Flirtin' with Disaster

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Flirtin' with Disaster
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' with Disaster.jpg
Cover art by Frank Frazetta
Studio album by
Molly Hatchet
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

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [9] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [10] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Theakstone, Rob. "Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' with Disaster review". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 8, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ↑ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 186. ISBN   978-1894959025.
  4. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 482.
  5. ↑ Niester, Alan (October 27, 1979). "Flirtin' with Disaster Molly Hatchet". The Globe and Mail. p. F5.
  6. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6858b". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Molly Hatchet Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1980". Billboard. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Molly Hatchet – Flirtin' with Disaster". Music Canada.
  10. ↑ "American album certifications – Molly Hatchet – Disaster". Recording Industry Association of America.
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