[SACD-R][OF] Billy Squier - Don’t Say No - 1981/2018 (Hard Rock, Classic Rock)

Backing Vocals – Alan St. Jon, Mark Clarke (2)
Bass – Mark Clarke (2)
Drums [More] – Bobby Chouinard
Guitar – Cary Sharaf
Keyboards, Synthesizer – Alan St. Jon
Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Percussion, Written-By – Billy Squier

Triple-Platinum Selling All-Time Great Album On SACD!
Mastered Direct-to-DSD From The Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio!
Don't Say No catapulted Squier's career to new heights. His live shows became arena rock sensations and four tracks from this album are classic rock radio staples in heavy rotation today: "In the Dark," "The Stroke," "My Kind of Lover" and "Lonely is the Night."
The hybrid SACD is mastered Direct-to-DSD from the original analog master tapes and housed in a super jewel box.
Don’t Say No is the second album by Billy Squier, released on April 13, 1981. It stands as Squier’s biggest career album, including the hits “In the Dark”, “Lonely Is the Night”, “My Kinda Lover” and “The Stroke”. The album hit the Top Five on the Billboard album chart and remained on the chart for over two years (111 weeks).
“The Stroke” was the first single, reaching number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, and an even bigger hit at rock radio, hitting number 3 on the Mainstream Rock chart. The song even dented the British Pop charts, rising to number 52. The video for “The Stroke” — as most of the music videos from both Don’t Say No and its follow-up, Emotions In Motion — is a straight-ahead performance piece, featuring Squier on an arena stage. Billy’s many videos were staples on the then brand-new channel known as MTV which brought him increased popularity.
“In The Dark” followed “The Stroke” into the Billboard Top 40, and the Top 10 of the Album Rock Tracks chart. “Lonely Is The Night” and many other tracks from the album were hugely popular on AOR (Album Oriented Rock) radio stations.
The album was certified Gold by the RIAA for 500,000 sales in July 1981 and Platinum two months later. Though multi-platinum awards weren’t certified prior to 1984, Don’t Say No belatedly received a Triple Platinum award in 1992, certifying sales of over 3 million US copies.
A cover of “Lonely Is the Night” is a playable track in the PlayStation 2 video game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and the master recording is playable in Guitar Hero 5 and Rock Band 4.
On July 27, 2010. Shout! Factory released a 30th Anniversary edition of the album complete with newly remastered sound, bonus tracks, and a new booklet.
In early 2018, Intervention Records reissued Don’t Say No on 180-gram vinyl and SACD/CD. The reissue is Artist-Approved and according to Squier “arguably the best-sounding version ever..”
All Music Review

After turning some heads with his debut, Billy Squier truly arrived with 1981’s Don’t Say No, which kicks off in spectacular fashion with the triple opening salvo of “In the Dark,” “The Stroke,” and “My Kinda Lover” — all of which become staples at rock radio. The album is a near-perfect example of early-’80s melodic hard rock, and even less enduring (but hardly inferior rockers) such as “You Know What I Like” and “Lonely Is the Night” keep up the intensity. And Squier also finds time for the occasional ballad, like the disarmingly gentle “Nobody Knows.” Completists may want to review his mid-’90s double-disc anthology, but as far as studio albums are concerned, Don’t Say No is undoubtedly his best.