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  Name Metal Health
  Type Album
  Artist Quiet Riot
  Cover QuietRiotMetalHealthalbumcoverjpg
  Background Orange
  Released March 11 , 1983
  Recorded 1982
  Genre Heavy Metal
  Length 40:57
  Label Pasha
  Producer
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/All_Music_Guide" class="copylinks">All Music Guide link
  Last Album
  This Album ''Metal Health''<br />( 1983 )
  Next Album ''Condition Critical''<br />( 1984 )


''Metal Health'' was the breakthrough album for the American Heavy Metal band Quiet Riot . It was released in 1983 (see 1983 In Music ), bolstered by a #1 first single, "Cum on Feel the Noize" ( Slade cover). ''Metal Health'' was the first Heavy Metal album to hit #1 on the Billboard Music Charts pop albums list.It knocked The Police 's Synchronicity out of #1 in the U.S.


TRACK LISTING

#"Bang Your Head (Metal Health)" (Banali/Cavazo/Cavazo/DuBrow)
#"Cum on Feel the Noize" (Holder/Lea)
#"Don't Wanna Let You Go" (Cavazo/DuBrow)
#"Slick Black Cadillac" (DuBrow)
#"Love's a Bitch" (DuBrow)
#"Breathless" (Cavazo/DuBrow)
#"Run for Cover" (Cavazo/DuBrow)
#"Battle Axe" (Cavazo)
#"Let's Get Crazy" (DuBrow)
#"Thunderbird" (DuBrow)


PERSONNEL

  • Quiet Riot - Artwork

  • Riot Squad - Vocals (bckgr)

  • Charles Wright

  • Frankie Banali - Percussion, Cymbals, Drums, Vocals (bckgr), Tympani

  • Duane Baron - Engineer

  • Carlos Cavazo - Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals (bckgr)

  • Kevin DuBrow - Vocals (bckgr)

  • Tuesday Knight - Vocals (bckgr)

  • Spencer Proffer - Vocals (bckgr), Producer

  • Pat Regan - Keyboards

  • Rudy Sarzo - Synthesizer, Bass, Guitar (Bass)

  • Chuck Wright - Guitar (Bass), Vocals (bckgr)

  • Donna Slattery - Vocals (bckgr)

  • Jay Vigon - Art Direction, Design

  • Sam Emerson - Photography

  • Stan Watts - Illustrations

  • Ron Sobol - Photography



CHARTING SINGLES

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - singles
1983 Bang Your Head Mainstream Rock No. 37
1983 Cum On Feel The Noize Mainstream Rock No. 7
1983 Slick Black Cadillac Mainstream Rock No. 32
1983 Cum On Feel The Noize Pop Singles No. 5
1984 Bang Your Head The Billboard Hot 100 No. 31
1984 Cum On Feel The Noize The Billboard Hot 100 No. 20