Stay Hard

Stay Hard
Studio album by
Raven
Released14 February 1985 (1985-02-14)[1]
Recorded1984
StudioPyramid Studios (Ithaca, New York)
Genre
Length35:56
LabelAtlantic
ProducerRaven, Michael Wagener, Tony Incigeri, Jon Zazula, Marsha Zazula
Raven chronology
Live at the Inferno
(1984) 		Stay Hard
(1985) 		The Pack Is Back
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[3]

Stay Hard is the fourth studio album by English heavy metal band Raven, released in 1985. It was their first album recorded in the United States for the major label Atlantic Records, after the band had passed under American management.[4] With this album, the band's more glam metal commercial sound was established.[5]

"Hard Ride" is a re-recording of the song from Raven's debut album Rock Until You Drop.

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Gallagher, Mark Gallagher, and Rob Hunter

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Stay Hard"2:59
2."When the Going Gets Tough"3:34
3."On and On"3:54
4."Get It Right"4:49
5."Restless Child"2:45
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Power and the Glory"3:37
7."Pray for the Sun"4:22
8."Hard Ride"3:15
9."Extract the Action"3:04
10."The Bottom Line"3:37
CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Gimme Just a Little"3:56
12."Do or Die"3:59

Personnel

Raven

  • John Gallagher – bass, vocals
  • Mark Gallagher – guitars
  • Rob Hunter – drums

Production

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)[2]

Year Chart Position
1985 Billboard 200 81

References

  1. ^ "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. 1 February 1985. p. 26. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b Anderson, Jason. "Raven - Stay Hard review". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 285. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  4. ^ "Raven (Gbr) - Stay Hard". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  5. ^ Sleazegrinder (15 November 2015). "The album that brought Raven's flight to an end". Loudersound.


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