Danger Money

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Danger Money
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1979 (1979-03)
RecordedNovember 1978 – January 1979
Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Genre Progressive rock
Length42:04
Label E.G./Polydor Records
Producer Eddie Jobson, John Wetton
U.K. chronology
U.K.
(1978)
Danger Money
(1979)
Night After Night
(1979)
Singles from Danger Money
  1. "Nothing to Lose"
    Released: June 1979 (UK)
  2. "Rendezvous 6:02"
    Released: June 1979 (EU)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Danger Money is the second and final studio album by the progressive rock supergroup U.K., featuring John Wetton, Eddie Jobson and Terry Bozzio. It was released by E.G. Records / Polydor in March 1979. Early versions of "The Only Thing She Needs", "Caesar's Palace Blues" and "Carrying No Cross" (which had the opening chords to "Danger Money" in its intro) [2] had been performed on tour throughout 1978 by the band's original line-up with Bill Bruford and Allan Holdsworth. "Rendezvous 6:02" and "Nothing to Lose" were both edited for single release.

Contents

The album was remastered in 2016 and included as part of the box-set Ultimate Collector's Edition . [3]

Writing

John Wetton recalled of "Nothing to Lose" that "I [came] in with the bulk of it, [Eddie Jobson] rearranged two verses, and then I wrote the lyrics." [4]

Recording

According to Eddie Jobson, the CS80 solo on "Rendezvous 6:02" was played with all 16 of the instrument's oscillators in monophonic unison. [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Eddie Jobson and John Wetton

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Danger Money"8:12
2."Rendezvous 6:02"5:00
3."The Only Thing She Needs"7:53
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Caesar's Palace Blues"4:42
2."Nothing to Lose"3:57
3."Carrying No Cross"12:20

Personnel

U.K.

Singles

Charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [6] 63
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 37
US Billboard 200 [8] 45

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