Breaking Loose (album)

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Breaking Loose
Helix breaking loose.jpg
Studio album by
Helix
Released1979
Studio
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length36:33
LabelH&S
ProducerHelix, Bob Morton
Helix chronology
Breaking Loose
(1979) 		White Lace & Black Leather
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[1]

Breaking Loose was the first independent album by the Canadian rock band Helix. It was released in 1979. Joe Anthony from KISS FM in San Antonio, Texas began playing "You're A Woman Now" which enabled the band to play there for the first time.[2] It also featured "Billy Oxygen" written and sung by guitarist Brent "The Doctor" Doerner. The song mixed genres such as hard rock, metal, funk and progressive rock and garnered them some early Canadian airplay.[3]

It was first issued on CD with White Lace & Black Leather as part of the Helix compilation CD The Early Years, released by Capitol in 1992. It was later re-released individually by the band, but is now out of print.[4]

Track listing[]

  1. "I Could Never Leave" (Paul Hackman, Brian Vollmer) - 4:06
  2. "Don't Hide Your Love" (Hackman) - 3:18
  3. "Down in the City" (Vollmer) - 5:56
  4. "Crazy Women" (Brent Doerner) - 3:22
  5. "Billy Oxygen" (Brent Doerner) - 4:24
  6. "Here I Go Again" (Brent Doerner, Vollmer) - 3:34
  7. "You're a Woman Now" (Hackman) - 5:37
  8. "Wish I Could Be There" (Hackman) - 6:17

Credits[]

Personnel[]

  • Brian Vollmer – vocals[5]
  • Brent Doerner – lead guitar and 12-string electric and acoustic guitars. Vocals and bass on "Billy Oxygen".[5]
  • Paul Hackman – lead and acoustic guitars, vocals
  • Keith "Bert" Zurbrigg – bass, vocals
  • Brian Doerner – drums, vocals

Additional musicians[]

  • Peter Follet – guitars [5]
  • Wayne Smith – percussion
  • Joel Wideman – keyboards
  • Doug Varty – backing vocals
  • Lydia Taylor – backing vocals
  • Valerie Hudson – backing vocals
  • Richard Zuiceuicz – backing vocals
  • Dennis – backing vocals

Production[]

  • Recorded primarily at Springfield Sound studios, except "Billy Oxygen" recorded at Maxim Canada.[5]
  • R.A. "Bob" Morton – producer
  • Declan O'Doherty – engineer at Springfield Sound
  • Dan Donovan – tape technician
  • Bob Dobie – engineer at Maxim Canada
  • George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, NYC
  • Roger Psulka – photography
  • Rose Janovich – photography
  • Robert Yendt – art direction
  • William Seip – artist management, music publishing

Singles[]

  • "Don't Hide Your Love"

References[]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Vollmer, Brian (2004). Gimme An R! the story of Brian Vollmer, lead vocalist of Helix. Ball Media Corporation. ISBN 0-9739849-0-2.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (1993). Riff Kills Man! 25 Years of Recorded Hard Rock & Heavy Metal. Power Chord Press. ISBN 0-9697707-0-7.
  4. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r40345
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Breaking Loose (LP liner notes). H&S Records. 1979.
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