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Metal Health
Studio album by Quiet Riot
Released	March 11, 1983 August 28, 2001 (bonus tracks)
Recorded	1982, The Pasha Music House, Hollywood
Genre	Heavy Metal, Glam Metal
Length	40:57
Label	Pasha/Sony/Columbia
Producer	Spencer Proffer
Professional reviews
Allmusic [2] Rolling Stone [3]
Quiet Riot chronology
Quiet Riot II (1978) Metal Health (1983) Condition Critical (1984)

Metal Health is the third album by American heavy metal band Quiet Riot. It is their first record without guitarist Randy Rhoads. It was released on March 11, 1983, bolstered by the #5 hit "Cum on Feel the Noize" and the #31 hit "Metal Health". It knocked The Police's Synchronicity out of #1 in the U.S.,making it the first heavy metal album to go #1. The album went on to sell more than 6 million copies and is considered a classic among heavy metal fans to this day. However, some critics such as Allmusic ^[1], perceive 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 #35 on Vh1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs.

The band went on a tour the same year and also supported Black Sabbath on their Born Again tour in the U.S.

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

Thunderbird is about guitarist and ex-member Randy Rhoads, who died in a plane crash in 1982.

Track listing

Vinyl and Original CD releases

1. "Metal Health" (DuBrow/Cavazo/Sarzo/Banali) 5:16
2. "Cum on Feel the Noize" (Holder/Lea) 4:51
3. "Don't Wanna Let You Go" (DuBrow/Cavazo) 4:42
4. "Slick Black Cadillac" (DuBrow/Rhoads) 4:12
5. "Love's a Bitch" (DuBrow) 4:11
6. "Breathless" (DuBrow/Cavazo) 3:51
7. "Run for Cover" (DuBrow/Cavazo) 3:38
8. "Battle Axe" (Cavazo) 1:38
9. "Let's Get Crazy" (DuBrow) 4:08
10. "Thunderbird" (DuBrow) 4:43

Bonus tracks on Metal Masters Remaster

11. "Danger Zone" (DuBrow) 5:06
12. "Slick Black Cadillac" (live) (DuBrow) 5:14

Cassette release

Side One:

1. "Metal Health" (DuBrow/Cavazo/Sarzo/Banali) 5:16
2. "Cum on Feel the Noize" (Holder/Lea) 4:51
3. "Battle Axe" (Cavazo) 1:38
4. "Slick Black Cadillac" (DuBrow/Rhoads) 4:12
5. "Love's a Bitch" (DuBrow) 4:11

Side Two:

1. "Breathless" (DuBrow/Cavazo) 3:51
2. "Run for Cover" (DuBrow/Cavazo) 3:38
3. "Don't Wanna Let You Go" (DuBrow/Cavazo) 4:42
4. "Let's Get Crazy" (DuBrow) 4:08
5. "Thunderbird" (DuBrow) 4:43

Credits

Quiet Riot

• Kevin DuBrow - lead vocals
• Carlos Cavazo - guitars, backing vocals
• Rudy Sarzo - bass, synthesizer
• Frankie Banali - drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Chuck Wright - bass on "Metal Health", "Don't Wanna Let You Go", "Danger Zone" and all backing vocals
• Pat Regan - keyboards
• Riot Squad - backing vocals
• Tuesday Knight - backing vocals
• Spencer Proffer - backing vocals
• Donna Slattery - backing vocals

Production

• Spencer Proffer - producer
• Duane Baron - engineer
• Dale Lavi - production intern
• Quiet Riot - artwork
• Jay Vigon - art direction, design
• Sam Emerson - photography
• Ron Sobol - photography
• Stan Watts - illustrations

Chart positions

Album

Singles

Billboard Music Charts(North America)

References

1. ^ [1], Metal Health article on Allmusic