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Metal Health is the third studio album and American debut album by the American heavy metal band Quiet Riot. It was released on March 11, 1983 and is dedicated to the memory of former guitarist Randy Rhoads. The album spawned the band's signature songs, the No. 5 hit "Cum On Feel the Noize" and the No. 31 hit "Metal Health". Metal Health is the first ever heavy metal album to reach the top spot on the Billboard 200,[4] replacing the Police's Synchronicity at number one in November 1983; because of that placement, it has been called the start of the hair metal era.[5] The album went on to sell more than ten million copies worldwide.[6]

Metal Health
Studio album by
Quiet Riot
ReleasedMarch 11, 1983
Recorded1982
StudioPasha Music House, North Hollywood, California
Genre
  • Glam metal
  • heavy metal
Length40:57
LabelPasha
ProducerSpencer Proffer
Quiet Riot chronology
Quiet Riot II
(1978)		 Metal Health
(1983)		 Condition Critical
(1984)
Singles from Metal Health
  1. "Cum On Feel the Noize"
    Released: August 1983 [1]
  2. "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)"
    Released: December 1983 [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
Rolling Stone(not rated) link
Sputnikmusic3.5/5[3]

Overview


Quiet Riot went on a tour the same year and supported Black Sabbath on their Born Again tour in the US.

"Slick Black Cadillac" is a re-recorded version of the same song from Quiet Riot II.

The song "Thunderbird" is dedicated to guitarist and founding member Randy Rhoads. Although the bulk of the song was written for Rhoads while he was still alive, Kevin DuBrow added one final verse as a tribute to Rhoads after he died in a plane crash on March 19, 1982.[7]

Some critics, such as AllMusic,[8] describe it as a one-hit wonder, owing to Quiet Riot's relative lack of critical and commercial success with following albums (and subsequent disintegration) towards the end of the 1980s. The title track was ranked No. 35 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs.


Track listing


No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Metal Health"
5:17
2."Cum On Feel the Noize" (Slade cover)
4:51
3."Don't Wanna Let You Go"
  • DuBrow
  • Cavazo
4:43
4."Slick Black Cadillac"
4:13
5."Love's a Bitch"DuBrow4:11
6."Breathless"
  • DuBrow
  • Cavazo
3:51
7."Run for Cover"
  • DuBrow
  • Cavazo
3:38
8."Battle Axe"Cavazo1:39
9."Let's Get Crazy"DuBrow4:08
10."Thunderbird"DuBrow4:43

Personnel



Quiet Riot



Additional personnel



Production



Design



Chart positions


Chart (1983-1984) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[10] 39
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[11] 5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[12] 33
US Billboard 200[13] 1

Certifications


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[14] 3× Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[15] 6× Platinum 6,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


Accolades


Publication Country Accolade Rank
Consequence of Sound US 10 Hair Metal Albums That Don't Suck[16] 3
Rolling Stone US 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time[17] 15
Loudwire US Top 30 Hair Metal Albums[18] 11

References


  1. "Quiet Riot singles".
  2. "Quiet Riot singles".
  3. "Review: Quiet Riot - Metal Health | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  4. DiVita, Joe (July 22, 2013). "10 Best Metal Albums of 1983". Loudwire. Retrieved 2021-04-09. Metal Health’ is immortalized in music history as the first heavy metal album to reach the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart
  5. Rivadavia, Eduardo (August 6, 2018). "The 11 Heaviest Hair Metal Songs". Loudwire. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  6. "Quiet Riot - BIO". www.quietriot.band. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  7. Quiet Riot 2001 CD: Liner notes
  8. Rivadavia, Eduardo; Franck, John Franck. "Metal Health review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  9. "Chuck Wright Interview". Music Legends. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  10. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  11. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4451a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  12. "Charts.nz – Quiet Riot – Metal Health". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  13. "Quiet Riot Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  14. "Canadian album certifications – Quiet Riot – Metal Heath". Music Canada.
  15. "American album certifications – Quiet Riot – Metal Health". Recording Industry Association of America.
  16. "Consequence of Sound - 10 Hair Metal Albums That Don't Suck". Consequence of Sound. February 5, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  17. "Rolling Stone - 50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. August 31, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  18. DiVita, Joe (November 9, 2016). "Top 30 Hair Metal Albums". Loudwire. Retrieved June 22, 2021.

На других языках

[de] Metal Health

Metal Health ist das 1983 veröffentlichte dritte Studioalbum der US-amerikanischen Heavy-Metal-Band Quiet Riot. Der Titel ist eine Anspielung auf den englischsprachigen Begriff „Mental Health“ (deutsch: „mentale Gesundheit“; besser: „psychische Verfassung“), was auch durch die Gestaltung des Albumcovers verdeutlicht wird, das einen Mann in Zwangsjacke und mit einer metallenen Gesichtsmaske zeigt; die Zwangsjacke ist mit Buttons versehen, die die Gesichter der vier Mitglieder von Quiet Riot zeigen.
- [en] Metal Health

[es] Metal Health

Metal Health es el tercer álbum de estudio de la banda de heavy metal estadounidense Quiet Riot, publicado en el año 1983. Fue el primer trabajo de la banda en Estados Unidos y sin su guitarrista Randy Rhoads quien había dejado Quiet Riot en 1980 para unirse a la banda de Ozzy Osbourne, siendo su guitarrista hasta su muerte en un accidente de avión en el año 1982.

[ru] Metal Health

Metal Health — третий студийный альбом американской хеви-метал-группы Quiet Riot, выпущенный 11 марта 1983 года. Metal Health — первый в истории метал-альбом, возглавивший американский чарт Billboard 200[14], из-за чего его назвают началом эры глэм-метала[15]. Альбом был продан тиражом более десяти миллионов экземпляров по всему миру[16].


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