Crash and Burn (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Crash and Burn
Type = studio
Artist = Pat Travers


Released = 1980
Recorded = Jun 1979–Jan 1980
Genre = Rock
Length = 38:54
Label = Polydor Records
Producer = Dennis Mackay and Pat Travers
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jpfqxq95ld0e link]
Chronology = Pat Travers
Last album = "Live! Go For What You Know"
(1979)
This album = "Crash and Burn"
(1980)
Next album = "Radio Active"
(1981)

"Crash And Burn" is a music album released by the Pat Travers Band on Polydor Records in 1980.

Crash And Burn was Pat Travers' highest-charting release, peaking at number 20 on the Billboard Magazine album chart. The album featured the single "Snortin' Whiskey", co-written by Travers and fellow band member guitarist Pat Thrall. This song became a significant hit on American FM radio in 1980, reaching the number one position on playlists all over the country. The album's title track was also issued as a single, but wasn't as successful as "Snortin' Whiskey". The song "Crash And Burn" was a departure from Pat Travers' usual guitar-oriented material, and was basically a keyboard song driven by the band's dynamic rhythm section of Peter "Mars" Cowling on bass, and legendary drummer Tommy Aldridge.

Other standout tracks include a cover of "Born Under A Bad Sign", originally done by Albert King, and "(Your Love) Can't Be Right", which was also released as a single. The Bob Marley song "Is This Love?" was also included, and featured Dawn Shahan on backing vocals. The album was indeed a great commercial success, but many fans and critics alike cite several of the musician's other releases to be better overall projects. The album propelled the Pat Travers Band into headlining status in the United States, but was the last recorded work to feature the popular lineup of Aldridge, Cowling, and Thrall. It earned gold record status initially, and later with the advent of compact discs, was reissued and achieved platinum record status.

The album was recorded at Quadradial Studios in Miami, Florida from June 1979 to January 1980 during breaks from touring. Final mixes were done at Bayshore Studios in Coconut Grove, Florida in February 1980, and the album was released in April 1980.

Track listing

#"Crash And Burn" (Pat Travers)
#"(Your Love) Can't Be Right" (Pat Travers)
#"Snortin' Whiskey" (Pat Travers & Pat Thrall)
#"Born Under A Bad Sign" (Booker T. Jones & William Bell)
#"Is This Love?" (Bob Marley)
#"The Big Event" (Pat Travers)
#"Love Will Make You Strong" (Pat Travers)
#"Material Eyes" (Pat Thrall & Alex Kash)

Credits

*Pat Travers: Lead & backing vocals / lead & rhythm guitars / keyboards
*Pat Thrall: Lead & rhythm guitars / backing vocals
*Peter "Mars" Cowling: Bass guitar
*Tommy Aldridge: Drums and percussion
*Micheal Shrieve: Percussion
*Dawn Shahan: Backing vocals
*Dennis Mackay and Pat Travers: Producers
*Dennis Mackay, David Gotlieb, Greg Caldi, and Eric Schilling: Engineers

Charts

Album - "Billboard"

References