Danger Zone (Sammy Hagar album)

Danger Zone
Studio album by Sammy Hagar
Released	June 21, 1980
Recorded	1980 at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California
Genre	Hard rock
Length	35:09
Label	Capitol
Producer	Sammy Hagar, Geoff Workman
Sammy Hagar chronology
Street Machine (1979) Danger Zone (1980) Standing Hampton (1981)

Danger Zone is a Sammy Hagar solo album, his last new studio album during his tenure with Capitol Records. The album includes appearances by the Journey singer Steve Perry and the Journey guitarist Neal Schon.

Song information

• "Love Or Money" was a favorite of John Kalodner, which helped serve as a catalyst in getting Hagar signed to the then new Geffen Records.
• The track "In The Night (Entering The Danger Zone)" was inspired by the film Lucifer Rising.
• "Heartbeat" is the second track on which Hagar shares a writing credit with his then-wife, Betsy. The first was "Wounded In Love" on the Street Machine album.
• "Run For Your Life" is a cover of a song from the band Runner's first (and only) album, Runner. This version has the former Journey singer Steve Perry on back-up vocals. It was (co-)produced by Boston's Tom Scholz, who had originally been signed to produce the entire album but was ordered by his own record label to pull out.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

In their retrospective review, Allmusic declared the album a solid effort, pointing out "20th Century Man" and "Run for Your Life" as highlights, but nonetheless determined the album to be "not up to the standard of Sammy Hagar's best material".^[1]

Track listing

1. "Love Or Money" (Sammy Hagar) - 3:00
2. "20th Century Man" (Sammy Hagar, Gary Pihl) - 3:13
3. "Miles From Boredom" (Sammy Hagar) - 3:41
4. "Mommy Says, Daddy Says" (Sammy Hagar) - 2:33
5. "In The Night (Entering The Danger Zone)" (Sammy Hagar) - 5:09
6. "The Iceman" (Sammy Hagar) - 4:09
7. "Bad Reputation" (Sammy Hagar) - 3:29
8. "Heartbeat" (Betsy Hagar, Sammy Hagar) - 3:53
9. "Run For Your Life" (Steve Gould, John Pidgeon) - 4:22
10. "Danger Zone" (Sammy Hagar) - 0:40

Singles

• "Heartbeat" b/w "Miles From Boredom" - US (Capitol 4893)
• "Heartbeat" (stereo) b/w "Heartbeat" (mono) - US (Capitol P-4893)
• "Heartbeat" b/w "Love Or Money" - UK (Capitol RED1)
• "Heartbeat" b/w "Love Or Money" - Holland (Capitol 1A 006-86200)
• "Run For Your Life" b/w "Love Or Money" - Germany (Capitol 006-86 215)

Personnel

Band

• Sammy Hagar: vocals, guitar
• Bill Church: bass guitar
• Gary Pihl: guitar, Keyboards
• Chuck Ruff: drums
• Geoff Workman: keyboards

Guests

• Steve Perry: background vocals on "Love Or Money" and "Run For Your Life"
• Neal Schon: guitar solos on "Love Or Money"

Other Personnel

• Dave Frazer: engineer assistant
• Tom Scholz: inspiration, pre-production arrangements and drum recordings
• Geoff Workman: engineer

Versions

• Capitol (US) : ST-12069
• BGO (1995 UK reissue) : BGOCD281
• Capitol (Japan) : TOCP-7516

External links

• Sammy Hagar - Danger Zone at Discogs

References