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, released in 1979 by Epic Records. The album was re-issued in 2001 with four bonus tracks. It is their best-selling album. The cover is a painting by

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entitled "Dark Kingdom."

Track listing

;Side one # "Whiskey Man" ( Danny Joe Brown,

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, Dave Hlubek, Steve Holland) – 3:38 # "

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cover) # "One Man's Pleasure" (Brown, Hlubek, Duane Roland) – 3:24 # "Jukin' City" (Brown, Hlubek, Holland) – 3:46 # "Boogie No More" (Brown, Crump, Hlubek, Holland, Roland, Banner Thomas) – 6:08 ;Side two # "Flirtin' with Disaster" (Brown, Hlubek, Thomas) – 5:00 # "Good Rockin'" (Brown, Crump, Hlubek, Holland, Roland, Thomas) – 3:17 # "Gunsmoke" (Crump, Roland) – 3:11 # "Long Time" (Brown, Hlubek, Holland) – 3:19 # "Let the Good Times Roll" (Brown, Hlubek, Holland) – 2:56 ;2001 Bonus tracks #"Silver and Sorrow" (Brown, Crump, Hlubek, Holland, Roland, Thomas) – 3:36 (demo) # "Flirtin' with Disaster" (Brown, Hlubek, Thomas) – 6:15 (live from Jacksonville, FL in 1980) # "One Man's Pleasure" (Brown, Hlubek, Roland) – 3:16 (live from Jacksonville, FL in 1980) # "

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) – 4:13 (live from Jacksonville, FL in 1980)

Personnel

;Molly Hatchet * Danny Joe Brown – vocals * Dave Hlubek – guitar *Steve Holland – guitar * Duane Roland – guitar *Banner Thomas – bass guitar *

– drums ;Additional musicians *

Max Carl Max Carl Gronenthal (born January 29, 1950) is an American rock singer, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter. He is the co-lead singer of the classic rock band Grand Funk Railroad. In addition, he spent several years as the keyboardist and l ...

– background vocals on track 2 *

Tom Werman Tom Werman (born 1945) is an American former record producer responsible for many hard rock and heavy metal albums. Early life and education Werman was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Newton. He earned a bachelor's degree and an ...

– percussion *Jai Winding – keyboard ;Production *Tom Werman – producer *Gary Ladinsky – engineer, mixing *Bill Vermillion, Cary Pritkin – assistant engineers *

George Marino George Marino (April 15, 1947 – June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s. Biography Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He at ...

– mastering at Sterling Sound, New York *Pat Armstrong – executive producer, direction

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References

{{Authority control Molly Hatchet albums 1979 albums Albums produced by Tom Werman Epic Records albums Albums with cover art by Frank Frazetta