Projects in the Jungle

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Projects in the Jungle is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Pantera, released on July 27, 1984, through Metal Magic Records.<ref name="Daniels" /><ref name="Popoff" /><ref name="Genius" />

The band would make their first music video for the track "All Over Tonight". Though sharing many similarities with Def Leppard's pre-Hysteria sound (Pyromania had been released the year before), the album also contains influences from bands like Judas Priest and in addition to Van Halen-inspired guitar solos features many speed metal-oriented guitar riffs.Template:Citation needed

Reception

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Eduardo Rivadavia described Terry Glaze's vocal style as "ear assaulting" and the lyrics as "frequently moronic" examples of glam metal cliches of the era. Nonetheless, Projects in the Jungle was "a major improvement over the band's tentative performance on debut album Metal Magic, and its much improved production clarity and musicianship spoke volumes of Pantera's growing professionalism and maturity."<ref name="AllMusic" />

Metal Hammer included the album cover on their list of "50 most hilariously ugly rock and metal album covers ever".<ref name="MH50worst">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

According to Vinnie Paul in 1990, the album only sold 15,000 copies.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Track listing

All credits adapted from the original LP.<ref name="Credits" />

Personnel

All credits adapted from the original LP.<ref name="Credits" />

Pantera

• Terrence Lee – vocals, additional keyboards
• Diamond Darrell – guitars
• Rex Rocker – bass guitar
• Vinnie Paul – drums

Production

• Jerry Abbott – production, engineering, mixing
• M.C. Rather – mastering
• Recorded and mixed at Pantego Sound, Pantego, Texas