Walkin' the Razor's Edge

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Walkin' the Razor's Edge
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Studio album by Helix
Released July 7, 1984
Recorded Phase One Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Electric Lady, New York
Studio One, Atlanta
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length 33:01
Label Capitol
Producer Tom Treumuth, Helix and Rodney Mills
Helix chronology
No Rest for the Wicked
(March 11, 1983)No Rest for the WickedString Module Error: Match not found		 Walkin' the Razor's Edge
(July 7, 1984)		 Long Way to Heaven
(November 9, 1985)Long Way to HeavenString Module Error: Match not found
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[1]

Walkin' the Razor's Edge was the fourth studio album by the Canadian heavy metal band Helix. It was released on the Capitol Records label in 1984.

A music video was made for the Crazy Elephant cover "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'". Two versions of this video were filmed: One for music video channels, and the other being an "adult" version featuring topless models including a then 16-year-old porn star Traci Lords. This version was aired on the Playboy Channel in the United States.[2]

The band also made a promotional video for their A Foot in Coldwater cover, "(Make Me Do) Anything You Want", as well as "Rock You". The video for "Rock You", filmed in a quarry in Kitchener, Ontario, is perhaps best known for the image of guitar player Brent Doerner emerging from the water to play his guitar solo.[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Helix except where noted. 

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Rock You"   Bob Halligan, Jr. 2:51
2. "Young & Wreckless"     3:22
3. "Animal House"     2:57
4. "Feel the Fire"     3:13
5. "When the Hammer Falls"     3:02
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
6. "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" (Crazy Elephant cover) Joey Levine, Ritchie Cordell 3:25
7. "My Kind of Rock"     2:54
8. "(Make Me Do) Anything You Want" (A Foot in Coldwater cover) Paul Naumann, Danny Taylor 4:07
9. "Six Strings, Nine Lives"     3:14
10. "You Keep Me Rockin'"     3:38
2009 UK Rock Candy Records edition bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Length
11. "Young & Wreckless" (live, taken from Live at the Marquee promotional-only EP)   3:25
12. "Rock You" (live, taken from Live at the Marquee promotional-only EP) Halligan Jr. 4:14
13. "Animal House" (live, taken from Live at the Marquee promotional-only EP)   3:32

Personnel

Band members
  • Brian Vollmer - lead vocals
  • Brent "The Doctor" Doerner - guitars, backing vocals
  • Paul Hackman - guitars, backing vocals
  • Daryl Gray - bass, backing vocals
  • Greg "Fritz" Hinz - drums
Additional musicians
Production
  • Produced by Tom Treumuth for Hypnotic Productions, except "Rock You" and "Young & Wreckless", co-produced by Helix and Rodney Mills
  • Bonus tracks produced by Simon Hanhart.
  • Recorded & Engineered by Dave Wittman

Recorded at Phase One Studios (Toronto, Ontario), Electric Lady (New York), Studio One (Atlanta).

  • Originally Mastered by Bob Ludwig.
  • Remastered by Jon Astley (2009 Rock Candy version)
  • Management: William Seip Management.

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1984 Canada 27
Billboard Top 200[4] 69

Singles

Year Song Chart Highest
1985 "Rock You" Canadian Singles Chart 27[5]
"(Make Me Do) Anything You Want" 44

References

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  3. ↑ BRENT DOERNER interview by Michael A. Ladano - "If You Don't Write Good Songs, It Ain't Gonna Fly Baby"
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