| Paper Money | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Montrose |
| Cover: | Montrose-PaperMoney.jpg |
| Released: | October 11, 1974 |
| Studio: | Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood, California |
| Genre: | Rock, hard rock |
| Length: | 34:50 |
| Label: | Warner Bros. |
| Producer: | Ted Templeman, Ronnie Montrose |
| Prev Title: | Montrose |
| Prev Year: | 1973 |
| Next Title: | Warner Bros. Presents Montrose! |
| Next Year: | 1975 |
Paper Money is the second studio album by the American hard rock band Montrose, released on October 11, 1974, by Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by Ted Templeman and is the band's final recording with original vocalist Sammy Hagar. It marks the arrival of new bass player Alan Fitzgerald, replacing original bassist Bill Church.
Paper Money was the band's highest-charting release, reaching No. 65 on the Billboard 200.[1] To promote the album, the band appeared live on The Midnight Special television show, performing "Paper Money" and "I Got the Fire".
After building acrimony between Ronnie Montrose and Sammy Hagar reached a peak during the band's 1974–75 European tour to promote Paper Money, Hagar parted ways with the band in early February 1975 and was replaced by vocalist Bob James.
Although the liner notes for the CD edition of Paper Money state that Ronnie Montrose was offered the lead guitar slot for Mott the Hoople when he left the Edgar Winter Group, the guitarist has stated that this never happened.
Credits adapted from the album liner notes.[2]
On October 13, 2017, Rhino Entertainment released a Deluxe Edition. The bonus disc tracks are from a session on KSAN radio from the Record Plant in Sausalito, California on December 26, 1974.