Quiet Riot (1978 album)

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Quiet Riot
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 2, 1978 [1] [2]
Recorded1977
Studio Wally Heider Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles
Genre Glam rock, hard rock
Length38:23
Label CBS Sony
Producer Derek Lawrence
Quiet Riot chronology
Quiet Riot
(1978)
Quiet Riot II
(1978)
Singles from Quiet Riot
  1. "It's Not So Funny"
    Released: 1978 [3]
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Quiet Riot is the self-titled debut studio album by the American Hard rock band Quiet Riot. It was released exclusively in Japan on March 2, 1978. [1] [2]

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The album features guitarist Randy Rhoads, who would later gain recognition for performing on Ozzy Osbourne's first two solo albums.

Analyzing it decades later, music critic Martin Popoff said that the album was more "glam pop" than hard rock or glam rock. [5]

The song "Back to the Coast" was originally written by Rhoads and his brother Kelle when they were teenagers. It was originally called "West Coast Tryouts".

"Back to the Coast" was re-recorded by Kelle Rhoads for his 1985 Cheap Talkin' Romance EP, which features Kelly Garni on bass and Steve Sunnarborg, a student of Randy Rhoads and winner of the Randy Rhoads Memorial Scholarship at CSUN, [6] on guitar.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It's Not So Funny"3:22
2."Mama's Little Angels"
3:04
3."Tin Soldier" (Small Faces cover)3:33
4."Ravers"
  • DuBrow
  • Rhoads
3:08
5."Back to the Coast"
  • R. Rhoads
  • Kelle Rhoads
2:49
6."Glad All Over" (Dave Clark Five cover)3:09
7."Get Your Kicks"
  • DuBrow
  • Rhoads
2:49
8."Look in Any Window"Rhoads3:41
9."Just How You Want It"DuBrow2:45
10."Riot Reunion"
  • DuBrow
  • Rhoads
2:08
11."Fit to Be Tied"
  • DuBrow
  • Rhoads
  • Ron Sobol
3:27
12."Demolition Derby"
  • DuBrow
  • Rhoads
4:23

Personnel

Quiet Riot

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References

  1. 1 2 "Quiet Riot". QUIET RIOT UNOFFICIAL DATABASE (in Japanese). March 2, 1978. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Martin C. Strong. "The Great Metal Discography." Canongate Books Ltd. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1998. p. 271.
  3. "Quiet Riot singles".
  4. Quiet Riot at AllMusic
  5. Popoff, Martin (2014). The Big Book of Hair Metal. Voyageur Press. p. 21. ISBN   9780760345467.
  6. "Steve Sunnarborg: About The Artist". Axeman4Hire.com.