No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll explained
| No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Alcatrazz |
| Cover: | No-parole-from-rock-n-roll_large.jpg |
| Released: | October 1983 |
| Studio: | Rocshire Studios, Anaheim, CaliforniaSkyline Studios, Topanga, California |
| Genre: | Heavy metal |
| Length: | 41:20 |
| Label: | Rocshire (US)
RCA (Europe) |
| Producer: | Dennis Mackay, Andrew Trueman |
| Next Title: | Live Sentence |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll is the first album by 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.[1] The album precipitated guitarist's Yngwie Malmsteen solo career, and is most famous for the single "Island in the Sun".
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
Production
- Dennis Mackay – producer, mixing
- Willie Harlen – engineer, mixing
- Nick Newton – logo design
- Bad Samuels – art direction
- Mark Sokol – artwork
- Andrew Trueman – management
Notes and References
- Web site: No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll Billboard Albums . 2013-04-04 . . Rovi Corporation.
