Danger Zone (Sammy Hagar album)

Danger Zone is the fifth studio album by American rock vocalist Sammy Hagar, released in June 1980 by Capitol Records. This is his last studio album during his tenure with Capitol Records. The album includes appearances by then Journey singer Steve Perry and guitarist Neal Schon. The album peaked at number 85 on the Billboard 200 album charts on July 12, 1980.^[1]

Danger Zone
Studio album by Sammy Hagar
Released	June 1980
Recorded	1980
Studio	Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California
Genre	Hard rock
Length	35:09
Label	Capitol
Producer	Sammy Hagar Geoff Workman
Sammy Hagar chronology
Street Machine (1979) Danger Zone (1980) Standing Hampton (1982)

Song information

• "Love Or Money" was a favorite of John Kalodner, which helped serve as a catalyst in getting Hagar signed to the then new Geffen Records.^[2]
• The track "In The Night (Entering The Danger Zone)" was inspired by the film Lucifer Rising.^[2]
• "Heartbeat" is the second track on which Hagar shares a writing credit with his then-wife, Betsy. The first was "Wounded In Love" on the Street Machine album.
• "Run For Your Life" is a cover of a song from the band Runner's first (and only) album, Runner. This version has the former Journey singer Steve Perry on back-up vocals. It was (co-)produced by Boston's Tom Scholz, who had originally been signed to produce the entire album but was ordered by his own record label to pull out. This song also segues into "Danger Zone".

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

In their retrospective review, AllMusic declared the album a solid effort, pointing out "20th Century Man" and "Run for Your Life" as highlights, but nonetheless determined the album to be "not up to the standard of Sammy Hagar's best material".^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sammy Hagar, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love or Money"		3:00
2.	"20th Century Man"	S. Hagar Gary Pihl	3:13
3.	"Miles from Boredom"		3:41
4.	"Mommy Says, Daddy Says"		2:33
5.	"In the Night (Entering the Danger Zone)"		5:09

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"The Iceman"		4:09
7.	"Bad Reputation"		3:29
8.	"Heartbeat"	Betsy Hagar S. Hagar	3:53
9.	"Run for Your Life" (Runner cover)	Steve Gould John Pidgeon	4:22
10.	"Danger Zone"		0:40
Total length:			35:09

Personnel

Band

• Sammy Hagar – vocals, guitar
• Bill Church – bass guitar
• Gary Pihl – guitar, keyboards
• Chuck Ruff – drums
• Geoff Workman – keyboards

Guest musicians

• Steve Perry – background vocals on "Love or Money", "The Iceman", "Heartbeat" and "Run for Your Life"^[2]
• Neal Schon – guitar solos on "Love or Money"^[2]

Production

• Dave Frazer – engineer assistant
• Tom Scholz – inspiration, pre-production arrangements and drum recordings
• Geoff Workman – engineer

Singles

• "Heartbeat" b/w "Miles from Boredom" – US (Capitol 4893)
• "Heartbeat" (stereo) b/w "Heartbeat" (mono) – US (Capitol P-4893)
• "Heartbeat" b/w "Love or Money" – UK (Capitol RED1)
• "Heartbeat" b/w "Love or Money" – Holland (Capitol 1A 006-86200)
• "Run for Your Life" b/w "Love or Money" – Germany (Capitol 006-86 215)

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[4]	12
US Billboard 200[5]	85

Releases

• Capitol (US) – ST-12069
• BGO (1995 UK reissue) – BGOCD281
• Capitol (Japan) – TOCP-7516