Twisted Sister, Stay Hungry, 1984 Atlantic Records, 80156-1, ST-A-845457-AR, VG+

Stay Hungry is the third studio album by American  band . Released on May 10, 1984, the album includes the band's two most well-known songs, "" and "". According to , Stay Hungry is the band's most successful album by far and the only certified platinum. Eventually the album gained  status with U.S. sales of more than 3,000,000 copies by 1995.

During recording, producer  brought some songs by  band  for the band to listen to, this led to a conflict with  who understood it as Werman wanting the band to replace some of his songs with Saxon covers. Guitarist  also claims the band lost two songs that they wanted on the album due to Werman's influence

Twisted Sister performed the song "Burn in Hell" during a  in the 1985 film . The song "Burn in Hell" was  by  band  on . "" was also covered by  on the  soundtrack. The two songs that comprise the Horror-Teria segment became the basis of Twisted Sister lead singer 's 1998 film , in which Captain Howdy was played by Snider himself. The "Captain Howdy" segment of the "Horror-Teria" suite would later be covered by the  group  on their album  and in 1999 by the Swedish  band  on their  album.

In 2004, the band re-recorded all nine songs from this album and re-released them under the title .

In 2009, the band played Stay Hungry in its entirety for the first time including songs never played live before, such as "Don't Let Me Down" and "Horror-Teria: Street Justice".

Reception[]

Metal Rules ranked the album #5 on their list of the Top 50  Albums.

In 2016,  ranked the album at number 6 on their list of the Top 30  Albums.

In 2017, Rolling Stone listed the album at No. 76 on its list of the 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time.

Track listing[]

All songs are written by .

Side oneNo.TitleLength1."Stay Hungry"3:032.""3:383."Burn in Hell"4:434."Horror-Teria (The Beginning):
a) Captain Howdy
b) Street Justice"7:45 Side twoNo.TitleLength5.""3:066.""3:487."Don't Let Me Down"4:268."The Beast"3:309."S.M.F."3:00

Twisted Sister[]  - lead vocals  - lead guitar, backing vocals  - rhythm guitar, lead guitar on "Stay Hungry", "S.M.F." co lead guitar on "Burn In Hell", "Don't Let Me Down", backing vocals  - bass, backing vocals  - drums, percussion Additional musicians[] Dean Werman, Gabby McGachan, Neidermeyer - sound effects,  Production[]  - producer, arrangements with Twisted Sister  - engineer, mixing Gary McGachan - additional engineer at Cherokee Studios John "Red" Agnello - additional engineer at Record Plant Greg Laney - additional engineer at Westlake Studio  - mastering at , New York Bob Defrin - art direction Charts[] Album[] Chart (1984-1985)Peak
positionAustralian Albums ()21Canada Top Albums/CDs ()6German Albums ()48New Zealand Albums ()10Norwegian Albums ()11Swedish Albums ()3 ()34US 15 Singles[] YearSingleChartPosition1984""New Zealand Singles Chart25 (USA)7 (USA)21581985101984""Mainstream Rock (USA)35Billboard Hot 100 (USA)68UK Singles Chart9319855New Zealand Singles Chart10Top Singles Canada44""Mainstream Rock (USA)19

Certifications[] RegionCertification/salesCanada ()5× Platinum500,000^United States ()3× Platinum3,000,000^