Paper Money

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Paper Money
Montrose-PaperMoney.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 11, 1974
StudioWarner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood, California
Genre Rock, hard rock
Length34:50
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Ted Templeman, Ronnie Montrose
Montrose chronology
Montrose
(1973)
Paper Money
(1974)
Warner Bros. Presents Montrose!
(1975)
Sammy Hagar chronology
Montrose
(1973)
Paper Money
(1974)
Nine on a Ten Scale
(1976)
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Underground" Ilene Rappaport 3:33
2."Connection" Mick Jagger, Keith Richards 5:42
3."The Dreamer" Sammy Hagar, Ronnie Montrose 3:36
4."Starliner" (instrumental)Montrose3:36
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."I Got the Fire"Montrose3:06
6."Spaceage Sacrifice"Hagar, Montrose4:55
7."We're Going Home"Montrose4:52
8."Paper Money"Hagar, Montrose5:01

Paper Money (2017 rerelease bonus)

On October 13, 2017, Rhino Entertainment released a Deluxe Edition. The bonus disc tracks are from a session on KSAN radio from the Record Plant in Sausalito, California on December 26, 1974.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro by Phil Buchanan" 0:29
2."I Got the Fire"Montrose3:13
3."Rock Candy"Carmassi, Church, Hagar, Montrose5:59
4."Bad Motor Scooter"Hagar4:45
5."Spaceage Sacrifice"Hagar, Montrose6:58
6."One and a Half"Montrose4:31
7."Roll Over Beethoven" Chuck Berry 3:39
8."Trouble" Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 4:56
9."Space Station #5"Hagar, Montrose11:40

Personnel

Montrose
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Chart (1974)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [6] 73
US Billboard 200 [7] 65

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