''Hollywood Cowboys'' is the fourteenth studio album by the

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band Quiet Riot. The album was released on

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on November 8, 2019, and was produced by drummer Frankie Banali. This is the last album to feature Banali before his death in 2020 from

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(to which he was diagnosed with not long before its release), and also their last to feature vocalist

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and bassist

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before their departures in 2019 and 2021 respectively.

Reception

''Hollywood Cowboys'' received average reviews. Reviewer Aaron Badgley of ''The Spill Magazine'' said "band who knows what they do, and they do it well" but the album overall was average and contained "no mystery" and is "exactly what you would expect from Quiet Riot".

Track listing

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Personnel

Quiet Riot *

– lead and background vocals * Alex Grossi – guitars *

– electric and upright bass * Frankie Banali – drums, percussion ;Additional musicians * August Young – additional vocals, lyrics on "Roll On" * Jacob Bunton – additional vocals, lyrics on "Don't Call It Love", "In the Blood", "Heartbreak City", and "The Devil That You Know" * Neil Turbin – additional vocals, lyrics on "Change or Die" and "Insanity" *

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– additional guitar on "Change Or Die",

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, organ, piano on "Roll On"

References

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