Red Hot and Heavy

Red, Hot and Heavy is the first full-length studio album by the Danish hard rock/heavy metal band Pretty Maids. The album was released in 1984 by CBS Records. The song "Night Danger" was used in the soundtrack for the horror film Demons (1985) by Lamberto Bava. In 2005, Red, Hot and Heavy was ranked number 437 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[3]

Red, Hot and Heavy
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 29, 1984
RecordedPuk Studios, 1984
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length36:17
LabelCBS
ProducerBilly Cross, Tommy Hansen
Pretty Maids chronology
Pretty Maids
(1983)
Red, Hot and Heavy
(1984)
Future World
(1987)
Singles from Red, Hot and Heavy
  1. "Waitin' for the Time"
    Released: 1984
  2. "Red, Hot and Heavy"
    Released: 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rock Hard (de)9/10[2]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Carmina Burana)" Carl Orff0:22
2."Back to Back"Ronnie AtkinsKen Hammer, Alan Owen3:34
3."Red, Hot and Heavy"AtkinsHammer3:58
4."Waitin' for the Time"AtkinsHammer4:45
5."Cold Killer"AtkinsHammer4:42
6."Battle of Pride"AtkinsHammer3:14
7."Night Danger"AtkinsHammer, Owen3:52
8."A Place in the Night"AtkinsHammer, Owen3:58
9."Queen of Dreams"AtkinsHammer4:45
10."Little Darling"Phil LynottLynott2:59

Personnel

  • Ronnie Atkins - vocals
  • Ken Hammer - lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars
  • Rick Hanson - lead and rhythm guitars
  • Allan Delong - bass
  • Phil Moorhead - drums
  • Alan Owen - keyboards

Guest musicians

  • Billy Cross - lead guitar (track 10), lead introduction (track 8)
  • Tommy Hansen - organs (track 10)
  • Knud Lindhard – backing vocals (track 4, 5, 8, 10)

Other Staff

References

  1. "Pretty Maids Red, Hot & Heavy review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  2. Lerch, Uwe. "Album review". Rock Hard issue 9. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  3. [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 34. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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