- In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy
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- This is also the soundtrack of a 1996 music documentary co-starring Deep Purple, Lemmy, and Dweezil Zappa.
In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy Studio album by Pat Boone Released January 1997 Recorded 1996 at Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood, CA Genre Swing Length 53:13 Label Hip-O Records Producer Michael Lloyd; Jeffrey Weber Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1]
In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy is a 1997 album by Pat Boone in which Boone, after critisizing groups like Duran Duran for their James Bond theme and number one hit A View To A Kill because of their lyric "Dance Into the Fire" being devil worshipping and unholy, covers hard rock and heavy metal songs in a jazz/big band style. Boone promoted the album by appearing in leather clothing (and, at that year's American Music Awards, wearing a dog collar). He succeeded in propelling Metal Mood onto the Billboard record charts (making it Boone's first hit album in 35 years), but it did not please some of his longtime supporters who consider the heavy metal genre in bad taste, or worse. [2]
In October of the same year, and in a similar vein, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé covered Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" in a lounge-jazz style on the 1997 compilation album release, Lounge-A-Palooza. This idea of giving rock hits a "standards" treatment was was later imitated later by Boone's contemporary Paul Anka in the 2005 album Rock Swings, which also featured Anka doing a cover of "Black Hole Sun."
Contents
Track listing
- "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" (Original: Judas Priest) – 4:19
- "Smoke on the Water" (Original: Deep Purple) – 3:53
- "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" (Original: AC/DC) – 4:37
- "Panama" (Original: Van Halen) – 5:15
- "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (Original: Alice Cooper) – 3:06
- "Love Hurts" (Original: Everly Brothers, popularized as a hard rock ballad by Nazareth; composed by Boudleaux Bryant) – 4:57
- "Enter Sandman" (Original: Metallica) – 3:52
- "Holy Diver" (Original: Dio) – 4:44
- "Paradise City" (Original: Guns N' Roses) – 4:41
- "The Wind Cries Mary" (Original: The Jimi Hendrix Experience) – 4:12
- "Crazy Train" (Original: Ozzy Osbourne) – 4:32
- "Stairway to Heaven" (Original: Led Zeppelin) – 4:59
Personnel
- Pat Boone, Ronnie James Dio, Clydene Jackson Edwards, Merry Clayton, Carmen Twillie - vocals
- Ritchie Blackmore, Mitch Holder, Dawayne Bailey, Dweezil Zappa, Dan Ferguson, Michael Thompson - electric guitar
- Doug Cameron, Bruce Dukov, Michelle Richards - violin
- Evan Wilson - viola
- Larry Corbett - cello
- Tom Scott, Gary Herbig, Don Menza, Pete Christlieb, Terry Harrington, Plas Johnson, Jeol Peskin - woodwinds
- Frank Szabo, Chuck Findley, Wayne Bergeron, Rick Baptist, Chris Tedesco - trumpet
- Dick "Slide" Hyde, Lew McCreary, Alan Kaplan, Bruce Otto, Dana Hughes - trombone
- Dave Siebels - organ, keyboards
- Andy Simpkins - acoustic bass
- Marco Mendoza - electric bass
- Gregg Bissonette - drums
- Lenny Castro - percussion
- Sheila E. - timbales
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position 1997 Pop Albums 125 See also
References
Categories:- 1997 albums
- Covers albums
- Hip-O Records albums
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