Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker explained

Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker
Type:studio
Artist:The Joe Perry Project
Cover:JoePerryOnceARocker.jpg
Released:September 1983
Recorded:1983
Studio:Blue Jay Studios, Carlisle, MA
Genre:Rock, hard rock
Length:38:12
Label:MCA
Prev Title:I've Got the Rock'n'Rolls Again
Prev Year:1981
Next Title:The Music Still Does the Talking: The Best of the Joe Perry Project
Next Year:1999

Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker is the third album by the Joe Perry Project, released in 1983 on MCA Records.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joe Perry and Mach Bell; except where indicated.

Side one
  1. "Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker" – 2:58
  2. "Black Velvet Pants" (Perry) – 3:20
  3. "Women in Chains" (Ronnie Brooks, Harold Tipton, Tom DeLuca) – 4:05
  4. "Four Guns West" – 4:28
  5. "Crossfire" – 5:43
Side two
  1. "Adrianna" – 3:20
  2. "King of the Kings" – 4:02
  3. "Bang a Gong" (Marc Bolan) – 3:55 (T. Rex cover)
  4. "Walk with Me Sally" – 3:14
  5. "Never Wanna Stop" – 4:27

Outtakes

  1. "When Worlds Collide"
  2. "First One's for Free"
  3. "Going Down"
  4. "They'll Never Take Me Alive"
  5. "Into the Night"
  6. "Something Else"

"When Worlds Collide" and "Going Down" were often included in setlists of The Joe Perry Project prior to the recording sessions of the album, with "Something Else" performed during the tour for the album.

Alternate song titles

  1. "No Time for Women" -> "Once a Rocker..."
  2. "When Do I Sleep" -> "Adrianna"

Personnel

Production