Metal Health
Studio album by Quiet Riot
Released	March 11, 1983
Recorded	1982
Genre	Heavy Metal
Length	40:57
Label	Pasha
Producer(s)	Spencer Proffer
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Quiet Riot chronology
Quiet Riot II (1978)	Metal Health (1983)	Condition Critical (1984)

Metal Health was the breakthrough album for the American heavy metal band Quiet Riot. It was released in 1983 (see 1983 in music), bolstered by a #5 hit single, "Cum on Feel the Noize" (Slade cover). Metal Health was the first heavy metal debut album to hit #1 on the Billboard Music Charts pop albums list. It knocked The Police's Synchronicity out of #1 in the U.S. The album went on to sell more than 6 million copies and is considered a classic among heavy metal fans to this day. Image File history File links MetalHealthQuietRiot. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] mixed blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Quiet Riots second album was released only in Japan. ... Condition Critical was the follow-up album to Quiet Riots smash hit Metal Health. ... Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] mixed blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... See also: 1982 in music, other events of 1983, 1984 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events The most long-term influential release of 1983 is probably Head over Heels by the Cocteau Twins, which sold poorly upon its initial release. ... Slade were an English glam rock and hard rock band. ... Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] mixed blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... The Police was a three-piece British Rock band, which was strongly influenced by ska and reggae. ... Synchronicity is the fifth album by The Police, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). ...

Track listing

1. "Metal Health" (Banali/Cavazo/Cavazo/DuBrow)
2. "Cum on Feel the Noize" (Holder/Lea)
3. "Don't Wanna Let You Go" (Cavazo/DuBrow)
4. "Slick Black Cadillac" (DuBrow)
5. "Love's a Bitch" (DuBrow)
6. "Breathless" (Cavazo/DuBrow)
7. "Run for Cover" (Cavazo/DuBrow)
8. "Battle Axe" (Cavazo)
9. "Let's Get Crazy" (DuBrow)
10. "Thunderbird" (DuBrow)

Metal Health (Bang Your Head) is a song by American metal band Quiet Riot on their breakthrough album of the same name. ... Cum on Feel the Noize is a hard rock song originally released by Slade in 1973. ...

Personnel

• Quiet Riot - Artwork
• Riot Squad - Vocals (bckgr)
• Charles Wright
• Frankie Banali - Percussion, Cymbals, Drums, Vocals (bckgr), Tympani
• Duane Baron - Engineer
• Carlos Cavazo - Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals (bckgr)
• Kevin DuBrow - Vocals (bckgr)
• Tuesday Knight - Vocals (bckgr)
• Spencer Proffer - Vocals (bckgr), Producer
• Pat Regan - Keyboards
• Rudy Sarzo - Synthesizer, Bass, Guitar (Bass)
• Chuck Wright - Guitar (Bass), Vocals (bckgr)
• Donna Slattery - Vocals (bckgr)
• Jay Vigon - Art Direction, Design
• Sam Emerson - Photography
• Stan Watts - Illustrations
• Ron Sobol - Photography

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Frankie Banali has been one of the former drummers of the heavy metal band Quiet Riot. ... Carlos Cavazo was the guitarist that replaced Randy Rhoads in Quiet Riot. ... Kevin DuBrow (born October 29, 1955) is the lead singer of the 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot. ... Rudy Sarzo is a bassist who has played with Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Manic Eden, Dio, etc. ...

Charting singles

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - singles Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

 1983 Metal Health Mainstream Rock No. 37 1983 Cum On Feel The Noize Mainstream Rock No. 7 1983 Slick Black Cadillac Mainstream Rock No. 32 1983 Cum On Feel The Noize Pop Singles No. 5 1984 Metal Health The Billboard Hot 100 No. 31 1984 Cum On Feel The Noize The Billboard Hot 100 No. 20