No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll
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| No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll | ||||
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| Released | October 1983 | |||
| Studio | Rocshire Studios, Anaheim, California Skyline Studios, Topanga, California | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 41:20 | |||
| Label | Rocshire (US) RCA (Europe) | |||
| Producer | Dennis Mackay, Andrew Trueman | |||
| Alcatrazz chronology | ||||
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| Singles from No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 10/10[2] |
No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll is the first album by American heavy metal band Alcatrazz led by veteran singer Graham Bonnet, released in 1983. It spent seven weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart, peaking at No. 128.[3] The album precipitated guitarist's Yngwie Malmsteen solo career, and is most famous for the single "Island in the Sun".
Track listing[edit]
- Side one
- "Island in the Sun" (Yngwie Malmsteen, Jimmy Waldo, Graham Bonnet) - 3:55
- "General Hospital" (Malmsteen, Waldo, Bonnet) - 4:49
- "Jet to Jet" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 4:27
- "Hiroshima Mon Amour" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 4:00
- "Kree Nakoorie" (Malmsteen, Waldo, Bonnet) - 6:10
- Side two
- "Incubus" (Malmsteen) - 1:24 (instrumental)
- "Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 4:20
- "Big Foot" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 4:06
- "Starcarr Lane" (Malmsteen, Waldo, Bonnet) - 3:53
- "Suffer Me" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 4:16
- 2011 & 2015 Reissue bonus tracks (instrumental demos)
- "Island in the Sun" - 3:47
- "General Hospital" - 4:10
- "Jet to Jet" - 4:11
- "Hiroshima Mon Amour" - 3:23
- "Kree Nakoorie" - 5:18
- "Incubus" - 1:43
- "Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live" - 3:42
- "Big Foot" - 3:54
- "Starcarr Lane" - 4:29
- "Suffer Me" - 3:25
Personnel[edit]
- Graham Bonnet – vocals
- Yngwie Malmsteen – guitar
- Jimmy Waldo – keyboards, backing vocals
- Gary Shea – bass, backing vocals
- Jan Uvena – drums, backing vocals
Production[edit]
- Dennis Mackay – producer, mixing
- Willie Harlen – engineer, mixing
- Nick Newton – logo design
- Bad Samuels – art direction
- Mark Sokol – artwork
- Andrew Trueman – management
References[edit]
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Alcatrazz No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- ^ "No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-04-04.[dead link]
