Keel (album) explained

Keel
Type:studio
Artist:Keel
Cover:KeelKeel.jpg
Released:June 1987
Recorded:December 1986–February 1987
Studio:Amigo Studios, Los Angeles
Genre:Hard rock, glam metal
Length:38:00
Label:Gold Mountain/MCA
Producer:Michael Wagener
Prev Title:The Final Frontier
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:Larger Than Live
Next Year:1989

Keel is the fourth album by the American rock band Keel, released in June 1987. This was the last album to feature guitarists Marc Ferrari and Bryan Jay, as they left the band a year later (although Jay can be heard on the live portion of the band's next release, Larger Than Live.) They eventually re-joined Keel in 1998 to release and again in 2009 for the band's 25th anniversary.[1]

This was the band's first album since their 1984 debut Lay Down the Law to be produced by someone other than Gene Simmons. "Calm Before the Storm" was co-written by Jimmy Bain of Dio and Rainbow fame.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "United Nations" (Ron Keel) - 4:05
  2. "Somebody's Waiting" (Jack Ponti, Russ Arcara) - 3:09
  3. "Cherry Lane" (R. Keel, Kenny Chaisson, Dwain Miller) - 3:25
  4. "Calm Before the Storm" (R. Keel, Jimmy Bain) - 4:28
  5. "King of the Rock" (R. Keel, Chaisson, Marc Ferrari, Miller) - 3:22
Side two
  1. "It's a Jungle Out There" (R. Keel, Chaisson, Miller) - 3:46
  2. "I Said the Wrong Thing to the Right Girl" (R. Keel, Ferrari) - 4:20
  3. "Don't Say You Love Me" (Ponti, Arcara) - 3:37
  4. "If Love Is a Crime (I Wanna Be Convicted)" (Ferrari, Chaisson) - 3:45
  5. "4th of July" (Bryan Jay, R. Keel, Chaisson, Miller)- 3:50

Personnel

Band members
Additional musicians
Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: History . https://web.archive.org/web/20081224134533/http://keelband.com/history.html . dead . December 24, 2008 . April 24, 2013 . Keelband.com .