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QR III (or Quiet Riot III) is the fifth studio album released by American heavy metal band Quiet Riot. It was released in 1986 on Pasha / CBS. It is the last album to feature lead singer Kevin DuBrow until the 1993 album Terrified.

QR III
Studio album by
Quiet Riot
ReleasedJuly 6, 1986
RecordedNovember 1985 – May 1986
StudioPasha Music House, North Hollywood, California
GenreHeavy metal, hard rock
Length42:09
LabelPasha / CBS
ProducerSpencer Proffer, John Purdell
Quiet Riot chronology
Condition Critical
(1984)		 QR III
(1986)		 QR
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Kerrang![2]

Background


QR III is short for "Quiet Riot III". It is the band's fifth studio album, following limited release albums Quiet Riot and Quiet Riot II, and major label albums Metal Health and Condition Critical. Following the massive success of Metal Health and the more reasonable success of Condition Critical, sales of QR III were lower, reaching only No. 31 on the US charts and only achieving Gold certification. It marked one of Quiet Riot's final plunges from stardom as only one more of the band's following releases would enter the charts at all.

This Quiet Riot album is the first album to feature Chuck Wright, formerly of Giuffria, on bass as an official member. He had performed some uncredited bass work on the band's earlier albums. He would rejoin the band on an on/off basis over the years, and is in the current version of the group.[3]

The lead single, "The Wild and the Young", is a stadium hymn to the energy of youth. Its accompanying video (featuring game show host Wink Martindale in a cameo appearance) painted an Orwellian picture of the future, where totalitarian militarists fought to wipe out rock and roll—a reference to the Senate hearings concerning explicit language in metal songs.


Track listing


Credits taken from album liner notes.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Main Attraction"
4:43
2."The Wild and the Young"
  • Proffer
  • Banali
  • Cavazo
  • DuBrow
  • Wright
3:37
3."Twilight Hotel"
  • Wright
  • Banali
  • Cavazo
  • DuBrow
  • Proffer
4:35
4."Down and Dirty"
  • Cavazo
  • Banali
  • DuBrow
  • Wright
3:15
5."Rise or Fall"
  • Dubrow
  • Banali
  • Cavazo
  • Wright
4:01
6."Put Up or Shut Up"
  • Cavazo
  • DuBrow
  • Banali
  • Wright
4:07
7."Still of the Night"
  • Wright
  • Banali
  • Cavazo
  • DuBrow
  • Proffer
  • Purdell
4:42
8."Bass Case" (Instrumental)Wright0:59
9."The Pump"
  • Banali
  • Cavazo
  • DuBrow
  • Wright
4:02
10."Slave to Love"
  • Stan Bush
  • Banali
  • Cavazo
  • Dubrow
  • Proffer
  • Wright
3:55
11."Helping Hands"
  • Dubrow
  • Banali
  • Cavazo
  • Wright
4:13

Personnel



Quiet Riot



Additional personnel



Production



Charts


Chart (1986) Peak
position
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[4] 13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[5] 29
US Billboard 200[6] 31

References


  1. "Quiet Riot QR III review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  2. Oliver, Derek (7 August 1986). "Quiet Riot 'QR III'". Kerrang!. Vol. 126. London, UK: United Magazines ltd. p. 19.
  3. "Chuck Wright Interview". Music Legends. 2008-06-05. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  4. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  5. "Swedishcharts.com – Quiet Riot – QR III". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  6. "Quiet Riot Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 February 2021.


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