No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll
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Released | 15 October 1983 | |||
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Genre | Heavy metal | |||
Length | 41:20 | |||
Label | Rocshire Records (US) RCA/Rocshire (Europe) Polydor (Japan) | |||
Producer | Dennis Mackay, Andrew Trueman | |||
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Singles from No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll | ||||
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Source | Rating |
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Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 10/10[2] |
No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll is the first album by the 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] It is considered by fans of the group to be the best Alcatrazz release and launched guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen into a glittering solo career. The album is most famous for the singles "Island in the Sun" and "Jet to Jet". Other notable offerings are "Hiroshima Mon Amour", for which a video was shot (an excerpt for which was seen in the UK on the Channel 4 TV programme The Tube), "General Hospital" and "Incubus", a solo by Yngwie J. Malmsteen he continued to play during his solo career. It has always had a strong following in Japan and songs from it can still be found in karaoke bars today.
Track listing[]
- 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[]
- Graham Bonnet – vocals
- Yngwie Malmsteen – guitar
- Jimmy Waldo – keyboards, backing vocals
- Gary Shea – bass, backing vocals
- Jan Uvena – drums, backing vocals
Production[]
- Dennis Mackay – producer, mixing
- Willie Harlen – engineer, mixing
- Nick Newton – logo design
- Bad Samuels – art direction
- Mark Sokol – artwork
References[]
- ^ 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]
- 1983 debut albums
- Polydor Records albums
- Alcatrazz albums