Nine on a Ten Scale

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{{Infobox album

| name = Nine on a Ten Scale

| type = studio

| artist = Sammy Hagar

| cover = Sammynine.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 1976

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Record Plant (Sausalito)

| genre = Rock, hard rock

| length = 37:55

| label = Capitol

| producer = Carter

| prev_title = Paper Money

| prev_year = 1974

| next_title = Sammy Hagar

| next_year = 1977

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Nine on a Ten Scale

| type = Studio

| single1 = Flamingos Fly b/w Urban Guerilla US

| single2 = Flamingos Fly b/w Urban Guerilla Germany

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r8815|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

}}

Nine on a Ten Scale is the debut studio album by American musician and songwriter Sammy Hagar, released in May 1976 by Capitol Records. It was his first release as a solo artist after his departure from Montrose in 1975. It was announced in Billboard magazine that Hagar was signed to Capitol Records in January 1976. Nine on a Ten Scale was slated for a February 9 release date.

The album sold poorly and was not successful.

Song information

  • "Keep On Rockin'", a Hagar original, was covered by Bette Midler on the classic soundtrack to The Rose, albeit with a different arrangement.
  • The track written by Van Morrison, "Flamingos Fly", was not released by Morrison until a year later on his 1977 album A Period of Transition. He gave the song to Hagar after they met at The Record Plant during the recording of the album. Morrison recorded a demo for Hagar which producer John S. Carter, Jr. and Hagar intended to produce as a duet with Morrison, a move which Morrison later rejected. Hagar then re-recorded the song from scratch.Hagar, Sammy. "Red". HarperCollins Books, 2011, p.64
  • "China", a track written by the former Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch, was not released by Welch until after this release. Welch included his version on the 1979 album Three Hearts.
  • Ron Nagle's "Please Come Back" was originally included in the film, The Last Detail.
  • "Young Girl Blues" is a Donovan cover.
  • A demo version of "Rock 'n' Roll Romeo" was released as "Thinking of You" on The Essential Red Collection in 2004.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Keep On Rockin'

| writer1 = {{hlist|John Carter|Sammy Hagar}}

| length1 = 2:50

| title2 = Urban Guerilla

| writer2 = {{hlist|Carter|Hagar}}

| length2 = 2:52

| title3 = Flamingos Fly

| writer3 = Van Morrison

| length3 = 4:30

| title4 = China

| writer4 = Bob Welch

| length4 = 3:07

| title5 = Silver Lights

| writer5 = Hagar

| length5 = 5:38

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| title6 = All American

| writer6 = Hagar

| length6 = 3:53

| title7 = Confession (Please Come Back)

| writer7 = Ronald Nagle

| length7 = 3:17

| title8 = Young Girl Blues

| note8 = Donovan cover

| writer8 = Donovan Phillips Leitch

| length8 = 7:50

| title9 = Rock 'n' Roll Romeo

| writer9 = {{hlist|Carter|Hagar}}

| length9 = 3:47

| total_length = 37:55

}}

Personnel

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;Technical

  • Rich E. – engineer
  • Tom Flye – engineer
  • John Henning – engineer
  • Gary Kellgren – engineer
  • Cris Morris – engineer
  • Deke Richards – engineer
  • Jimmy Robinson – engineer
  • John Stronack – engineer
  • Roy Kohara – original art direction
  • David Alexander – photography

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Versions

  • Capitol (US): SN-16049
  • Fame (UK): FA 3068
  • Capitol (Germany): 1C 038-82 216 (released with the title "Collection")
  • BGO (1993 UK reissue): BGOCD182
  • One Way Records (1996 US reissue): BGOCD18272438 19095 22
  • Repertoire (2000 German reissue): REP 4869

See also

References

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