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Danger Zone (Sammy Hagar album)

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Released
  
June 21, 1980

Length
  
35:09

Release date
  
21 June 1980

Label
  
Capitol Records

Recorded
  
1980

Artist
  
Sammy Hagar

Producer
  
Sammy Hagar

Genre
  
Hard rock

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Studio
  
Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California

Danger Zone (1980)
  
Standing Hampton (1981)

Similar
  
Sammy Hagar albums, Hard rock albums

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

Contents

Steve perry sammy hagar love or money heartbeat


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

    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".

    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

    Band

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

    • Guest musicians

  • Steve Perry – background vocals on "Love Or Money", "The Iceman", "Heartbeat" and "Run For Your Life"
  • Neal Schon – guitar solos on "Love Or Money"

    • Production

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

    • 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)

    • Releases

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

    • Songs

    1Love Or Money3:01
    220th Century Man3:15
    3Miles From Boredom3:41

    References

    Danger Zone (Sammy Hagar album) Wikipedia
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