Montrose (album)

Montrose
Studio album by Montrose
Released	October 17, 1973 (1973-10-17)
Studio	Warner Bros. Recording Studios and Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California, Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California (guitar overdubs)
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock
Length	32:22
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Montrose & Ted Templeman
Montrose chronology
Montrose (1973) Paper Money (1974)
Ronnie Montrose chronology
They Only Come Out at Night (1972) Montrose (1973) Paper Money (1974)

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rock the Nation"	Ronnie Montrose	3:03
2.	"Bad Motor Scooter"	Sammy Hagar	3:41
3.	"Space Station #5"	Hagar Montrose	5:18
4.	"I Don't Want It"	Hagar Montrose	2:58

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Good Rockin' Tonight"	Roy Brown	2:59
6.	"Rock Candy"	Denny Carmassi Bill Church Hagar Montrose	5:05
7.	"One Thing on My Mind"	Hagar Montrose J. Sanchez	3:41
8.	"Make It Last"	Hagar	5:31
Total length:			32:22

Montrose (2017 re-release bonus)

On October 13, 2017, Rhino Entertainment released a Deluxe Edition. The first six tracks are demos from the album's recordings. The remaining are from the group's debut performance, a session on KSAN radio from the Record Plant in Sausalito, California on April 21, 1973.

Deluxe Edition disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"One Thing on My Mind" (demo)	Hagar Montrose Sanchez	3:40
2.	"Shoot Us Down" (demo)	Montrose	4:32
3.	"Rock Candy" (demo)	Carmassi Church Hagar Montrose	3:55
4.	"Good Rockin' Tonight" (demo)	Brown	3:20
5.	"I Don't Want It" (demo)	Hagar Montrose	3:07
6.	"Make It Last" (demo)	Hagar	4:06
7.	"Intro by Tom Donahue"		0:54
8.	"Good Rockin' Tonight" (KSAN session)	Brown	3:55
9.	"Rock Candy" (KSAN session)	Carmassi Church Hagar Montrose	4:46
10.	"Bad Motor Scooter" (KSAN session)	Hagar	5:01
11.	"Shoot Us Down" (KSAN session)	Montrose	4:54
12.	"One Thing on My Mind" (KSAN session)	Hagar Montrose Sanchez	3:27
13.	"Rock The Nation" (KSAN session)	Montrose	4:55
14.	"Make It Last" (KSAN session)	Hagar	6:04
15.	"You're Out of Time" (KSAN session)	Montrose	3:35
16.	"Roll Over Beethoven" (KSAN session)	Chuck Berry	4:53
17.	"I Don't Want It" (KSAN session)	Hagar Montrose	3:55

Personnel

All credits adapted from the original release. Only the mastering credits are from the 2005 Audio Fidelity release. ^[6]

Montrose

• Sammy Hagar – vocals
• Ronnie Montrose – guitar
• Bill Church – bass
• Denny Carmassi – drums

Production

• Ted Templeman – producer
• Donn Landee – engineer
• Stephen Jarvis – engineer (guitar overdubs)
• Steve Hoffman – mastering

Charts

Chart (1973–1974)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC) [15]	43
US Billboard 200 [16]	133

Chart (2017)	Peak position
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [17]	28

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [18]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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15. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
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17. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
18. "American album certifications – Montrose – Montrose". Recording Industry Association of America.

Further reading

Templeman, Ted; Renoff, Greg (2020). Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer's Life In Music. Toronto: ECW Press. pp. 162–167. ISBN   9781770414839. OCLC   1121143123.