QR III

QR III
QR III
Studio album by Quiet Riot
Released	July 1986
Recorded	November 1985 – May 1986
Studio	Pasha Music House, North Hollywood, California
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock, glam metal
Length	42:09
Label	Pasha / CBS
Producer	Spencer Proffer, John Purdell
Quiet Riot chronology

QR III (or Quiet Riot III) is the fifth studio album released by American Hard rock/heavy metal band Quiet Riot. It was released in 1986 on Pasha / CBS. It is the last album to feature lead singer Kevin DuBrow until the 1993 album Terrified.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Kerrang!	^[2]

Background

QR III is short for "Quiet Riot III". It is the band's fifth studio album, following limited release albums Quiet Riot and Quiet Riot II, and major label albums Metal Health and Condition Critical. Following the massive success of Metal Health and the more modest success of Condition Critical, sales of QR III were lower, reaching only No. 31 on the US charts and not achieving any certification. It marked one of Quiet Riot's final plunges from stardom as only one more of the band's following releases would enter the charts at all.

This Quiet Riot album is the first album to feature Chuck Wright, formerly of Giuffria, on bass as an official member. He had performed bass work on 2 tracks from Metal Health. He would rejoin the band on an on/off basis over the years, and re-joined the band for years afterward.^[3]

The lead single, "The Wild and the Young", is a stadium hymn to the energy of youth. Its accompanying video (featuring game show host Wink Martindale in a cameo appearance) painted an Orwellian picture of the future, where totalitarian militarists fought to wipe out rock and roll—a reference to the Senate hearings concerning explicit language in metal songs. The video received active rotation on MTV.^[4] Another video for the promotional single^[5] Twilight Hotel only managed to get light rotation.^[6]

Track listing

Credits taken from album liner notes.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Main Attraction"	Carlos Cavazo Frankie Banali Kevin DuBrow Spencer Proffer John Purdell Chuck Wright	4:43
2.	"The Wild and the Young"	Proffer Banali Cavazo DuBrow Wright	3:37
3.	"Twilight Hotel"	Wright Banali Cavazo DuBrow Proffer	4:35
4.	"Down and Dirty"	Cavazo Banali DuBrow Wright	3:15
5.	"Rise or Fall"	Dubrow Banali Cavazo Wright	4:01
6.	"Put Up or Shut Up"	Cavazo DuBrow Banali Wright	4:07
7.	"Still of the Night"	Wright Banali Cavazo DuBrow Proffer Purdell	4:42
8.	"Bass Case" (Instrumental)	Wright	0:59
9.	"The Pump"	Banali Cavazo DuBrow Wright	4:02
10.	"Slave to Love"	Stan Bush Banali Cavazo Dubrow Proffer Wright	3:55
11.	"Helping Hands"	Dubrow Banali Cavazo Wright	4:13

Personnel

Quiet Riot

Kevin DuBrow – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar
Carlos Cavazo – guitar, backing vocals
Chuck Wright – bass, backing vocals
Frankie Banali – drums, electric & acoustic percussion

Additional personnel

John Purdell – keyboards, programming
Marcus Barone – EMU sampling, emulator
Bobby Kimball – backing vocals on "Still of the Night"
Debra Raye, Michelle Rohl – backing vocals on "The Pump"
Jimmy Whitney and the Bible of Dreams Choir – backing vocals on "Slave to Love"

Production

Spencer Proffer – producer
John Purdell – producer
Hugh Syme – art direction and cover painting

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)^[7]	13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[8]	29
US Billboard 200^[9]	31

References

^ "Quiet Riot QR III review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
^ Oliver, Derek (August 7, 1986). "Quiet Riot 'QR III'". Kerrang!. Vol. 126. London, UK: United Magazines ltd. p. 19.
^ "Chuck Wright Interview". Music Legends. June 5, 2008. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (September 20, 1986). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ https://www.discogs.com/release/6190033-Quiet-Riot-Twilight-Hotel ^{[bare URL]}
^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (December 27, 1986). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Quiet Riot – QR III". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
^ "Quiet Riot Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.

[1] "Quiet Riot QR III review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 8, 2011.

[2] Oliver, Derek (August 7, 1986). "Quiet Riot 'QR III'". Kerrang!. Vol. 126. London, UK: United Magazines ltd. p. 19.

[3] "Chuck Wright Interview". Music Legends. June 5, 2008. Retrieved July 3, 2013.

[4] Inc, Nielsen Business Media (September 20, 1986). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[5] ttps://www.discogs.com/release/6190033-Quiet-Riot-Twilight-Hotel ^{[bare URL]}

[6] Inc, Nielsen Business Media (December 27, 1986). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[FINI-7] Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.

[ac_Sweden_Quiet_Riot-8] "Swedishcharts.com – Quiet Riot – QR III". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 21, 2021.

[ac_Billboard200_Quiet_Riot-9] "Quiet Riot Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.

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