Strikes (album)

Strikes
Studio album by Blackfoot
Released	March 7, 1979 (1979-03-07)
Studio	Subterranean Studio (Ann Arbor, MI) Sound Suite Studios (Detroit, MI) Bee Jay Studios (Orlando, FL)
Genre	Southern rock hard rock blues rock
Length	33:41
Label	Atco
Producer	Al Nalli Henry Weck
Blackfoot chronology
Flyin' High (1976) Strikes (1979) Tomcattin' (1980)
Singles from Strikes
"Highway Song" Released: 1979 "Train, Train" Released: 1979

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Classic Rock

Strikes is the third studio album by the American Southern rock band Blackfoot. It was released on March 7, 1979 through Atco Records. Recording sessions took place at Subterranean Studios in Ann Arbor, at Sound Suite Studios in Detroit, and at Bee Jay Studios in Orlando. Production was handled by Henry Weck and Al Nalli.

The album debuted at number 183 on the Billboard 200 and later reached number 42. On April 18, 1986, it has received a Platinum certification status by the Recording Industry Association of America.

It features two singles: "Highway Song" (#26) and "Train, Train" (#38). "Train, Train" was covered by country music legend Dolly Parton on her 1999 album The Grass Is Blue which won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. Warrant covered the song on their 1990 album Cherry Pie. The song has appeared in the 2011 film Straw Dogs.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Road Fever"	Rickey Medlocke	3:07
2.	"I Got a Line on You" (Spirit cover)	Randy Craig Wolfe	3:17
3.	"Left Turn on a Red Light"	R. Medlocke Jakson Spires	4:35
4.	"Pay My Dues" (Blues Image cover)	Blues Image	3:03
5.	"Baby Blue"	R. Medlocke Spires Charlie Hargrett	2:33
6.	"Wishing Well" (Free cover)	Paul Rodgers Paul Kossoff Tetsu Yamauchi John Bundrick Simon Kirke	3:11
7.	"Run and Hide"	R. Medlocke Spires	3:24
8.	"Train, Train" (Prelude)	Paul Robert Medlock	0:36
9.	"Train, Train"	Medlock	2:56
10.	"Highway Song"	R. Medlocke Spires	7:31
Total length:			33:41

Personnel

Band members

• Rickey Medlocke – lead vocals, guitar
• Charlie Hargrett – guitar
• Greg T. Walker – bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Jakson Spires – drums, percussion, vocals

Additional personnel

• Pat McCaffrey – keyboards
• Paul Robert Medlock – harmonica (track 8)
• Michael "Cub" Koda – harmonica (track 9)
• Donna D. Davis – backing vocals
• Pamela T. Vincent – backing vocals
• Cynthia M. Douglas – backing vocals
• Henry "H-Bomb" Weck – percussion, recording engineer, producer
• Al Nalli – producer

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	42

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

External links

• Blackfoot – Strikes at Discogs (list of releases)