Take No Prisoners (Molly Hatchet album)

Take No Prisoners
Cover art by Boris Vallejo
Studio album by
Molly Hatchet
ReleasedNovember 1981
Recorded1981
StudioCompass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreSouthern rock, hard rock
Length35:20
LabelEpic
ProducerTom Werman
Molly Hatchet chronology
Beatin' the Odds
(1980) 		Take No Prisoners
(1981) 		No Guts...No Glory
(1983)
Singles from Take No Prisoners
  1. "Power Play" / "Bloody Reunion"
    Released: 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Take No Prisoners is the fourth studio album by American southern rock band Molly Hatchet, released in 1981. This is the second and last studio album released with lead singer Jimmy Farrar and the last one with original bass player Banner Thomas and the last to feature drummer Bruce Crump until The Deed Is Done. "Respect Me in the Morning" is a duet between Farrar and Joyce "Baby Jean" Kennedy of Mother's Finest. The album is also notable because actress Katey Sagal appears as a backup singer.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bloody Reunion"Jimmy Farrar, Dave Hlubek, Duane Roland, Banner Thomas4:00
2."Respect Me in the Morning"Farrar, Roland3:22
3."Long Tall Sally" (Little Richard cover)Robert Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman2:56
4."Loss of Control"Bruce Crump, Roland, Thomas3:31
5."All Mine"Thomas4:00
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Lady Luck"Hlubek3:36
7."Power Play"Steve Holland3:50
8."Don't Mess Around"Roland, Thomas3:01
9."Don't Leave Me Lonely"Crump, Holland3:59
10."Dead Giveaway"Hlubek3:28

Personnel

Molly Hatchet
Additional musicians
Production
  • Tom Werman - producer
  • Gary Ladinsky - engineer, mixing
  • Cary Pritkin - assistant engineer
  • George Marino - mastering at Sterling Sound, New York

Charts

Chart (1981) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 36

References

  1. ^ Smith, Michael B. "Molly Hatchet Take No Prisoners review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 482.
  4. ^ "Molly Hatchet Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 27, 2024.