Metal Health

Metal Health is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Quiet Riot. It was released on March 11, 1983, bolstered by the No. 5 hit "Cum On Feel the Noize" and the No. 31 hit "Metal Health". Metal Health is the first heavy metal album ever to reach the top spot on the Billboard 200, replacing the Police's Synchronicity at number one in November 1983. The album went on to sell more than ten million copies worldwide.[1]

Metal Health
Studio album by
Quiet Riot
ReleasedMarch 11, 1983
Recorded1982
StudioThe Pasha Music House, Hollywood, California
GenreHeavy metal, glam metal
Length40:57
LabelPasha
ProducerSpencer Proffer
Quiet Riot chronology
Quiet Riot II
(1978)		 Metal Health
(1983)		 Condition Critical
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
Rolling Stone(not rated) link

Overview

Quiet Riot went on a tour the same year and supported Black Sabbath on their Born Again tour in the US.

"Slick Black Cadillac" is a re-recorded version of the same song from Quiet Riot II.

The song "Thunderbird" is dedicated to guitarist and founding member Randy Rhoads. Although the bulk of the song was written for Rhoads while he was still alive, Kevin DuBrow added one final verse as a tribute to Rhoads after he died in a plane crash on March 19, 1982.[2]

Rolling Stone ranked Metal Health at number 15 on their list of the 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time.[3]

Some critics, such as AllMusic,[4] describe 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. The title track was ranked No. 35 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Metal Health"
5:16
2."Cum On Feel the Noize" (Slade cover)
4:51
3."Don't Wanna Let You Go"Cavazo4:43
4."Slick Black Cadillac"
4:13
5."Love's a Bitch"DuBrow4:11
6."Breathless"
  • DuBrow
  • Cavazo
3:51
7."Run for Cover"
  • DuBrow
  • Cavazo
3:38
8."Battle Axe"
  • DuBrow
  • Cavazo
1:39
9."Let's Get Crazy"DuBrow4:08
10."Thunderbird"DuBrow4:43

Personnel

Quiet Riot

Additional personnel
  • Chuck Wright – bass guitar on "Metal Health", "Don't Wanna Let You Go"[5]
  • Riot Squad - backing vocals
  • Tuesday Knight – backing vocals (10)
  • Spencer Proffer – backing vocals
  • Donna Slattery – backing vocals
  • Pat Regan - Keyboards

Production
  • Arranged by Quiet Riot
  • Produced by Spencer Proffer
  • Recorded and mixed by Duane Baron at The Pasha Music House
  • All songs published by The Grand Pasha Publisher, except "Cum on Feel the Noize" (Barn Publishing, Inc)

Design
  • Quiet Riot – artwork
  • Jay Vigon – art direction, design
  • Sam Emerson – photography
  • Ron Sobol – photography
  • Stan Watts – illustrations

Chart positions

Album
Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 39
Canadian Albums Chart[7] 5
New Zealand Albums Chart[8] 33
US Billboard 200[9] 1

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[10] 3× Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[11] 6× Platinum 6,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "Quiet Riot - BIO". www.quietriot.band. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  2. Quiet Riot 2001 CD: Liner notes
  3. Weingarten, Tom Beaujour,Richard Bienstock,Chuck Eddy,Reed Fischer,Kory Grow,Maura Johnston,Christopher R.; Beaujour, Tom; Bienstock, Richard; Eddy, Chuck; Fischer, Reed; Grow, Kory; Johnston, Maura; Weingarten, Christopher R. (2019-08-31). "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  4. Rivadavia, Eduardo; John Franck. "Metal Health review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  5. "Chuck Wright Interview". Music Legends. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 244. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. "Bienvenue au site Web Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / Welcome to the Library and Archives Canada website". January 2, 2014. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  8. "Quiet Riot – Metal Health". charts.nz. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  9. "Top 200 Albums". Billboard.com. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  10. "Canadian album certifications – Quiet Riot – Metal Heath". Music Canada.
  11. "American album certifications – Quiet Riot – Metal Health". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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