Metal Health

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Metal Health
Studio album by Quiet Riot
Released	March 11, 1983
Recorded	1982
Genre	Glam metal, Heavy metal Hard rock
Length	40:57
Label	Pasha
Producer	Spencer Proffer
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Quiet Riot chronology
Quiet Riot II (1978) Metal Health (1983) Condition Critical (1984)

Metal Health was the breakthrough album for the American glam metal band Quiet Riot and their first record without deceased legendary guitarist Randy Rhoads. It was released on March 11, 1983, bolstered by the #5 hit "Cum on Feel the Noize" and the #31 hit "Metal Health". Metal Health was the first heavy metal album to hit #1 on the Billboard Music Charts pop albums chart. 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 critics such as the All Music Guide ^[1], perceive it as a one-hit wonder, owing to Quiet Riot's relative lack of critical and commercial success with following albums (and subsequent disintegration) towards the end of the 1980s.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Metal Health" (DuBrow/Cavazo/Sarzo/Banali) 5:16
2. "Cum on Feel the Noize" (Holder/Lea) 4:50
3. "Don't Wanna Let You Go" (DuBrow/Cavazo) 4:40
4. "Slick Black Cadillac" (DuBrow)** 4:12
5. "Love's a Bitch" (DuBrow) 4:11
6. "Breathless" (DuBrow/Cavazo) 3:51
7. "Run for Cover" (DuBrow/Cavazo) 3:38
8. "Battle Axe" (Cavazo) 1:38
9. "Let's Get Crazy" (DuBrow) 4:08
10. "Thunderbird" (DuBrow) 4:43
11. "Danger Zone" (DuBrow)* 5:05
12. "Slick Black Cadillac" (live) (DuBrow)* 5:14

• On Metal Masters Remaster*
• Slick Black Cadillac appeared on Quiet Riot II, and was credited to DuBrow and Randy Rhoads on that album. There is no explanation why Rhoads' name was dropped from the credits.

[edit] Credits

[edit] Quiet Riot

• Kevin DuBrow - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Carlos Cavazo - guitars, backing vocals
• Rudy Sarzo - bass, synthesizer
• Frankie Banali - drums, cymbals, percussion, tympani, backing vocals

[edit] Additional musicians

• Chuck Wright - bass on "Metal Health" and "Don't Wanna Let You Go", backing vocals
• Pat Regan - keyboards
• Riot Squad - backing vocals
• Tuesday Knight - backing vocals
• Spencer Proffer - backing vocals
• Donna Slattery - backing vocals

[edit] Production

• Spencer Proffer - producer
• Duane Baron - engineer
• Quiet Riot - artwork
• Jay Vigon - art direction, design
• Sam Emerson - photography
• Ron Sobol - photography
• Stan Watts - illustrations

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

[edit] Singles

Billboard Music Charts(North America)

[edit] References

1. ^ [1], Metal Health article on All Music Guide

[edit] External link

• "Cum on Feel the Noize" music video with lyrics