The Final Frontier (Keel album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Final Frontier

| type = studio

| artist = Keel

| cover = Keel - The Final Frontier.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 30, 1986

| recorded = 1986

| venue =

| studio = Electric Lady Studios, New York City,
Baby-O Studios and Village Recorders, Los Angeles

| genre = Hard rock, glam metal

| length = 35:34

| label = Gold Mountain/MCA (US)
Vertigo (Europe)

| producer = Gene Simmons

| prev_title = The Right to Rock

| prev_year = 1985

| next_title = Keel

| next_year = 1987

| misc = {{Singles

| name = The Final Frontier

| type = studio

| single1 = Tears of fire

| single1date = 1986

| single2 = Because the Night

| single2date = 1986

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 =AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-final-frontier-r10774/review | title = Keel The Final Frontier review | accessdate = September 3, 2011 | last = Rivadavia | first = Eduardo | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}

| rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev2Score = 4/10{{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= 181}}

| noprose = yes

}}

The Final Frontier is a 1986 album by American rock band Keel. It was the band's second album to be produced by KISS bassist Gene Simmons. Videos were filmed for the tracks "Because the Night" (a Patti Smith Group cover) and "Tears of Fire".{{cite web | url = http://keelband.com/history.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081224134533/http://keelband.com/history.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 24, 2008 | title = History | accessdate = April 24, 2013 | publisher = Keelband.com }}