Gamma 2

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Gamma 2
Gamma 2.jpg
Studio album by
Gamma
ReleasedAugust 1980
Studio The Automatt, San Francisco
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length36:50
Label Elektra
Producer Gary Lyons, Ronnie Montrose
Gamma chronology
Gamma 1
(1979)		Gamma 2
(1980)		 Gamma 3
(1982)
Ronnie Montrose chronology
Gamma 1
(1979)		Gamma 2
(1980)		 Gamma 3
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 10/10 [2]

Gamma 2 is Gamma's second album, released in 1980. On this album Ronnie Montrose keeps his streak of not having the same personnel on two albums in a row, changing the line-up once again. Davey Pattison (vocals), Montrose (guitar), and Jim Alcivar (synthesizer) remain from Gamma 1 . Glenn Letsch replaces Alan Fitzgerald on bass and old Montrose bandmate Denny Carmassi replaces Skip Gillette on drums.

Contents

Cover

The cover image was photographed by Jeffrey Scales to a design by Mick Haggerty. [3] The original image had a lone woman on the sunbed but a man was added after record executives raised concerns over the appearance of sharks attacking vulnerable woman. [3] Mick Haggerty felt the change improved the image. [3]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Mean Streak" (Ronnie Montrose, Davey Pattison, Jim Alcivar) – 4:50
  2. "Four Horsemen" (Montrose, Pattison) – 4:48
  3. "Dirty City" (Montrose, Pattison) – 4:04
  4. "Voyager" (Montrose, Pattison) – 5:23
Side two
  2. "Something in the Air" (John "Speedy" Keen) – 3:17
  3. "Cat on a Leash" (Montrose, Jerry Stahl) – 4:03
  4. "Skin and Bone" (Montrose, Stahl) – 4:48
  5. "Mayday" (Montrose, Alcivar) – 5:37

Personnel

All credits adapted from the original release. [4]

Gamma
Additional musicians
Production

References

  1. ↑ Viglione, Joe. "Gamma - Gamma 2 review". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 129. ISBN   978-1-894959-31-5.
  3. 1 2 3 Thorgerson, Storm; Powell, Aubrey (1999). 100 Best Album Covers. Dorling Kindersley. p. 63. ISBN   0-7513-0706-8.
  4. ↑ Gamma 2 (LP Sleeve). Gamma. New York City: Elektra Records. 1980. 6E-288.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)


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