QR III

QR III (or Quiet Riot III) is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Quiet Riot. Released in July 6 1986, it sticks to the melodic hard rock sound of the previous two albums, Metal Health and Condition Critical, but adds keyboards.

QR III
Studio album by Quiet Riot
Released	July 6 1986
Recorded	November 1985 – May 1986
Studio	Pasha Music House, North Hollywood, California
Genre	Heavy metal hard rock glam metal
Length	42:09
Label	Pasha / CBS
Producer	Spencer Proffer
Quiet Riot chronology
Condition Critical (1984) QR III (1986) QR (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Kerrang!	[2]

Background

Following the massive success of Metal Health and the more modest success of Condition Critical, sales of QR III were lower, reaching only No. 31 on the US charts and not achieving any certification. It marked Quiet Riot's fall from stardom as only one more of the band's following releases entered the charts at all.

It's the first Quiet Riot album to feature Chuck Wright, formerly of Giuffria, on bass as an official member. He previously played bass on 2 tracks from Metal Health. He departed soon after, but rejoined the band on an on/off basis over for years.^[3]

The lead single, "The Wild and the Young"'s accompanying video painted an Orwellian picture of the future, where totalitarian militarists fought to wipe out rock and roll — a reference to the Senate hearings concerning explicit language in metal songs. The video received active rotation on MTV.^[4] Another video for the promotional single "Twilight Hotel" only managed to get light rotation.^[5][6]

Track listing

Credits taken from album liner notes.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Main Attraction"	Carlos Cavazo Frankie Banali Kevin DuBrow Spencer Proffer John Purdell Chuck Wright	4:43
2.	"The Wild and the Young"	Proffer Banali Cavazo DuBrow Wright	3:37
3.	"Twilight Hotel"	Wright Banali Cavazo DuBrow Proffer	4:35
4.	"Down and Dirty"	Cavazo Banali DuBrow Wright	3:15
5.	"Rise or Fall"	Dubrow Banali Cavazo Wright	4:01
6.	"Put Up or Shut Up"	Cavazo DuBrow Banali Wright	4:07
7.	"Still of the Night"	Wright Banali Cavazo DuBrow Proffer Purdell	4:42
8.	"Bass Case" (Instrumental)	Wright	0:59
9.	"The Pump"	Banali Cavazo DuBrow Wright	4:02
10.	"Slave to Love"	Stan Bush Banali Cavazo Dubrow Proffer Wright	3:55
11.	"Helping Hands"	Dubrow Banali Cavazo Wright	4:13

Personnel

Quiet Riot

• Kevin DuBrow – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar
• Carlos Cavazo – guitar, backing vocals
• Chuck Wright – bass, backing vocals
• Frankie Banali – drums, electric & acoustic percussion

Additional personnel

• John Purdell – keyboards, programming
• Marcus Barone – EMU sampling, emulator
• Bobby Kimball – backing vocals on "Still of the Night"
• Debra Raye, Michelle Rohl – backing vocals on "The Pump"
• Jimmy Whitney and the Bible of Dreams Choir – backing vocals on "Slave to Love"

Production

• Spencer Proffer – producer
• John Purdell – producer
• Hugh Syme – art direction and cover painting

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[7]	13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8]	29
US Billboard 200[9]	31