The Knife Feels Like Justice by Brian Setzer

The Knife Feels Like Justice was released in 1986 by Brian Setzer on the EMI America record label. Setzer was moving on from the rockabilly music of his prior band, Stray Cats, to a more adult-oriented roots rock sound, in the style of one of his major influences, John Cougar Mellencamp. Setzer utilized Mellencamp's producer, Don Gehman, and his drummer, Kenny Aronoff, for the studio recordings.The album peaked at number 45 on the US Billboard album chart in April 1986. A music video for the title track was shot on Pueblo land near Taos, New Mexico. The video features all the musicians from the studio recording except drummer Aronoff, whose onscreen substitute was the E Street Band's Max Weinberg.Although it was not as popular as hoped upon its initial release, the original pressings for both the cassette and compact disc versions have sold out. It was re-released on CD in 1990 and again in 1999. In 2007 it was released again as part of a "2 albums on 1 CD" format, paired with his 1988 follow-up album Live Nude Guitars. An import CD version is also available.