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Quarterflash
Studio album by
Quarterflash
ReleasedOctober 1981
Recorded1981
GenreRock
Length40:38
LabelGeffen
ProducerJohn Boylan
Quarterflash chronology
Quarterflash
(1981) 		Take Another Picture
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Quarterflash is the debut album of American rock band Quarterflash. It was released in 1981 on Geffen Records and features the single, "Harden My Heart", which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also hit No. 1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. The follow-up single was "Find Another Fool", which reached No. 16 on the Hot 100. The album was certified platinum in the United States by the RIAA.[2]

"Harden My Heart" is featured in the 2006 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on fictional power ballad radio station, Emotion 98.3. It is also a featured song in the Broadway musical Rock of Ages.

Track listing

All songs written by Marv Ross except as noted.

  1. "Harden My Heart" – 3:51
  2. "Find Another Fool" – 4:32
  3. "Critical Times" (Jack Charles) – 5:06
  4. "Valerie" – 4:20
  5. "Try to Make It True" – 3:38
  6. "Right Kind of Love" – 3:49
  7. "Cruisin' With the Deuce" – 4:10
  8. "Love Should Be So Kind" – 3:10
  9. "Williams Avenue" – 7:57

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

  • John Boylan – Producer
  • Paul Grupp – Engineer
  • Phil Jamtaas – Assistant Engineer
  • Erik Zobler – Assistant Engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 22
U.S. Billboard 200 8

Year-end charts

Year End Chart (1982) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 20[4]

Singles

Year Song US US Rock US AC AUS CAN UK [5]
1981 "Harden My Heart" 3 1 41 6 10 49
1982 "Find Another Fool" 16 12 - 21 -
"Right Kind of Love" 56 - - - -

References

  1. ^ Quarterflash at AllMusic
  2. ^ https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=QUARTERFLASH&ti=QUARTERFLASH
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 242. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "Top BIllboard 200 Albums of 1982". www.billboard.com. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  5. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 444. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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