I'M A FINDER
AND I'M A KEEPER
I'M NOT A LOSER
AND I AIN'T
NO WEEPER
Metal Health
is the third
studio album
by the American
Heavy Metal Band
released on
February 28, 1983.
The album spawned
two hit singles:
the Slade cover
"Cum On Feel the Noize"
and
"Metal Health".
It was the band's
first album to
receive a
first album to
receive a
worldwide release,
as the first two
were released
only in Japan.
Metal Health
was the first
heavy metal album
to reach number one
on the
Billboard 200 chart,
replacing
The Police's
Synchronicity
at number one
in November 1983.
Due to its
commercial success,
Metal Health
is regarded by some
as the catalyst that
opened the door
for hair metal's
immense popularity
throughout the
next several years.
The album went on
to sell more than
ten million copies
worldwide
and over
six million
in the U.S. alone,
being certified
six-times platinum
by the RIAA.
Overview
The band parted ways
with bassist
Chuck Wright
early in the recording process,
and replacement
Gary Van Dyke
was not working out.
Vocalist
Kevin DuBrow
asked the band's
former bassist
Rudy Sarzo
to take part
in the recording of
"Thunderbird",
a song written as a
tribute to the band's
founder
Randy Rhoads,
who died in
a 1982
plane crash.
While DuBrow
began writing the song
while Rhoads
was still alive,
it wasn't completed
until after
the guitarist's death.
The partnership was quite
fruitful and
Sarzo ended up
recording several songs
with the band,
and he
ultimately left his spot
with
Ozzy Osbourne
to re-join
Quiet Riot
as a
permanent member.
In support of the album,
Quiet Riot
opened for
Black Sabbath
on their
Born Again Tour
in the US.
They also managed to
secure a spot
at the 1983
US Festival
alongside
established acts
such as
Ozzy Osbourne
and
Judas Priest.
Prior to
Quiet Riot's
US Festival performance,
Sarzo was punched
in the face
backstage by
a drunken
Osbourne,
still bitter over
the bassist
leaving him
to rejoin
Quiet Riot
several months prior.
Due to the band's
subsequent failure
to match
Metal Health's
commercial success,
Quiet Riot
has at times been
referred to as
"one-hit wonders".
This is not correct,
however,
as the band had
two songs reach
the Billboard
Top 40
on the Hot 100,
in addition to a
subsequent album
being certified
Platinum by the RIAA
for over one million
album sales.
The title track was ranked
No. 35 on
VH1's 40 Greatest
Metal Songs.
"Slick Black Cadillac"
is a re-recording
of a song
that appeared on
the band's
1978 album
Quiet Riot II.
Artwork
The album cover art
was designed by
Stan Watts,
who had previously
designed the covers for
The Doobie Brothers'
Best of The Doobies
Volume II
(1981),
Black Sabbath's
Live Evil
(1982)
and
Martin Briley's
One Night with a Stranger
(1983),
as well as the poster
for the film
The Howling
(1981).
Frankie Banali
later stated that
Quiet Riot
had wanted to
create an icon
for the band,
and that Sarzo
had suggested something
akin to Alexandre Dumas'
"The Man in the Iron Mask"
(1847).
While many thought
the masked cover model
was DuBrow,
it was actually
Watts himself,
whose wife took
the photo of him,
which he then
airbrushed for a
"dramatic, high-contrast look".
The mask became so popular
that DuBrow wore
a similar one
on the cover of
the band's
follow-up album,
1984's
Condition Critical.
TRACKLIST
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Metal Health
(Bang Your Head)
Cum On Feel The Noize
Don't Wanna Let You Go
Slick Black Cadillac
Love's A Bitch
Breathless
Run For Cover
Battle Axe
(Instr)
Let's Get Crazy
Thunderbird
Danger Zone
(Bonus Track)
BONUS
LIVE RIOT '83 (E.P.)
Metal Health
(Live Riot EP 1983)
Slick Black Cadillac
(Live Riot EP 1983)
Let's Get Crazy
(Live Riot EP 1983)
Love's A Bitch
(Live Riot EP 1983)
Run For Cover
(Tulsa 1984) [*]
Cum On Feel The Noise
(Tulsa 1984) [*]
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