The Cage (Tygers of Pan Tang album) - Composition

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The Cage is the fourth album by British heavy metal band Tygers of Pan Tang, released on MCA Records in 1982. It marked a move in a more commercial direction, selling over 200,000 copies and giving birth to two top 50 songs in the UK, namely the covers of Leiber & Stoller's "Love Potion No. 9" and the lesser known RPM song "Rendezvous". Another single charted at 63: the Steve Thompson song "Paris by Air".[1] It is shortly after producing this album that the band split for the first time, due to tensions with their record company. Robb Weir and Brian Dick then formed the band Sergeant.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	9/10[3]

The Cage

Studio album by

Tygers of Pan Tang

Released

August 1982

Genre

Heavy metal
hard rock

Length

35:20

Label

MCA

Producer

Peter Collins

Tygers of Pan Tang chronology

Crazy Nights
(1981)

The Cage
(1982)

The Wreck-Age
(1985)

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Rendezvous" (RPM cover)	Robert A. Johnson, Mark Stephens, Brent Maher	3:20
2.	"Lonely at the Top"	Steve Thompson	3:29
3.	"Letter from L.A."	Jon Deverill, Thompson	3:12
4.	"Paris by Air"	Thompson	2:56
5.	"Tides"	Fred Purser	4:13

Side two
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
6.	"Making Tracks"	Richard Laws, Deverill, Purser	3:38
7.	"The Cage"	Robb Weir, Purser	1:13
8.	"Love Potion No.9" (The Clovers cover)	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	2:04
9.	"You Always See What You Want"	Purser, Deverill	3:12
10.	"Danger in Paradise"	John Parr	3:29
11.	"The Actor"	Purser	4:15

1997 CD re-issue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Life of Crime"	3:35
13.	"Love's a Lie"	2:52
14.	"What You Sayin'"	3:19
15.	"Making Tracks" (extended remix)	6:23

Personnel

Band members

Jon Deverill - vocals
Robb Weir - guitars
Fred Purser - guitars, keyboards
Richard "Rocky" Laws - bass guitar
Brian Dick - drums

Additional musicians

John Sykes - guitar on "Love Potion No. 9" and "Danger in Paradise"

Production

Peter Collins - producer
Phil Harding - engineer, mixing

Charts

Album

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[4]	31
UK Albums (OCC)[5]	12

Singles

Single	Chart (1983)	Peak position
Love Potion No. 9	UK Singles Chart	45[6]
Rendezvous		49[7]
Paris by Air		63[8]

References

"The Official Music Charts". The Official Music Charts. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Tygers of Pan Tang The Cage review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 371. ISBN 978-1894959315.
"Swedishcharts.com – Tygers of Pan Tang – The Cage". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
"Tygers of Pan Tang | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
"UK Singles Archive- Tygers of Pan Tang". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
"UK Singles Archive-Tygers of Pan Tang". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
"UK Singles Archive-Tygers of Pan Tang". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

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Studio albums	Wild Cat (1980) Spellbound (1981) Crazy Nights (1981) The Cage (1982) The Wreck-Age (1985) Burning in the Shade (1987) Animal Instinct (2008) Tygers of Pan Tang (2016)
Compilations	First Kill (1986)

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