The Cage (Tygers of Pan Tang album)

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The Cage
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Studio album by Tygers of Pan Tang
Released August 1982
Genre Heavy metal, Hard rock
Length 35:20
Label MCA
Producer Peter Collins
Tygers of Pan Tang chronology
Crazy Nights
(1981)Crazy Nights1981		 The Cage
(1982)		 The Wreck-Age
(1985)The Wreck-Age1985

The Cage is a 1982 album by British heavy metal band Tygers of Pan Tang, released on MCA Records. It marked a move in a more commercial direction, selling over 200,000 copies and giving birth to two top 50 songs in the UK, namely the covers of Leiber & Stoller's "Love Potion No. 9" and the lesser known RPM song "Rendezvous". Another single charted at 63: the Steve Thompson song "Paris by Air".[1] It is shortly after producing this album that the band split for the first time, due to tensions with their record company. Robb Weir and Brian Dick then formed the band Sergeant.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 1.5/5 stars[2]
Martin Popoff 9/10 stars[3]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Rendezvous" (Robert A. Johnson, Mark Stephens, Brent Maher) - 3:20 {RPM cover)
  2. "Lonely at the Top" (Steve Thompson) - 3:29
  3. "Letter from L.A." (Jon Deverill, Steve Thompson) - 3:12
  4. "Paris by Air" (Steve Thompson) - 2:56
  5. "Tides" (Fred Purser) - 4:13
Side two
  1. "Making Tracks" (Richard Laws, Deverill, Purser) - 3:01
  2. "The Cage" (Robb Weir, Purser) - 0:32
  3. "Love Potion No.9" (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) - 3:17 (The Clovers cover)
  4. "You Always See What You Want" (Purser, Deverill) - 3:12
  5. "Danger in Paradise" (John Parr) - 3:29
  6. "The Actor" (Purser) - 4:15
1997 CD re-issue bonus tracks
  1. "Life Of Crime"
  2. "Love's a Lie"
  3. "What you Sayin'"
  4. "Making Tracks (extended remix)"

Personnel

Band members
  • Jon Deverill - vocals
  • Robb Weir - guitars
  • Fred Purser - guitars, keyboards
  • Richard "Rocky" Laws - bass guitar
  • Brian Dick - drums
Additional musicians
  • John Sykes - guitar on "Love Potion No. 9" and "Danger in Paradise"
Production

References

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