The Cage (Tygers of Pan Tang album)

The Cage
Studio album by Tygers of Pan Tang
Released	20 August 1982 [1]
Genre	Heavy metal hard rock
Length	35:20
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 No. 63: the Steve Thompson song "Paris by Air". ^[2] It was 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.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	9/10 [4]
Smash Hits	4/10 [5]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
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, Thompson	3:12
4.	"Paris by Air"	Thompson	2:56
5.	"Tides"	Fred Purser	4:13

Side two

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
6.	"Making Tracks"	Richard Laws, Deverill, Purser	3:38
7.	"The Cage"	Robb Weir, Purser	1:13
8.	"Love Potion No.9" (The Clovers cover)	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	2:04
9.	"You Always See What You Want"	Purser, Deverill	3:12
10.	"Danger in Paradise"	John Parr	3:29
11.	"The Actor"	Purser	4:15

1997 CD re-issue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
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

• Jon Deverill – vocals
• Robb Weir – guitars
• Fred Purser – guitars, keyboards
• Richard "Rocky" Laws – bass guitar
• Brian Dick – drums

Additional musicians

• John Sykes – guitar on "Love Potion No. 9" and "Danger in Paradise", guitar solo on "Love Potion No. 9"

Production

• Peter Collins – producer
• Phil Harding – engineer, mixing

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [6]	31
UK Albums (OCC) [7]	12

References

1. "New Albums". Music Week . 21 August 1982. p. 19.
2. "The Official Music Charts". The Official Music Charts. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
3. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Tygers of Pan Tang The Cage review". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
4. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 371. ISBN   978-1894959315.
5. Silverton, Peter (2–15 September 1982). "Albums: Tygers of Pan Tang – The Cage (MCA)". Smash Hits . Vol. 4, no. 18. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 25. ISSN   0260-3004 . Retrieved 17 December 2024.
6. "Swedishcharts.com – Tygers of Pan Tang – The Cage". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
7. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 March 2024.