Flirtin' with Disaster

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Flirtin' with Disaster
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' with Disaster.jpg
Cover art by Frank Frazetta
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1979 (1979-09)
StudioBee Jay Recording Studios, Orlando, Florida
Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre Southern rock, boogie rock
Length38:17
Label Epic
Producer Tom Werman, Pat Armstrong
Molly Hatchet chronology
Molly Hatchet
(1978)
Flirtin' with Disaster
(1979)
Beatin' the Odds
(1980)
Singles from Flirtin' with Disaster
  1. "Jukin' City" / "Gunsmoke"
    Released: 1979
  2. "It's All Over Now" / "Good Rockin'"
    Released: 1979
  3. "Flirtin' with Disaster" / "Gunsmoke"
    Released: 1979

Flirtin' with Disaster is the second studio album by American rock band Molly Hatchet, released in 1979 by Epic Records. The album was re-issued in 2001 with four bonus tracks. It is their best-selling album.

Contents

The cover is a painting by Frank Frazetta titled "Dark Kingdom."

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide C+ [2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 7/10 [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

The Globe and Mail wrote that "Molly Hatchet is little more than just another in a too-long line of senseless and unimaginative southern boogie bands, rehashing party-boogie licks and singing the joys of cheap booze and even cheaper women." [5]

The Rolling Stone Album Guide deemed the title track "an obvious Skynyrd rip ... [that] possesses a certain rough charm." [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Whiskey Man"(Danny Joe Brown, Bruce Crump, Dave Hlubek, Steve Holland)3:38
2."It's All Over Now"(Bobby Womack, Shirley Jean Womack)3:40
3."One Man's Pleasure"(Brown, Hlubek, Duane Roland)3:24
4."Jukin' City"(Brown, Hlubek, Holland)3:46
5."Boogie No More"(Brown, Crump, Hlubek, Holland, Roland, Banner Thomas)6:08
6."Flirtin' with Disaster"(Brown, Hlubek, Thomas)5:00
7."Good Rockin'"(Brown, Crump, Hlubek, Holland, Roland, Thomas)3:17
8."Gunsmoke"(Crump, Roland)3:11
9."Long Time"(Brown, Hlubek, Holland)3:19
10."Let the Good Times Roll"(Brown, Hlubek, Holland)2:56
Total length:38:17

2001 Bonus tracks

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Silver and Sorrow" (demo)(Brown, Crump, Hlubek, Holland, Roland, Thomas)3:36
12.""Flirtin' with Disaster" (live from Jacksonville, FL in 1980) 3:36
13."One Man's Pleasure" (live from Jacksonville, FL in 1980) 3:16
14."Cross Road Blues" (live from Jacksonville, FL in 1980)(Robert Johnson)4:13
Total length:55:51

Personnel

Molly Hatchet
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Certifications

CountryOrganizationYearSales
USA RIAA 19862× Platinum (+ 2,000,000) [9]
Canada CRIA 1982Gold (+ 50,000) [10]

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