Red Hot and Heavy

1984 studio album by Pretty Maids

Red, Hot and Heavy

Studio album by

Pretty Maids

Released| 29 October 1984
Recorded| Puk Studios, 1984
Genre| Hard rock, heavy metal
Length| 36:17
Label| CBS
Producer| Billy Cross, Tommy Hansen
Pretty Maids chronology
| Pretty Maids
(1983)  | Red, Hot and Heavy
(1984)  | Future World
(1987)

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Singles from  Red, Hot and Heavy

1. "Waitin' for the Time"
Released: 1984
2. "Red, Hot and Heavy"
Released: 1985

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Hit Parader| [2]
Rock Hard| 9/10[3]

Red, Hot and Heavy is the first full-length studio album by the Danish hard rock/heavy metal band Pretty Maids. It was released in 1984 by CBS Records. It is the only Pretty Maids album to feature Rick Hanson (ex-Shylock, later in Pentagon and Cold Drop). After the album's release Hansen was briefly replaced by early Mercyful Fate guitarist Benny Petersen, who moved on to start the band Jackal that released four albums.[4]

The song "Night Danger" was used on the soundtrack for the horror film Demons (1985) by Lamberto Bava. Red, Hot and Heavy was ranked number 437 in Rock Hard magazine's The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time in 2005.[5]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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1.| "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Carmina Burana)"|  | Carl Orff| 0:22
2.| "Back to Back"| Ronnie Atkins| Ken Hammer, Alan Owen| 3:34
3.| "Red, Hot and Heavy"| Atkins| Hammer| 3:58
4.| "Waitin' for the Time"| Atkins| Hammer| 4:45
5.| "Cold Killer"| Atkins| Hammer| 4:42
6.| "Battle of Pride"| Atkins| Hammer| 3:14
7.| "Night Danger"| Atkins| Hammer, Owen| 3:52
8.| "A Place in the Night"| Atkins| Hammer, Owen| 3:58
9.| "Queen of Dreams"| Atkins| Hammer| 4:45
10.| "Little Darling"| Phil Lynott| Lynott| 2:59

## Personnel

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* Ronnie Atkins – vocals
* Ken Hammer – lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars
* Rick Hanson – lead and rhythm guitars
* Allan Delong – bass
* Phil Moorhead – drums
* Alan Owen – keyboards

Guest musicians

* Billy Cross – lead guitar (track 10), lead introduction (track 8)
* Tommy Hansen – organs (track 10)
* Knud Lindhard – backing vocals (tracks 4, 5, 8, 10)

Other staff

* Billy Cross – producer
* Tommy Hansen – producer, Fairlight CMI programming, organ (track 10)

## References

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1. ^ "Pretty Maids – Red, Hot & Heavy review". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
2. ^ Secher, Andy (July 1985). "Import Albums: Pretty Maids – Red, Hot & Heavy". Hit Parader. No. 250\. Derby, Connecticut: Charlton Publications, Inc. p. 58\. ISSN 0162-0266. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
3. ^ Lerch, Uwe. "Album review". Rock Hard, issue 9 (in German). Retrieved 22 May 2013.
4. ^ "Pretty Maids - Biography". Metal Storm. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
5. ^ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 34\. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.

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* Ronnie Atkins
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Studio albums|

* Red Hot and Heavy
* Future World
* Jump the Gun
* Sin-Decade
* Stripped
* Scream
* Planet Panic
* Wake Up to the Real World
* Pandemonium
* Louder Than Ever
* Kingmaker
* Undress Your Madness

Live albums|

* Screamin' Live

Related articles|

* Pretty Maids discography

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