The Night of the Crime
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The Night of the Crime was the second debut album by the hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 and glam metal
Glam metal
Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...

 band Icon
Icon (band)
Icon is an American heavy metal/glam metal band that formed in 1981, disbanding in 1990.-Formation:Originally known as Schoolboys, Icon was formed in 1981, in Phoenix, Arizona by high school friends Dan Wexler , Stephen Clifford and Tracy Wallach . They were joined by David Henzerling and John...

. It was far more polished than their self-titled debut and forayed into areas of glam only previously alluded to on their debut. It was produced and engineered by legendary producer, Eddie Kramer
Eddie Kramer
Edwin H. Kramer is an audio engineer and producer who has worked with, among others, Led Zeppelin, Triumph, Kiss , Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Spooky Tooth, Peter Frampton, Curtis Mayfield, Santana, Anthrax, Carly Simon, Loudness, and Robin Trower.-1960s:Eddie...

.

Tracklist

  1. "Naked Eyes" (Bob Halligan Jr, John Aquillino) - 4:04
  2. "Missing" (B. Halligan Jr) - 4:30
  3. "Danger Calling" (B. Halligan Jr, Dan Wexler) - 3:39
  4. "(Take Another) Shot at My Heart" (D. Wexler, Stephen Clifford) - 3:23
  5. "Out for Blood" (D. Wexler, J. Aquillino) - 5:40
  6. "Raise the Hammer" (B. Halligan Jr) - 3:33
  7. "Frozen Tears" (B. Halligan Jr) - 4:00
  8. "Whites of Their Eyes" (B. Halligan Jr, D. Wexler) - 3:43
  9. "Hungry for Love" (D. Wexler, S. Clifford) - 4:17
  10. "Rock My Radio" (D. Wexler, S. Clifford, Mike Varney
    Mike Varney
    Mike Varney is an American musician, record producer, music publisher and impresario. He is the founder of the Shrapnel Label Group, which includes Shrapnel Records, Tone Center Records and Blues Bureau International. He also has a 50% stake in Magna Carta Records, a New York-based label...

    )
    - 4:14

Band members

  • Stephen Clifford - vocals
  • Dan Wexler - guitars
  • Tracy Wallach - bass, vocals
  • John Aquillino - guitars
  • Pat Dixon - drums

Production

  • Produced by: Eddie Kramer
    Eddie Kramer
    Edwin H. Kramer is an audio engineer and producer who has worked with, among others, Led Zeppelin, Triumph, Kiss , Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Spooky Tooth, Peter Frampton, Curtis Mayfield, Santana, Anthrax, Carly Simon, Loudness, and Robin Trower.-1960s:Eddie...

     for Remarkable Productions Inc.
  • Produced by: Volker Kurze for ATM Records(Re-Issue)
  • Engineering: Eddie Kramer and Mark McKenna
  • Mixed by: Ron Nevison
    Ron Nevison
    Multi-platinum record producer Ron Nevison, throughout his career, has operated much like a surgeon, brought in during a critical point in a band's career to bring them back to the top from the commercial brink...

  • Recorded at Bearsville Studios
    Bearsville Studios
    Bearsville Studios was a recording studio at Bearsville, New York just west of Woodstock, New York.The studio was opened in 1969 by Albert Grossman, manager of Bob Dylan, The Band, Janis Joplin and Todd Rundgren....

    , Bearsville, New York
    Bearsville, New York
    Bearsville is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, USA. Bearsville is in the town of Woodstock, New York and is located along New York State Route 212, within Catskill State Park and just to the west of the hamlet of Woodstock. The highest known temperature in Bearsville was 101°F, which...

    , USA
  • Original Recording mixed at The Record Plant
    Record Plant Studios
    The Record Plant was a series of three famous recording studios which were founded by Gary Kellgren and Chris Stone, beginning in New York City in 1968. The next year, Kellgren and Stone opened a second studio in Los Angeles. In 1972, the company expanded again with a third location in Sausalito,...

    , Los Angeles, CA.
  • CD-Mastering: Tom Muller
  • Illustrations: Stan Watts, Photos: Norman Seef
  • Design: Klee Shea
  • Photography: Karen Filter

Singles

  • "Danger Calling" / "Out for Blood"
  • "Danger Calling" / "Hungry for Love"
  • "Raise the Hammer" / Frozen Tears"
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