Molly Hatchet (album)
Molly Hatchet is the debut studio album by American rock band Molly Hatchet. It was released on September 1, 1978, by Epic Records. The cover is a painting by Frank Frazetta entitled Death Dealer. Starting off both the album itself and the recording career of the band, the first song famously begins with lead singer Danny Joe Brown growling "Hell yeah!"
| Molly Hatchet | ||||
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 Cover art by Frank Frazetta | ||||
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| Released | September 1, 1978 | |||
| Studio | The Sound Pit, Atlanta, Georgia | |||
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| Length | 37:15 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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| Molly Hatchet chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Molly Hatchet | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[2] |
"Dreams I'll Never See" is a cover of The Allman Brothers Band's song "Dreams" from their debut album, via Buddy Miles's reworking of the song from Them Changes (1970).[3]
Track listing
- Side one
- "Bounty Hunter" (Danny Joe Brown, Dave Hlubek, Steve Holland) – 2:58
- "Gator Country" (Hlubek, Holland, Banner Thomas) – 6:17
- "Big Apple" (Brown, Hlubek) – 3:01
- "The Creeper" (Brown, Bruce Crump, Holland) – 3:18
- "The Price You Pay" (Cecil Berrier, Brown, Holland, Bob Huckaba) – 3:04
- Side two
- "Dreams I'll Never See" (Gregg Allman) – 7:06
- "I'll Be Running" (Brown, Hlubek, Thomas) – 3:00
- "Cheatin' Woman" (Holland) – 3:36
- "Trust Your Old Friend" (Crump, Duane Roland) – 3:55
Personnel
- Molly Hatchet
- Danny Joe Brown - vocals
- Dave Hlubek - guitar
- Steve Holland - guitar
- Duane Roland - guitar
- Banner Thomas - bass
- Bruce Crump - drums
- Additional musicians
- Tom Werman - percussion
- Jai Winding - keyboards
- Tim Lindsey - additional bass
- Production
- Tom Werman - producer, mixing at Record Plant, Los Angeles
- Anthony Reale - sound engineer, The Sound Pit, Atlanta
- Richard Schoff - sound engineer
- Mike Beriger - assistant engineer
- Frank Frazetta - cover painting
Charts
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1978 | Billboard 200 (USA)[4] | 64 |
References
- Smith, Michael B. "Molly Hatchet Molly Hatchet review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 186. ISBN 978-1894959025.
- Bob Lefsetz. "Welcome To My World - "Buddy Miles"". Rhino.com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- "Molly Hatchet Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- "RIAA Database: Search for Molly Hatchet". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
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