Street Machine (album)

Street Machine is the fourth studio album by American rock vocalist Sammy Hagar, released in 1979 by Capitol Records.[3] The album peaked at number 71 on the Billboard 200 album charts on October 20, 1979.[4]

Street Machine
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1979
GenreHard rock
Length41:34
LabelCapitol
ProducerSammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar chronology
All Night Long
(1978)
Street Machine
(1979)
Danger Zone
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Record Collector[2]

Song information

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Track listing

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All songs written by Sammy Hagar, except where noted.

  1. "Growing Pains" – 3:46
  2. "Child to Man" – 4:28
  3. "Trans Am (Highway Wonderland)" – 3:46
  4. "Feels Like Love" – 4:21
  5. "Plain Jane" – 3:49
  6. "Never Say Die" – 4:47
  7. "This Planet's on Fire (Burn in Hell)" – 4:34
  8. "Wounded in Love" (Betsy Hagar, Sammy Hagar) – 3:50
  9. "Falling in Love" – 4:44
  10. "Straight to the Top" – 3:29

Personnel

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Reissues

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  • The 1996 One Way Records re-release includes a bonus live track, "Miles from Boredom", which was recorded at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California, on July 13, 1980. This was a previously unreleased track from the recordings that were released on Live 1980.
  • On May 26, 2009, Rock Candy records re-released the album as a "Collector's Edition: Remaster & Reloaded". The collection contains extensive liner notes, photos and bonus tracks from a 1979 non-album single, "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" and "I've Done Everything for You".

Singles

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  • "Plain Jane" (mono) b/w "Plain Jane" (stereo) - US (Capitol P-4757)
  • "Plain Jane" (mono) b/w "Plain Jane" (stereo) - US (Capitol PRO-9189/9190)
  • "Plain Jane" b/w "Wounded in Love" - UK (Capitol CL 16101)
  • "This Planet's on Fire (Burn in Hell)" b/w "Space Station #5" (live) - UK (Capitol CL 16114)
  • "Straight to the Top" b/w "Growing Pains" - US (Capitol 4825)

Charts

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Chart (1979) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[5] 38
US Billboard 200[6] 71

Releases

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  • Capitol (US) : ST-11983
  • Capitol (Japan) : ECS-81278
  • Revolver (1986 UK reissue) : REV LP 72
  • Capitol (US) : CDP 748433 2
  • BGO (1992 UK reissue) : BGOCD150
  • One Way Records (1996 reissue) : 72438 19092 25
  • Capitol (1996 Japan reissue) : TOCP-8344
  • Rock Candy Records (2009 reissue) : CANDY052

References

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  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r8818
  2. ^ Jones, Tim (August 2009). "Sammy Hagar - Street Machine". Record Collector. No. 365. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. ^ Gerbich, Carlin (16 July 1997). "Hagar album a triumph". Features. Evening Standard. Palmerston North. p. 14.
  4. ^ "Chart History - Sammy Hagar - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  6. ^ "Sammy Hagar Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
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