Go for Your Life (album)

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Go for Your Life
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Studio album by
Mountain
ReleasedMarch 1985
Studio Criteria Recording Studios, Florida,
Wizard Sound Studios, Westchester, New York
Genre Hard rock, blues rock
Length33:43
Label Scotti Bros.
Producer Pete Solley
Mountain chronology
Avalanche
(1974)		Go for Your Life
(1985)		 Man's World
(1996)
Singles from Go for Your Life
  1. "Hard Times"
    Released: 1985
  2. "Spark"
    Released: 1985

Go for Your Life is the fifth studio album by American hard rock band Mountain, released in March 1985. It was their first studio album since 1974's Avalanche.

Contents

Background and release

It was the first Mountain album to not feature production or performance from Felix Pappalardi, who had been shot and killed by his wife Gail Collins in 1983. The album's closing track, "Little Bit of Insanity", was dedicated to Pappalardi's memory, and the album cover artwork was also designed with the fallen bassist/producer in mind. "What we wanted to do was give the feeling of someone looking up from their grave. And you can tell that's exactly what's going on with the image we used," said Leslie West in 2013. [1]

The album features bassist Mark Clarke, who had been a member of Uriah Heep and Colosseum, and was produced by Pete Solley, who had worked with a diverse range of artists including The Rolling Stones, Oingo Boingo and The Allman Brothers Band.

Scotti Brothers Records released Go for Your Life in March 1985. [2] The album debuted at No. 179, [3] and peaked at No. 166 on the Billboard 200 chart. [4] [5] "Hard Times" was released as a single, and a music video was made for it. [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Leslie West and Corky Laing, except "Hard Times" co-written with Bud Prager.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Hard Times"4:24
2."Spark"3:43
3."She Loves Her Rock (And She Loves It Hard)"3:43
4."Bardot Damage"4:03
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Shimmy on the Footlights"4:22
2."I Love Young Girls"3:11
3."Makin' It in Your Car"3:07
4."Babe in the Woods"4:40
5."Little Bit of Insanity"2:30
Total length:33:43

Personnel

with:

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1985)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [7] 166

References

  1. ↑ Sleeve notes from remastered CD, Esoteric Recordings, ECLEC2390, 2013.
  2. ↑ "New Releases Albums" (PDF). Billboard . March 9, 1985. p. 25 – via World Radio History.
  3. ↑ "Billboard 200 - Week of April 27, 1985". Billboard .
  4. ↑ "Billboard 200 - Week of May 18, 1985". Billboard .
  5. ↑ "Mountain - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on August 6, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  6. ↑ "New Video Clips" (PDF). Billboard . April 20, 1985. p. 29 – via World Radio History.
  7. ↑ "Mountain Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
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