Metal Health
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| Metal Health | ||
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| Studio album by Quiet Riot | ||
| Released | March 11, 1983 | |
| Recorded | 1982 | |
| Genre | Heavy Metal | |
| Length | 40:57 | |
| Label | Pasha | |
| Producer(s) | Spencer Proffer | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Quiet Riot chronology | ||
| Quiet Riot II (1978) |
Metal Health (1983) |
Condition Critical (1984) |
Metal Health was the breakthrough album for the American heavy metal band Quiet Riot. It was released in 1983 (see 1983 in music), bolstered by a #5 hit single, "Cum on Feel the Noize" (Slade cover). Metal Health was the first heavy metal debut album to hit #1 on the Billboard Music Charts pop albums list. It knocked The Police's Synchronicity out of #1 in the U.S. The album went on to sell more than 6 million copies and is considered a classic among heavy metal fans to this day. However, some, such as the All Music Guide [1], perceive it as a one-hit wonder, owing to Quiet Riot's relative lack of critical and commerical success with following albums (and subsequent disintegration) towards the end of the 1980's.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Metal Health" (Banali/Cavazo/Cavazo/DuBrow)
- "Cum on Feel the Noize" (Holder/Lea)
- "Don't Wanna Let You Go" (Cavazo/DuBrow)
- "Slick Black Cadillac" (DuBrow)
- "Love's a Bitch" (DuBrow)
- "Breathless" (Cavazo/DuBrow)
- "Run for Cover" (Cavazo/DuBrow)
- "Battle Axe" (Cavazo)
- "Let's Get Crazy" (DuBrow)
- "Thunderbird" (DuBrow)
[edit] Personnel
- Quiet Riot - Artwork
- Riot Squad - Vocals (bckgr)
- Charles Wright
- Frankie Banali - Percussion, Cymbals, Drums, Vocals (bckgr), Tympani
- Duane Baron - Engineer
- Carlos Cavazo - Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals (bckgr)
- Kevin DuBrow - Vocals (bckgr)
- Tuesday Knight - Vocals (bckgr)
- Spencer Proffer - Vocals (bckgr), Producer
- Pat Regan - Keyboards
- Rudy Sarzo - Synthesizer, Bass, Guitar (Bass)
- Chuck Wright - Guitar (Bass), Vocals (bckgr)
- Donna Slattery - Vocals (bckgr)
- Jay Vigon - Art Direction, Design
- Sam Emerson - Photography
- Stan Watts - Illustrations
- Ron Sobol - Photography
[edit] Charting singles
Billboard Music Charts(North America) - singles 1983 Metal Health Mainstream Rock No. 37 1983 Cum On Feel The Noize Mainstream Rock No. 7 1983 Slick Black Cadillac Mainstream Rock No. 32 1983 Cum On Feel The Noize Pop Singles No. 5 1984 Metal Health The Billboard Hot 100 No. 31 1984 Cum On Feel The Noize The Billboard Hot 100 No. 20
