Midnight Madness (album)
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| Midnight Madness | ||||
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| Studio album by Night Ranger | ||||
| Released | October 1983 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 38:56 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Pat Glasser | |||
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Midnight Madness is the second album from Night Ranger, released in 1983. The album containes the band's best known hit, "Sister Christian", and became the band's highest selling album, selling well over a million copies in the US.
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[edit] Track listing
All Songs Published By Kid Bird Music/Rough Play Music.
- (You Can Still) Rock in America (Blades, Gillis) - 4:16
- Rumours in the Air (Blades) - 4:33
- Why Does Love Have to Change (Blades) - 3:49
- Sister Christian (Keagy) - 5:03
- Touch of Madness (Blades) - 5:01
- Passion Play (Blades) - 4:43
- When You Close Your Eyes (Blades, Fitzgerald, Gillis) - 4:19
- Chippin' Away (Blades, Gillis) - 4:13
- Let Him Run (Blades, Keagy, Watson) - 3:29
"Rumours in the Air" was featured in the film Sixteen Candles. In the film, it is played through Justin Henry's headphones and can be easily missed.
"Sister Christian" was featured in the 2009 remake of "Friday The 13th". It appears early on, during the sequence where the kids are wandering through the woods near Camp Crystal Lake, looking for a patch of marijuana plants.
According to a VH1 Behind the Music special, drummer Kelly Keagy wrote the song "Sister Christian" about his own sister. Though not credited, Alan Fitzgerald wrote some of the chord changes.
"(You Can Still) Rock in America" was used for a musical montage in the series finale of The Drew Carey Show, and in at least two episodes of the TV cartoon series American Dad!.
The German resp. European vinyl edition got a different running order:
- A Side:
- Sister Christian
- Rumours in the Air
- Touch of Madness
- Passion Play
- B Side:
- When You Close Your Eyes
- Chippin' Away
- Let Him Run
- (You Can Still) Rock in America
- Why Does Love Have to Change
[edit] Personnel
- Jack Blades - Bass/Lead vocals
- Jeff Watson - Guitars/Keyboards
- Brad Gillis - Guitars
- Alan Fitzgerald - Keyboards
- Kelly Keagy - Drums/Lead vocals
[edit] Additional personnel
- Glenn Hughes - backing vocals on "(You Can Still) Rock in America"
[edit] Production
- Pat Glasser - Producer
- John VanNest - Engineer
- Brian Gardener - Mastering
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