Walkin' the Razor's Edge
Walkin' the Razor's Edge | ||||
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Studio album by Helix | ||||
Released | July 7, 1984 | |||
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Phase One Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Electric Lady, New York City Studio One, Atlanta | |||
Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
Length | 33:01 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Tom Treumuth, Helix and Rodney Mills | |||
Helix chronology | ||||
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Walkin' the Razor's Edge was the fourth studio album by the Canadian heavy metal band Helix. It was released on the Capitol Records label in 1984.
A music video was made for the Crazy Elephant cover "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'". Two versions of this video were filmed: One for music video channels, and the other being an "adult" version featuring topless models including a then 16-year-old porn star Traci Lords. This version was aired on the Playboy Channel in the United States.[2]
The band also made a promotional video for their A Foot in Coldwater cover, "(Make Me Do) Anything You Want", as well as "Rock You". The video for "Rock You", filmed in a quarry in Kitchener, Ontario, is perhaps best known for the image of guitar player Brent Doerner emerging from the water to play his guitar solo.[3]
Track listing
All tracks written by Helix except where noted.
Side one | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
1. | "Rock You" | Bob Halligan, Jr. | 2:51 |
2. | "Young & Wreckless" | 3:22 | |
3. | "Animal House" | 2:57 | |
4. | "Feel the Fire" | 3:13 | |
5. | "When the Hammer Falls" | 3:02 |
Side two | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
6. | "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" (Crazy Elephant cover) | Joey Levine, Ritchie Cordell | 3:25 |
7. | "My Kind of Rock" | 2:54 | |
8. | "(Make Me Do) Anything You Want" (A Foot in Coldwater cover) | Paul Naumann, Danny Taylor | 4:07 |
9. | "Six Strings, Nine Lives" | 3:14 | |
10. | "You Keep Me Rockin'" | 3:38 |
2009 UK Rock Candy Records edition bonus tracks | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
11. | "Young & Wreckless" (live, taken from Live at the Marquee promotional-only EP) | 3:25 | |
12. | "Rock You" (live, taken from Live at the Marquee promotional-only EP) | Halligan Jr. | 4:14 |
13. | "Animal House" (live, taken from Live at the Marquee promotional-only EP) | 3:32 |
Personnel
- Band members
- Brian Vollmer - lead vocals
- Brent "The Doctor" Doerner - guitars, backing vocals
- Paul Hackman - guitars, backing vocals
- Daryl Gray - bass, backing vocals
- Greg "Fritz" Hinz - drums
- Additional musicians
- Spider Sinnaeve - additional bass
- Production
- Produced by Tom Treumuth for Hypnotic Productions, except "Rock You" and "Young & Wreckless", co-produced by Helix and Rodney Mills
- Bonus tracks produced by Simon Hanhart.
- Recorded & Engineered by Dave Wittman
Recorded at Phase One Studios (Toronto, Ontario), Electric Lady (New York City), Studio One (Atlanta).
- Originally Mastered by Bob Ludwig.
- Remastered by Jon Astley (2009 Rock Candy version)
- Management: William Seip Management.
Charts
Album
Year | Chart | Position |
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1984 | Canada | 27 |
Billboard Top 200[4] | 69 |
Singles
Year | Song | Chart | Highest |
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1985 | "Rock You" | Canadian Singles Chart | 27[5] |
"(Make Me Do) Anything You Want" | 44 | ||
References
- ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Helix Walkin' the Razor's Edge review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
- ↑ Vollmer, Brian (2004). Gimme An R! the story of Brian Vollmer, lead vocalist of Helix. Ball Media Corporation. ISBN 0-9739849-0-2.
- ↑ BRENT DOERNER interview by Michael A. Ladano - "If You Don't Write Good Songs, It Ain't Gonna Fly Baby"
- ↑ "Walkin' the Razor's Edge Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
- ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 41, No. 16, December 22 1984". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 19 August 2013.