Molly Hatchet (album)

Molly Hatchet
Cover art by Frank Frazetta
Studio album by
Molly Hatchet
ReleasedSeptember 1, 1978
StudioThe Sound Pit, Atlanta, Georgia
Genre
Length37:15
LabelEpic
Producer
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]

Molly Hatchet is the debut studio album by American rock band Molly Hatchet. It was released on September 1, 1978, by Epic Records. The cover is a painting by Frank Frazetta entitled 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!"

"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
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bounty Hunter"Danny Joe Brown, Dave Hlubek, Steve Holland2:58
2."Gator Country"Hlubek, Holland, Banner Thomas6:17
3."Big Apple"Brown, Hlubek3:01
4."The Creeper"Brown, Bruce Crump, Holland3:18
5."The Price You Pay"Cecil Berrier, Brown, Holland, Bob Huckaba3:04
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Dreams I'll Never See"Gregg Allman7:06
7."I'll Be Running"Brown, Hlubek, Thomas3:00
8."Cheatin' Woman"Holland3:36
9."Trust Your Old Friend"Crump, Duane Roland3:55

Personnel

Molly Hatchet
Additional musicians
  • Tom Werman - percussion
  • Jai Winding - keyboards
  • Tim Lindsey - additional bass
Production
  • Tom Werman - producer, mixing at Record Plant, Los Angeles
  • Anthony Reale - sound engineer, The Sound Pit, Atlanta
  • Richard Schoff - sound engineer
  • Mike Beriger - assistant engineer
  • Frank Frazetta - cover painting

Charts

Chart (1978) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 64

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Smith, Michael B. "Molly Hatchet Molly Hatchet review". AllMusic. 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 Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  5. ^ "American album certifications – Molly Hatchet – Molly Hatchet". Recording Industry Association of America.
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