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The Final Frontier (Keel album)

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Released
  
April 30, 1986

Length
  
35:34

Artist
  
Keel

Producer
  
Gene Simmons

Genres
  
Heavy metal, Glam metal

Recorded
  
1986

The Final Frontier (1986)
  
Keel (1987)

Release date
  
30 April 1986

Label
  
MCA Records

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Studio
  
Electric Lady Studios, New York City, Baby-O Studios and Village Recorders, Los Angeles

Similar
  
The Right to Rock, Larger Than Live, Streets of Rock & Roll, Keel VI: Back in Action, Keel

The Final Frontier is a 1986 album by the American glam metal band Keel. It was the band's second album to be produced by KISS bassist Gene Simmons. Videos were filmed for the tracks "Because the Night" (a Patti Smith Group cover) and "Tears of Fire".

Contents

Keel the final frontier


Track listing

Side one
  1. "The Final Frontier" (Ron Keel, Greg Chaisson) - 3.20
  2. "Rock and Roll Animal" (Marc Ferrari) - 4.47
  3. "Because the Night" (Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith) - 3.47
  4. "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" (R. Keel) - 4.06
  5. "Arm and a Leg" (R. Keel, Ferrari, Bryan Jay, Chaisson) - 3.08
Side two
  1. "Raised on Rock" (Ferrari) - 3.10
  2. "Just Another Girl" (R. Keel) - 3.16
  3. "Tears of Fire" (Ferrari) - 4.20
  4. "Nightfall" (Ferrari) - 1.56
  5. "No Pain No Gain" (R. Keel) - 3.44

Personnel

Band members
  • Ron Keel – vocals, guitars, keyboards
  • Marc Ferrari – guitars, backing vocals
  • Bryan Jay – guitars, backing vocals
  • Kenny Chaisson – bass, backing vocals
  • Dwain Miller – drums, backing vocals
    • Guest musicians
  • Michael Des Barres - vocals on "Raised on Rock"
  • Joan Jett - rhythm guitar on "Raised on Rock"
  • Jaime St. James - backing vocals on "Rock and Roll Animal"
  • Gregg Giuffria - backing vocals on "No Pain No Gain"
  • Mitch Perry - rhythm guitar on "Tears of Fire"
    • Production
  • Gene Simmons - producer
  • Dave Wittman - engineer, mixing
  • Bruce Buchhalter, Tom Nist, Kevin Smith - assistant engineers
  • George Marino - mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
  • John Taylor Dismukes - art direction
  • Neil Zlozower - photography

    • Songs

    1The Final Frontier3:55
    2Rock and Roll Animal4:48
    3Because the Night3:49

    References

    The Final Frontier (Keel album) Wikipedia
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