Hollywood Cowboys

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Hollywood Cowboys
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 8, 2019
RecordedApril 2019
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length44:52
Label Frontiers
Producer Frankie Banali
Quiet Riot chronology
Road Rage
(2017)
Hollywood Cowboys
(2019)
Singles from Hollywood Cowboys
  1. "Don't Call It Love"
    Released: 2019
  2. "Heartbreak City"
    Released: 2019
  3. "In the Blood"
    Released: 2019

Hollywood Cowboys is the fourteenth studio album by the Rock band Quiet Riot. The album was released on Frontiers Records on November 8, 2019, and was produced by drummer Frankie Banali. [1] This is the last album to feature Banali before his death in 2020 from pancreatic cancer (to which he was diagnosed with not long before its release), [2] and also their last to feature vocalist James Durbin and bassist Chuck Wright before their departures in 2019 and 2021 respectively. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Sonic Perspectives7.3/10 [6]
The Spill MagazineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Hollywood Cowboys received average reviews. Reviewer Aaron Badgley of The Spill Magazine said "band who knows what they do, and they do it well" but the album overall was average and contained "no mystery" and is "exactly what you would expect from Quiet Riot". [7]

Track listing

Source: [8]

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Don't Call It Love"Frankie Banali, Neil Citron, Jacob Bunton4:06
2."In the Blood"Frankie Banali, Neil Citron, Jacob Bunton3:28
3."Heartbreak City"Frankie Banali, Neil Citron, Jacob Bunton4:15
4."The Devil That You Know"Frankie Banali, Neil Citron, Jacob Bunton2:40
5."Change or Die"Frankie Banali, Neil Turbin, Neil Citron3:23
6."Roll On"Frankie Banali, Neil Citron, August Young5:54
7."Insanity"Frankie Banali, Neil Citron, Neil Turbin4:44
8."Hellbender"Frankie Banali, Neil Citron, James Durbin3:20
9."Wild Horses"Frankie Banali, Neil Citron, James Durbin3:10
10."Holding On"Frankie Banali, Neil Citron, James Durbin4:23
11."Last Outcast"Frankie Banali, Neil Citron, James Durbin2:35
12."Arrows and Angels"Frankie Banali, Neil Citron, James Durbin2:54
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Roll On (Acoustic)" 

Personnel

Quiet Riot

Additional musicians

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