Lightning Strikes Twice (album)

Lightning Strikes Twice is the seventh studio album by American southern rock band Molly Hatchet, released in 1989. This was the band's first album not released on Epic Records, and their first one with guitarist Bobby Ingram, replacing founding member Dave Hlubek. Although the album did not enter the Billboard charts, it included their last charting single to date "There Goes the Neighborhood".[4] Lightning Strikes Twice would also be the band's last album before their temporary breakup in 1990 and the last one to feature vocalist Danny Joe Brown, guitarist Duane Roland, bassist Riff West and drummer Bruce Crump.

Lightning Strikes Twice
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 30, 1989
StudioParc Studios, Orlando, Florida
GenreSouthern rock, hard rock, glam metal[1]
Length43:13
LabelCapitol
ProducerPat Armstrong, Andy DeGanahl, Duane Roland
Molly Hatchet chronology
Double Trouble Live
(1985)
Lightning Strikes Twice
(1989)
Greatest Hits
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal4/10[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Take Miss Lucy Home"Ronald Perry, Frank Wildhorn3:12
2."There Goes the Neighborhood"Tom Miller, Rocky Burnette3:45
3."No Room on the Crew"William Little, Ed Raetzloff, J.B. Smith3:27
4."Find Somebody New"Riff West, Danny Joe Brown, Bruce Crump, John Galvin, Bobby Ingram, Duane Roland3:11
5."The Big Payback"Mike Causey, Rob Walker4:35
6."I Can't Be Watching You"Galvin, Ingram, Brown, Roland, Crump, West6:01
7."Goodbye to Love"Galvin, Ingram, Roland, Crump, West, Brown5:30
8."Hide Your Heart" (Bonnie Tyler cover)Desmond Child, Paul Stanley, Holly Knight4:38
9."What's the Story, Old Glory"Steve Carlisle, Dave Ivory, Kurt Palomaki, Galvin, West, Roland, Crump, Ingram, Brown3:21
10."Heart of My Soul"Galvin, Ingram, West, Crump, Brown, Roland5:33

Personnel

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Molly Hatchet
  • Danny Joe Brown – vocals, harmonica
  • Bobby Ingram – Acoustic, lead, rhythm guitars, backing vocals
  • Duane Roland – lead, acoustic, slide and rhythm guitars, backing vocals, assistant producer
  • John Galvin – keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Riff West – bass, backing vocals
  • Bruce Crump – drums, backing vocals
Additional musicians
  • Amy Martin, Carol Becker Rizzo, Randy Nichols, Sara Moore – backing vocals
Production
  • Pat Armstrong – producer, mixing
  • Andy DeGanahl – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Bill Smith, Jeff Heisey, Mike Chadbourne, Scott Taylor, Wayne Cloughley – assistant engineers
  • George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
  • Ezra Tucker – illustration

Charts

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Singles

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Year Single Chart Position
1989 "There Goes the Neighborhood" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (USA)[4] 26

References

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  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (2014). The Big Book of Hair Metal. Voyageur Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0760345467. Molly Hatchet makes Lightning Strikes Twice, a total hair band album, forsaking their southern rock roots
  2. ^ Smith, Michael B. "Molly Hatchet – Lightning Strikes Twice review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 228–229. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  4. ^ a b "Molly Hatchet Awards". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017.