''Musical Chairs'' is the third studio album by American

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Sammy Hagar Samuel Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947), also known as the Red Rocker, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose and subsequently launched a successful solo car ...

, released in October 1977 by

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. The lineup features three quarters of the classic Montrose lineup, sans

Ronnie Montrose Ronald Douglas Montrose (November 29, 1947 – March 3, 2012) was an American guitarist who founded and led the rock bands Montrose and Gamma. He also performed and did session work with a variety of musicians, including Van Morrison, Herbie H ...

(and the only full album by Sammy Hagar to do so; 1997's Marching to Mars also includes the song "Leaving the Warmth of the Womb", played by the four original Montrose members).

Song information

"Try (Try to Fall in Love)" was originally released as a single by its writer's stage moniker of Cooker.

Track listing

* The 1996

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re-release of the album includes this bonus track, which Hagar released as a single in 1979 and did not appear on CD until '' The Best of Sammy Hagar'' compilation album in 1992.

Personnel

– lead vocals, guitar *

Denny Carmassi Denny Carmassi (born April 30, 1947) is an American drummer most notable for playing with many rock bands. Biography Carmassi was born into a family of drummers; his father, his uncle, and his brother each played the drums. Some of Denny's e ...

– drums *Bill Church – bass guitar *

Alan Fitzgerald Francis Alan Fitzgerald (born July 16, 1949) is an American musician. A multi-instrumentalist, he is best known as the second bassist of Montrose and as keyboardist for Night Ranger. He has also performed with Gamma, and former Montrose bandmat ...

– keyboards *

Gary Pihl Gary O. Pihl (pronounced "peel") (born November 21, 1950) is an American rock musician and guitarist best known for playing with Sammy Hagar and the hard rock band Boston.

– guitar

Production

*John Carter – producer *Warren Dewey – engineer *Paul Grupp – additional recording *

Andrew Powell Andrew Powell (born 18 April 1949) is an English musical composer, arranger and performer, born of Welsh parents. He himself moved to Wales in 2003. Early life Powell was born Surrey, England. He began piano lessons at the age of four and late ...

– string arrangement *

Hipgnosis Hipgnosis were an English art design group based in London, that specialised in creating album cover artwork for rock musicians and bands. Their commissions included work for Pink Floyd, T. Rex, the Pretty Things, Black Sabbath, UFO, 10cc, Ba ...

– package design

Singles

"You Make Me Crazy" b/w "Reckless" (Capitol US 4502)
"You Make Me Crazy" b/w "Hey Boys" (Capitol Spain 006-085.367)
"You Make Me Crazy" b/w "Reckless" (Capitol Holland 5C 006-85350)
"Turn Up the Music" b/w "Hey Boys" (Capitol 4550)

Releases

* Capitol (US) SN-16051 * Capitol (UK) GO 2021 * Capitol (US) CDP 7 48434 2 * BGO Records (1994 UK reissue) BGOCD201 *

(1996 US Reissue) 72438 19091 26 * Capitol (1996 Japan reissue) TOCP-8343

External links

Lyrics from Hagar's official web site
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