Carmine Appice (album)

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Carmine Appice
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Studio album by
Released1981
Recorded1980–1981
Genre Rock
Label Pasha
Producer Richard Podolor
Carmine Appice chronology
Carmine Appice
(1981)
Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus
(1995)

Rockers is a 1981 album by Carmine Appice and was released on the Pasha Records label. [1]

Contents

Reception

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Track listing

  1. "Have You Heard" 4:08 (Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings, Pete French)
  2. "Keep On Rolling" 4:24 (Appice, Danny Johnson)
  3. "Paint It Black" 3:44 (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
  4. "Blue Cafe" 4:03 (Appice, James Ciamond)
  5. "Sweet Senorita" 3:04 (Appice, French, Johnson)
  6. "Drum City Rocker (Ballad of Drum City Surfer Girls)" 3:20 (Appice, Vinnie Cusano)
  7. "Hollywood Heartbeat" 3:58 (Appice, Cyril Cianflone)
  8. "Be My Baby" 3:52 (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector)
  9. "Am I Losing You" 3:50 (Appice, French, Ron Leejack)
  10. "Drums, Drums, Drums" 3:13 (Appice, Richard Podolor)

Personnel

Source: Carmine Appice "Carmine Appice" album cover

Credits

Chart performance

Chart (1982)Peak
position
US (Billboard Rock Albums) [3] 38

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References

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  3. "Rock Albums" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved February 9, 2018.