No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll

No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll
Studio album by Alcatrazz
Released	October 1983
Studio	Rocshire Studios, Anaheim, California Skyline Studios, Topanga, California
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	41:20
Label	Rocshire (US) RCA (Europe)
Producer	Dennis Mackay
Alcatrazz chronology
No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll (1983) Live Sentence (1984)
Singles from No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll
"Island in the Sun" / "Hiroshima Mon Amour" Released: 1983

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	10/10 [2]
Kerrang!	Unfavourable [3]

No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll is the debut album by American heavy metal band Alcatrazz, led by veteran singer Graham Bonnet, released in 1983. It spent seven weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart, peaking at No. 128. ^[4] The album precipitated guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen's solo career, and is most famous for the single "Island in the Sun".

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Island in the Sun"	Graham Bonnet, Yngwie Malmsteen, Jimmy Waldo	3:55
2.	"General Hospital"	Bonnet, Malmsteen, Waldo	4:49
3.	"Jet to Jet"	Bonnet, Malmsteen	4:27
4.	"Hiroshima Mon Amour"	Bonnet, Malmsteen	4:00
5.	"Kree Nakoorie"	Bonnet, Malmsteen, Waldo	6:10

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Incubus" (Instrumental)	Malmsteen	1:24
2.	"Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live"	Bonnet, Malmsteen	4:20
3.	"Big Foot"	Bonnet, Malmsteen	4:06
4.	"Starcarr Lane"	Bonnet, Malmsteen, Waldo	3:53
5.	"Suffer Me"	Bonnet, Malmsteen	4:16

Personnel

• Graham Bonnet – lead & backing vocals
• Yngwie Malmsteen – guitars
• Jimmy Waldo – keyboards
• Gary Shea – bass guitar
• Jan Uvena – drums

Production

• Dennis Mackay – producer, mixing
• Willie Harlen – engineer, mixing
• Nick Newton – logo design
• Bad Samuels – art direction
• Mark Sokol – artwork
• Andrew Trueman – executive producer, management

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Alcatrazz No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll review". AllMusic . Retrieved April 4, 2013.
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. 16. ISBN   978-1-894959-31-5.
3. Johnson, Howard (December 9, 1983 – January 11, 1984). "Alcatrazz - 'No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll'". Kerrang!. Vol. 58. London, UK: Spotlight Publications. p. 11.
4. "No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll Billboard Albums". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved April 4, 2013.^{[ dead link ]}