bill Stephens | length6 = 2:21 | title7 = Holding You | writer7 = Pierre Kezdy, Jeff Pezzati | length7 = 5:13 | title8 = Strange Days | writer8 = Pierre Kezdy | length8 = 3:19 | title9 = In My Head | writer9 = Jeff Pezzati | length9 = 3:54 | title10 = Camarilla | writer10 = Eric Spicer | length10 = 3:35 | title11 = Terminal | writer11 = Jeff Pezzati, Bill Stephens | length11 = 5:24 }} {{track listing | headline = 1999 CD re-issue bonus tracks | title12 = Last Drink | writer12 = Nic Austin | length12 = 2:32 | title13 = Love Battery | writer13 = Howard Devoto, Pete Shelley | length13 = 2:17 | title14 = Running Free | writer14 = Steve Diggle | length14 = 3:22 }}
== Personnel == ;Naked Raygun *Jeff Pezzati – vocals *Pierre Kezdy – bass guitar *Eric Spicer – drums *Bill Stephens – guitar ;Production and additional personnel *Keith Auerbach – production *Marc Harris – photography *Naked Raygun – production *Mike Saenz – illustrations *Kevin Weppner – alto saxophone on "Holding You" *Mars Williams – tenor saxophone on "Holding You"
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<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |first = Bob |last = Gendron |url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r13681|pure_url=yes}} |title = Raygun...Naked Raygun |publisher = Allmusic |date = |accessdate = February 12, 2013}}</ref> <ref name="trib">{{cite web |first = Greg |last = Kot |title = Made in Chicago Naked Raygun's 5th, Pegboy's 1st top the good stuff from local talent |publisher = Chicago Tribune |date = November 8, 1990 |url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/28772039.html?dids=28772039:28772039&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+08%2C+1990&author=Greg+Kot%2C+Rock+music+critic&pub=Chicago+Tribune+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Made+in+Chicago+Naked+Raygun%27s+5th%2C+Pegboy%27s+1st+top+the+good+stuff+from+local+talent&pqatl=google |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130411162400/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/28772039.html?dids=28772039:28772039&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+08,+1990&author=Greg+Kot,+Rock+music+critic&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Made+in+Chicago+Naked+Raygun's+5th,+Pegboy's+1st+top+the+good+stuff+from+local+talent&pqatl=google |url-status = dead |archive-date = April 11, 2013 |accessdate = March 15, 2013}}</ref> <ref name="trib2">{{cite web |first = Mark |last = Caro |title = Naked Raygun fires off new album with new guitarist |publisher = Chicago Tribune |date = October 19, 1990 |url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/28760578.html?dids=28760578:28760578&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+19%2C+1990&author=Mark+Caro&pub=Chicago+Tribune+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Naked+Raygun+fires+off+new+album+with+new+guitarist&pqatl=google |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130411161649/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/28760578.html?dids=28760578:28760578&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+19,+1990&author=Mark+Caro&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Naked+Raygun+fires+off+new+album+with+new+guitarist&pqatl=google |url-status = dead |archive-date = April 11, 2013 |accessdate = March 15, 2013}}</ref> <ref name="timeout">{{cite web |first = Jake |last = Austen |title = Naked Raygun – House of Blues; Fri 2, Sat 3 |publisher = Time Out Chicago |date = December 29, 2008 |url = http://timeoutchicago.com/music-nightlife/music/61153/naked-raygun |accessdate = March 15, 2013}}</ref> <ref name="suntimes">{{cite web |first = Jim |last = DeRogatis |title = Happiness is a warm Raygun |publisher = Chicago Sun-Times |date = August 8, 1999 |url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB42428E5BDF289&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |accessdate = March 15, 2013}}</ref> <ref name="wpost">{{cite web |first = Mark |last = Jenkins |title = Post-Punk Merges With Roots Rock |work = The Washington Post |date = December 7, 1990 |url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72634694.html?dids=72634694:72634694&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+07%2C+1990&author=Mark+Jenkins&pub=The+Washington+Post+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Post-Punk+Merges+With+Roots+Rock&pqatl=google |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130411170001/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72634694.html?dids=72634694:72634694&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+07,+1990&author=Mark+Jenkins&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Post-Punk+Merges+With+Roots+Rock&pqatl=google |url-status = dead |archive-date = April 11, 2013 |accessdate = March 15, 2013}}</ref> <ref name="austin">{{cite web |first = |last = |title = Beaver Nelson lets his music speak for itself |publisher = Austin American-Statesman |date = March 12, 1991 |url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAD8C1FB4AA6F2C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |accessdate = March 15, 2013}}</ref>
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