Lay Down the Law (Keel album)
For the song by Raven, see Nothing Exceeds Like Excess.
| Lay Down the Law | ||||
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| Studio album by Keel | ||||
| Released | November 1984 | |||
| Recorded | Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California | |||
| Genre | Glam metal | |||
| Length | 33:49 | |||
| Label | Shrapnel | |||
| Producer | Ron Keel, Mike Varney | |||
| Keel chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Martin Popoff | [2] |
Lay Down the Law is the debut album by the American glam metal band Keel. It was the only album to feature original drummer Bobby Marks. Also, three songs - "Speed Demon", "Tonight You're Mine", and the Rolling Stones cover "Let's Spend the Night Together" - were re-recorded for their next album The Right to Rock, although the version of "Let's Spend The Night Together" on this album ends with reprises of earlier album tracks, while "Tonight You're Mine" was re-recorded as "You're the Victim (I'm the Crime)" with altered lyrics.
The album was released on November 1984 by Shrapnel Records to rave reviews, despite the band signing to Gold Mountain Records a few months prior. It was not released on CD format until 2008.[3]
Track listing
- Side one
- "Thunder and Lightning" (Ron Keel) - 3:34
- "Lay Down the Law" (R. Keel) - 3:47
- "Speed Demon" (R. Keel) - 3:39
- "Princess of Illusion" (R. Keel) - 4:04
- "Born Ready" (Marc Ferrari) - 3:09
- Side two
- "Metal Generation" (R. Keel, Kenny Chaisson, Bobby Marks) - 2:59
- "Till Hell Freezes Over" (R. Keel, Chaisson, Marks) - 4:27
- "Tonight You're Mine" (R. Keel, Chaisson, Marks) - 3:00
- "Let's Spend the Night Together" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) - 5:10
Personnel
- Band members
- Ron Keel - vocals, guitar, producer
- Marc Ferrari - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Bryan Jay - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Kenny Chaisson - bass, backing vocals
- Bobby Marks - drums, backing vocals
- Production
- Mike Davis - engineer, mixing
- Mike Varney - executive producer
References
- ↑ "Keel Lay Down the Law review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- ↑ "History". Keelband.com. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
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