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''G.'' is the third studio album released by the
hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
band Gotthard. The album peaked at #1 on the Swiss charts and was certified as Platinum for exceeding 30,000 sales. The original version of "Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller" first appeared as "Sweet Little R'R'" on Chris von Rohr's 1987 solo album, ''Hammer & Tongue'', re-issued in 1993 as ''The Good, The Bad and The Dog''.


Track listing

All songs written by Steve Lee/Leo Leoni/Chris von Rohr except where noted. # "Sister Moon" – 3:55 # "Make My Day" – 3:45 # " Mighty Quinn" – 3:15 (
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) # "Movin' On" – 3:23 # "Let It Be" – 6:17 # "Father Is That Enough?" – 4:01 # "Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller" – 3:19 ( Chris von Rohr / Maurer) # "Fist In Your Face" – 3:50 # "Ride On" – 4:08 # "In the Name" – 5:25 # "Lay Down the Law" – 3:37 # "Hole In One" – 3:11 # "One Life, One Soul" – 3:59 Asian version (BMG BVCM-35016) adds the following: #
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  • " He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" – 4:38 ( Bobby Scott / Bob Russell)


    Personnel

    * Steve Lee
    Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...
    *Leo Leoni –
    Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...
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    Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...
    *Marc Lynn –
    Bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...
    *Hena Habegger –
    Drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...
    Guests: *Cat Gray –
    Keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...
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    Percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...
    *Sammy Sanchez –
    Slide Guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos tha ...
    *Andrew Garver –
    Harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...
    *Jane Child –
    Backing Vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...


    Production

    *Mixing – Paul Lani, Chris von Rohr and Leo Leoni


    Charts


    Weekly charts


    Year-end charts


    References


    External links


    Heavy Harmonies page
    {{Authority control Gotthard (band) albums 1996 albums