Smash Hits...Unplugged!
{{Infobox album
| name = Smash Hits...Unplugged!
| type = studio
| artist = Helix
| cover =Smash Hits...Unplugged!.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 13, 2010 (Canada), January 18 2011 (US)
| recorded =
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| genre = Heavy metal
| length =
| label = EMI
| producer = Aaron Murray, Sean Kelly and Brian Vollmer
| prev_title = Vagabond Bones
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = Skin in the Game
| next_year = 2011
}}
Smash Hits...Unplugged! is an acoustic studio album by the heavy metal band Helix. It was released in November 2010 via the band's official site and at shows, with a wider release via EMI in January 2011. It is composed of acoustic versions of Helix hits from albums past as well as a new cover version of "Touch Of Magic" by the late Canadian singer, James Leroy.[http://www.bravewords.com/news/148173 HELIX - Acoustic CD Title, Tracklisting, Artwork Revealed]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003010412/http://www.bravewords.com/news/148173|date=2012-10-03}} It is the first studio recording by the current Helix lineup of vocalist Brian Vollmer, guitarists Brent Doerner and Kaleb Duck, bassist Daryl Gray and drummer Greg Hinz.[http://www.bravewords.com/news/149100 HELIX - More Smash Hits Unplugged Details Revealed].{{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003203014/http://www.bravewords.com/news/149100|date=2012-10-03}} It also features guitar performances by ex-member and co-producer Sean Kelly. It is Helix' 13th full-length studio album and 22nd album released overall.
Track listing
All songs written by Brian Vollmer and Paul Hackman except where noted.
- "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" (Joey Levine, Ritchie Cordell)
- "Kids Are All Shakin"
- "Heavy Metal Love"
- "That Day Is Gonna Come" (Vollmer, Marc Ribler)
- "Dream On" (Dan McCafferty, Billy Rankin, Darrell Sweet, Lee Agnew, Manny Charlton, John Locke)
- "Deep Cuts The Knife" (Bob Halligan, Jr., Hackman)
- "(Make Me Do) Anything You Want" (Paul Naumann, Danny Taylor)
- "Good To The Last Drop" (Vollmer, Ribler)
- "Wild In The Streets/No Rest For The Wicked" (Ray Lyell, Hackman/Vollmer)
- "Touch of Magic" (James Leroy)
- "Rock You" (Halligan)
Credits
Produced by Aaron Murray, Sean Kelly and Brian Vollmer.
=Helix=
- Brian Vollmer – lead vocals
- Brent "The Doctor" Doerner – 6 and 12 string acoustic guitars, mandolin, vocals
- Daryl Gray – bass, 6 and 12 string acoustic guitars, keyboards & string arrangements, percussion, washboard, bodhran, harmonica
- Greg "Fritz" Hinz – drums, percussion
- Kaleb "Duckman" Duck – guitars and vocals
=Additional musicians=
- Sean Kelly – guitar, dobro, banjo
- Wendy Wright – fiddle on "Kids Are All Shakin"
- Cheryl Lescom – background vocals on "Kids Are All Shakin"