Go for Your Life (album)

Go for Your Life is the fifth studio album by American hard rock band Mountain, released on March 9, 1985. It was their first studio album since 1974's Avalanche.

Go for Your Life
Studio album by
Mountain
ReleasedMarch 9, 1985
StudioCriteria Recording Studios, Florida,
Wizard Sound Studios, Westchester, New York
GenreHard rock, blues rock
Length33:43
LabelScotti Bros.
ProducerPete Solley
Mountain chronology
Avalanche
(1974)		 Go for Your Life
(1985)		 Man's World
(1996)
Leslie West chronology
The Leslie West Band
(1976)		 Go for Your Life
(1985)		 Theme
(1988)

It was the first Mountain album to not feature production or performance from Felix Pappalardi, who had been shot and killed by his wife Gail Collins in 1983. The album's closing track, "Little Bit of Insanity", was dedicated to Pappalardi's memory, and the album cover artwork was also designed with the fallen bassist/producer in mind. "What we wanted to do was give the feeling of someone looking up from their grave. And you can tell that's exactly what's going on with the image we used," said Leslie West in 2013.[1]

The album features bassist Mark Clarke, who had been a member of Uriah Heep and Colosseum, and was produced by Pete Solley, who had worked with a diverse range of artists including The Rolling Stones, Oingo Boingo and The Allman Brothers Band. It charted at #166 in the US charts when released in March 1985.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Leslie West and Corky Laing, except "Hard Times" co-written with Bud Prager.

Side one
  1. "Hard Times" – 4:24
  2. "Spark" – 3:43
  3. "She Loves Her Rock (And She Loves It Hard)" – 3:43
  4. "Bardot Damage" – 4:03

Side two
  1. "Shimmy on the Footlights" – 4:22
  2. "I Love Young Girls" – 3:11
  3. "Makin' It in Your Car" – 3:07
  4. "Babe in the Woods" – 4:40
  5. "Little Bit of Insanity" – 2:30

Personnel

with:


Additional personnel
  • Bud Prager – recording director
  • Pete Solley – engineer (Criteria)
  • Jim Sessody – assistant engineer (Criteria)
  • Mike Scott – engineer (Wizard)
  • Gary Lyons – engineer (Wizard)
  • Doug MacDonald – assistant engineer (Wizard)
  • Mike Fuller – mastering
  • Lane/Donald – art direction
  • Barry Jackson – illustration

Charts
Chart (1985) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[2] 166

References
  1. Sleeve notes from remastered CD, Esoteric Recordings, ECLEC2390, 2013.
  2. "Mountain Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
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