Molly Hatchet (album)

Molly Hatchet is the self-titled debut album by American southern rock band Molly Hatchet, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music). The cover is a painting by Frank Frazetta entitled "The Death Dealer". Starting off both the album itself and the recording career of the band, the first song famously begins with lead singer Danny Joe Brown growling "Hell yeah!"

Molly Hatchet
Cover art by Frank Frazetta
Studio album by
Molly Hatchet
Released1 September 1978
StudioThe Sound Pit, Atlanta, Georgia
GenreSouthern rock, hard rock
Length37:15
LabelEpic
ProducerTom Werman, Pat Armstrong
Molly Hatchet chronology
Molly Hatchet
(1978)		 Flirtin' with Disaster
(1979)
Singles from Molly Hatchet
  1. "Dreams I'll Never See" / "The Creeper"
    Released: 1978
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[2]

"Dreams I'll Never See" is a cover of The Allman Brothers Band's song "Dreams" from their debut album, via Buddy Miles's reworking of the song from Them Changes (1970).[3]

Track listing
Side one
  1. "Bounty Hunter" (Danny Joe Brown, Dave Hlubek, Steve Holland) – 2:58
  2. "Gator Country" (Hlubek, Holland, Banner Thomas) – 6:17
  3. "Big Apple" (Brown, Hlubek) – 3:01
  4. "The Creeper" (Brown, Bruce Crump, Holland) – 3:18
  5. "The Price You Pay" (Cecil Berrier, Brown, Holland, Bob Huckaba) – 3:04
Side two
  1. "Dreams I'll Never See" (Gregg Allman) – 7:06
  2. "I'll Be Running" (Brown, Hlubek, Thomas) – 3:00
  3. "Cheatin' Woman" (Holland) – 3:36
  4. "Trust Your Old Friend" (Crump, Duane Roland) – 3:55

Personnel
Molly Hatchet
Additional musicians
Production
  • Tom Werman - producer, mixing at Record Plant, Los Angeles
  • Richard Schoff - sound engineer
  • Mike Beriger - assistant engineer
  • Frank Frazetta - cover painting

Charts
Year Chart Position
1978 Billboard 200 (USA)[4] 64

Certifications
Country Organization Year Sales
USA RIAA 1980 Platinum (+ 1,000,000)[5]

References
  1. Smith, Michael B. "Molly Hatchet Molly Hatchet review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  2. Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 186. ISBN 978-1894959025.
  3. Bob Lefsetz. "Welcome To My World - "Buddy Miles"". Rhino.com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  4. "Molly Hatchet Awards". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  5. "RIAA Database: Search for Molly Hatchet". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
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