''Standing Hampton'' is the sixth 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 on January 6, 1982 by Geffen. This is his first album after moving from Capitol Records to Geffen. It was his first album to achieve RIAA certification, eventually going platinum, and five of its singles charted in either the mainstream rock or pop singles charts. The British version of the album was released with a bonus interview 45 rpm called ''Conversations with Sammy Hagar'' (Geffen XPS 133).

Critical reception

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'' reviewer Dante Bonutto praised the album opener "There's Only One Way to Rock" (in British editions it was a first track) and complained that the rest of the songs on the album could not match its energy and originality.

Title and artwork

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rhyming slang, a "Hampton" is a substitution for penis (

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rhymes with "Dick"). One that is "standing" would be a reference to an erection.Hagar, Sammy, ''

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'', show #305, original airdate: April 25, 1994 This led to the cover art that shows a gentleman greeting a woman in various states of undress. The liner notes on the inner sleeve state that the cover graphics were inspired by the work of Surrealist painter Paul Delvaux.

Song information

*"I'll Fall in Love Again" was used in the

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to the film ''

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''. *A couple of non-album tracks, "Don't Get Hooked" and "Satisfied", appeared as B-sides and have not been released in any other format since. *"

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" went on to be one of Hagar's biggest solo hits and a signature tune. This song, along with "

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consistently played when he joined the band. *A different version of the song "Heavy Metal" was used for the soundtrack for the animated movie '' Heavy Metal''. *The lyrics to the song "Inside Lookin' In" refers to "ringin' just like one UXB". UXB is an

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" is a cover of the song originally recorded by

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and made famous by Janis Joplin.

Track listing

All songs written by Sammy Hagar, except where noted.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Charting Singles

Certifications

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Personnel

Musicians

– lead vocals, guitar *

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, backing vocals *Bill Church – bass guitar, backing vocals *

David Lauser David Lauser (born 20 February 1951) is an American rock drummer, who is most famous for playing with Sammy Hagar. Sammy Hagar and David Lauser played together in a band called Justice Brothers before Sammy Hagar joined Montrose. Lauser later ...

– drums, backing vocals

Production

Keith Olsen Keith Alan Olsen (May 12, 1945 – March 9, 2020) was an American record producer and sound engineer, who worked with Magnum, Rick Springfield, Fleetwood Mac, Ozzy Osbourne, the Grateful Dead, Whitesnake, Pat Benatar, Heart, Santana, Saga, ...

– producer, engineer *Chris Minto – engineer *

Greg Fulginiti Gregory Fulginiti (born February 13, 1951 in Cape May Court House section of Middle Township, New Jersey) is an American recording and mastering engineer. Fulginiti grew up in Wildwood, New Jersey and graduated from Wildwood High School in 1969 ...

– mastering *Richard Seireeni – art direction

Releases

*Geffen Records (Japan): 25AP 2247 *Geffen Records (Japan): MVCG 21004 *Geffen Records (UK): GEF 85456 *Geffen Records (Holland): GEF 45456 *Geffen Records (Germany): GEFD 02006

References

External links

Lyrics from Sammy's official sit
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