Lay Down the Law (Keel album)

Lay Down the Law is the debut album by the American glam metal band Keel. It was the only album to feature original drummer Bobby Marks. Also, three songs - "Speed Demon", "Tonight You're Mine", and the Rolling Stones cover "Let's Spend the Night Together" - were re-recorded for their next album The Right to Rock, although the version of "Let's Spend The Night Together" on this album ends with reprises of earlier album tracks, while "Tonight You're Mine" was re-recorded as "You're the Victim (I'm the Crime)" with altered lyrics.

For the song by Raven, see Nothing Exceeds Like Excess.
Lay Down the Law
Studio album by
Keel
ReleasedNovember 1984
Recorded1984
StudioPrairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California
GenreGlam metal
Length32:08
LabelShrapnel
ProducerRon Keel, Mike Varney
Keel chronology
Lay Down the Law
(1984)		 The Right to Rock
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[2]
Hit Parader[3]

The album was released in November 1984 by Shrapnel Records to rave reviews, despite the band signing to Gold Mountain Records a few months prior. It was not released on CD format until 2008.[4]

Track listing
Side one
  1. "Thunder and Lightning" (Ron Keel) - 3:32
  2. "Lay Down the Law" (R. Keel) - 3:44
  3. "Speed Demon" (R. Keel) - 3:36
  4. "Princess of Illusion" (R. Keel) - 4:04
  5. "Born Ready" (Marc Ferrari) - 3:03
Side two
  1. "Metal Generation" (R. Keel, Kenny Chaisson, Bobby Marks) - 2:59
  2. "Till Hell Freezes Over" (R. Keel, Chaisson, Marks) - 4:25
  3. "Tonight You're Mine" (R. Keel, Chaisson, Marks) - 3:00
  4. "Let's Spend the Night Together" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) - 3:45

Personnel
Band members
Production
  • Mike Davis - engineer, mixing
  • John X – assistant engineer
  • Mike Varney - executive producer

References
  1. "Keel – Lay Down the Law review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 2014-05-07. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
  2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 181. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  3. Secher, Andy (May 1985). "Import Albums: Keel – Lay Down the Law". Hit Parader. No. 248. Derby, Connecticut: Charlton Publications, Inc. p. 58. ISSN 0162-0266. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  4. "History". Keelband.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-24. Retrieved 2013-04-24.


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