Flirtin' with Disaster

For the song of the same name, see Flirtin' with Disaster (song).

Flirtin' with Disaster is the second studio album by American rock band Molly Hatchet, released in 1979 by Epic Records. The album was re-issued in 2001 with four bonus tracks. It is their best-selling album.

Flirtin' with Disaster
Cover art by Frank Frazetta
Studio album by Molly Hatchet
Released	September 1979 (1979-09)
Studio	Bee Jay Recording Studios, Orlando, Florida Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Southern rock, boogie rock
Length	38:17
Label	Epic
Producer	Tom Werman, Pat Armstrong
Molly Hatchet chronology
Molly Hatchet (1978) Flirtin' with Disaster (1979) Beatin' the Odds (1980)
Singles from Flirtin' with Disaster
"Jukin' City" / "Gunsmoke" Released: 1979 "It's All Over Now" / "Good Rockin'" Released: 1979 "Flirtin' with Disaster" / "Gunsmoke" Released: 1979

The cover is a painting by Frank Frazetta titled "Dark Kingdom."

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

The Globe and Mail wrote that "Molly Hatchet is little more than just another in a too-long line of senseless and unimaginative southern boogie bands, rehashing party-boogie licks and singing the joys of cheap booze and even cheaper women."^[5]

The Rolling Stone Album Guide deemed the title track "an obvious Skynyrd rip ... [that] possesses a certain rough charm."^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Whiskey Man"	(Danny Joe Brown, Bruce Crump, Dave Hlubek, Steve Holland)	3:38
2.	"It's All Over Now"	(Bobby Womack, Shirley Jean Womack)	3:40
3.	"One Man's Pleasure"	(Brown, Hlubek, Duane Roland)	3:24
4.	"Jukin' City"	(Brown, Hlubek, Holland)	3:46
5.	"Boogie No More"	(Brown, Crump, Hlubek, Holland, Roland, Banner Thomas)	6:08
6.	"Flirtin' with Disaster"	(Brown, Hlubek, Thomas)	5:00
7.	"Good Rockin'"	(Brown, Crump, Hlubek, Holland, Roland, Thomas)	3:17
8.	"Gunsmoke"	(Crump, Roland)	3:11
9.	"Long Time"	(Brown, Hlubek, Holland)	3:19
10.	"Let the Good Times Roll"	(Brown, Hlubek, Holland)	2:56
Total length:			38:17

2001 Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Silver and Sorrow" (demo)	(Brown, Crump, Hlubek, Holland, Roland, Thomas)	3:36
12.	""Flirtin' with Disaster" (live from Jacksonville, FL in 1980)		3:36
13.	"One Man's Pleasure" (live from Jacksonville, FL in 1980)		3:16
14.	"Cross Road Blues" (live from Jacksonville, FL in 1980)	(Robert Johnson)	4:13
Total length:			55:51

Personnel

Molly Hatchet

• Danny Joe Brown – vocals
• Dave Hlubek – guitar
• Steve Holland – guitar
• Duane Roland – guitar
• Banner Thomas – bass guitar
• Bruce Crump – drums

Additional musicians

• Max Carl – background vocals on track 2
• Tom Werman – percussion
• Jai Winding – keyboard

Production

• Tom Werman – producer
• Gary Ladinsky – engineer, mixing
• Bill Vermillion, Cary Pritkin – assistant engineers
• George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
• Pat Armstrong – executive producer, direction

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1979) Peak position Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[6] 54 US Billboard 200[7] 19

Year-end charts Chart (1980) Position US Billboard 200[8] 24

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[9]	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)[10]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.