The Cage (Tygers of Pan Tang album)

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The Cage
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1982
Genre
Length35:20
Label MCA
Producer Peter Collins
Tygers of Pan Tang chronology
Crazy Nights
(1981)
The Cage
(1982)
The Wreck-Age
(1985)

The Cage is the fourth album by British heavy metal band Tygers of Pan Tang, released on MCA Records in 1982. It marked a move in a more commercial direction, selling over 200,000 copies and giving birth to two top 50 songs in the UK, namely the covers of Leiber & Stoller's "Love Potion No. 9" and the lesser known RPM song "Rendezvous". Another single charted at 63: the Steve Thompson song "Paris by Air". [1] It is shortly after producing this album that the band split for the first time, due to tensions with their record company. Robb Weir and Brian Dick then formed the band Sergeant.

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 9/10 [3]
Smash Hits 4/10 [4]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Rendezvous" (RPM cover) Robert A. Johnson, Mark Stephens, Brent Maher 3:20
2."Lonely at the Top" Steve Thompson 3:29
3."Letter from L.A."Jon Deverill, Thompson3:12
4."Paris by Air"Thompson2:56
5."Tides"Fred Purser4:13
Side two
No.TitleLyricsLength
6."Making Tracks"Richard Laws, Deverill, Purser3:38
7."The Cage"Robb Weir, Purser1:13
8."Love Potion No.9" (The Clovers cover) Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 2:04
9."You Always See What You Want"Purser, Deverill3:12
10."Danger in Paradise" John Parr 3:29
11."The Actor"Purser4:15
1997 CD re-issue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Life of Crime"3:35
13."Love's a Lie"2:52
14."What You Sayin'"3:19
15."Making Tracks" (extended remix)6:23

Personnel

Band members
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [5] 31
UK Albums (OCC) [6] 12

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