Don't Get Mad, Get Even (album) explained

Don't Get Mad, Get Even
Type:studio
Artist:Samson
Cover:Don't Get Mad, Get Even (album).jpg
Released:23 March 1984[1]
Recorded:August–September 1983
Studio:
  • Musicworks, London
  • "Are You Ready" and "Dr. Ice" recorded at Advision
Genre:Hard rock
Length:44:18
Label:Polydor
Producer:Pip Williams
Prev Title:Before the Storm
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:Joint Forces
Next Year:1986

Don't Get Mad, Get Even is the fifth studio album by British hard rock/heavy metal band Samson, released in 1984. Don't Get Mad, Get Even was included in the three-disc compilation The Polydor Years, issued by Caroline International in 2017, which also includes the album Before the Storm and a third CD with various B-sides, live and studio rarities. This compilation was the only official transfer of the original record to CD.[2] [3] An unofficial bootleg was made and sold in New Zealand, released in 1997 on CD.

Reception

Reviews have been generally positive of the album since its release. Götz Kühnemund of the German magazine Rock Hard praised it, highly recommending it to metal fans and going on to say that it "grows with every listen and even becomes SAMSON's best album!" They compared the LP to being roughly on the same hardness level as Def Leppard's Pyromania album and that it will, therefore "not appeal to every headbanger. But every SAMSON fan won't be able to get it off the turntable after listening to it for the first time!"[4]

Track listing

Original vinyl releaseAll songs written by Paul Samson, Chris Aylmer, Nicky Moore and Pete Jupp

Notes

Production

Samson

Additional musicians

Production

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Music Week.
  2. Web site: SAMSON – The Polydor Years (3 CD box via Caroline / Universal). Joe Gessin. With Guitars. March 16, 2017. October 23, 2022.
  3. Web site: Samson: The Polydor Years Box Set (Caroline). Justin G.. Wimps and Posers. June 7, 2017. October 23, 2022.
  4. Web site: SAMSON - Don't Get Mad - Get Even. Götz Kühnemund. Rock Hard. October 22, 2022.