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Disturbing the Peace (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Disturbing the Peace

| type = studio

| artist = Alcatrazz

| cover = Disturbingthepeace.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1985|02|26}}{{cite magazine|date=February 22, 1985|title=New Releases|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1985/FMQB-1985-02-22.pdf|magazine=FMQB|page=25|access-date=April 3, 2023}}

| recorded = 1984

| venue =

| studio = Cherokee (Hollywood)
Skyline (Topanga)

| genre = Hard rock, heavy metal

| length = 41:21

| label = Capitol

| producer = Eddie Kramer

| prev_title = Live Sentence

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = Dangerous Games

| next_year = 1986

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Disturbing the Peace

| type = studio

| single1 = God Blessed Video" / "Wire and Wood

| single1date = 1985 (UK only)

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/disturbing-peace-dangerous-games-mw0000178741 | title = Alcatrazz Disturbing the Peace review | accessdate = April 6, 2013 | last = Rivadavia | first = Eduardo | publisher = AllMusic}}

| rev2 = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev2Score = 9/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = November 1, 2005 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1-894959-31-5 | page= 16}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Disturbing the Peace is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Alcatrazz, released in 1985. It is the band's only album to feature guitarist Steve Vai. The album remained for 7 weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart, peaking at No. 145.{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/278370/alcatrazz/chart |title=Alcatrazz Chart History |work=Billboard.com |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=January 24, 2017}}

The album was re-released in 2001 as Vol.02 of Steve Vai's The Secret Jewel Box and as a remastered, expanded version with a different cover in 2013 on Polish label Metal Mind.{{cite web |url=http://bravewords.com/news/alcatrazz-reissues-due-out-with-bonus-material |title=ALCATRAZZ Reissues Due Out With Bonus Material |work=Bravewords.com |date=October 10, 2013 |publisher=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles |accessdate=January 24, 2017 }}

Track listing

All songs by Graham Bonnet and Steve Vai, except where noted.

;Side one

  1. "God Blessed Video" – 3:30
  2. "Mercy" (Bonnet, Vai, Jimmy Waldo, Gary Shea, Jan Uvena) – 4:22
  3. "Will You Be Home Tonight" (Bonnet, Vai, Waldo) – 5:03
  4. "Wire and Wood" – 3:29
  5. "Desert Diamond" – 4:20

;Side two

  2. "Stripper" – 3:52
  3. "Painted Lover" – 3:23
  4. "Lighter Shade of Green" [instrumental] (Vai) – 0:46
  5. "Sons and Lovers" – 3:37
  6. "Skyfire" – 3:54
  7. "Breaking the Heart of the City" – 4:59

;2011 Expanded Edition Disc 2, previously unreleased live album

Recorded October 10, 1984, at Shinjuku Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan

  1. "Opening" – 2:08
  2. "Breaking the Heart of the City" – 6:18
  3. "Jet to Jet" – 4:38
  4. "Skyfire" – 3:54
  5. "Sons and Lovers" – 3:03
  6. "Hiroshima Mon Amour" – 3:52
  7. "God Blessed Video" – 4:58
  8. "Will You Be Home Tonight" – 5:07
  9. "Kree Nakoorie" – 9:09
  10. "Since You've Been Gone" – 3:20
  11. "Painted Lover" – 3:40
  12. "Suffer Me" – 6:08
  13. "Stripper" – 3:56
  14. "Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live" – 4:46
  15. "Koujou No Tsuki (The Moon over the Lake)" – 2:01
  16. "Night Games" – 3:04
  17. "All Night Long" – 8:55

Personnel

= Alcatrazz =

  • Graham Bonnet – vocals, backing vocals
  • Steve Vai – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jimmy Waldo – keyboards, backing vocals, keytar on "God Blessed Video" (live)
  • Gary Shea – bass
  • Jan Uvena – drums, backing vocals

= Production =

  • Eddie Kramer – producer, engineer, mixing at Cherokee Studios
  • John Begoshian Paul Levy – engineers, mixing
  • Brian Leshon, Brian Scheuble, Mark Wilczak, Paul Lani, Ross Stien – assistant engineers
  • George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
  • Ron Slenzak – photography
  • Andrew Trueman – management

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Alcatrazz}}

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Category:1985 albums

Category:Albums produced by Eddie Kramer

Category:Capitol Records albums

Category:Alcatrazz albums