this was a milestone in heavy rock production...............no band had previously sounded like this..............it certainly influenced me................
For sure, I agree, there's no reason why they hadn't the same sucess with this album like other bands, great guitar sound, rhythm and the fire inside....
I recently read Sammy's book (Red) and I agree. It seems like he got shit on for much of the early part of his career. Luckily, he is a hard worker and came out on top! Love this early stuff, too!
really, how the hell ya go from MONTROSE to a name like CHICKENFOOT? lol, I know, is a peace sign, but...chickenfoot? geez Sammy, drinkin too much of your brew bud! Mercy, first time I saw Montrose they were the Bckup band ... I wanna say for BlackOakArkansas.. have to do a search, thats goina drive me crazy, crazier I should say!! early 70's, I kno that, lol, gotta google 4 sure, 2 C if it was SHC or the Summit? tickts < $4.95 uppr, $5.95 lowr, $6.95 floor, we thought tht was HIGH!! lol
The beer would flow and the smoke would smoke. The party was never complete without this LP on the turntable! Good times and good friends made memories never to be forgotten.
I believe that this track/album was released in Europe 1974 and it was really something. It is interesting to follow how the recording technique changed between 1965 and 1974. Listen (youtube) to something really f.....g good with a bloody driving beat from 1965. THE ZETTLERS and their versions of "Skinnie Minnie" and "Beautiful Delilah". The drums are in the background the same with the rhythm guitar. A couple of mic:s in the studio and then count to four!
I saw Montrose when this came out. along WITH Uncle Ted Nugent... YES! Lady's and Gents we did have the best music in the history of this planet. now if we would just stop phucking around with Geo Political BS.. fire them all. put on trial get back what was once ours. ie JOBS.. and then we can start rock'n once again
I saw Montrose last month and it was pretty good, i got it recorded too, on tape, soon make digital & upload, the current singer sounded a lot like sammy too, great show!!!
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE BEST AUDIO QUALITY OF THE ORIGINAL STUDIO VERSION OF THIS SONG -, THIS IS IT ! Arguably better than the "High Quality" posting also on this Page (which sounds like a "remastered" version). To maintain this level of quality on a down-load (using Freecorder, etc.), chose the WEBM option. Also, a "CD" quality audio recording software (like "Audacity" free down-load) is likewise a good choice. (Hint: A cable from the "head-phone-out" jack to the "mic-in" jack will work.)
Only now does greatness come to light! Such an explosion of creativity during that era... every weekend, just super shows to drop in on.. these "secondary bands" touring the country. Stacks and stacks of amps, no earplugs.I saw ELO with 300 other folks, they jammed on Roll Over Beethoven for 30 minutes while everyone danced. Now-a-days, perhaps better musical skills, but not soulful jammin Jack!
I saw Montrose last night and would encourage every fan of this album/era to go out and see the most recent incarnation of the band. Ronnie's chops, tone and phrasing are as good as ever and and the band flat out kicks ass. The set list includes every song from this album, plus a couple of others from subsequent albums, including I Got The Fire. Smokin set......
Oh my god wow what an opening song for the best album ever made this record is better than the hottest action you could have in a really hot place with an extremely hot chick! AWESOME!
Man, the Montrose-Hagar collaboration was just awesome. Rock the Nation is definitely one of the greatest rock anthems ever produced. Never tire of this song.
"Been a long education but my homework is done.... about to rock the nation." Always laugh when I hear that set of lyrics. I guess rock and roll is no joke. Rock on and forget the Emo crap that passes for profundity today.
I heard this group when i was a small child my big brother had some songs and i remember liking them. I think i heard this when i was about 5 or 6 years old.
I can remermber it now hearing it here and i love it :)
@Veaseify You are absolutely RIGHT! The only reason I can think this band was never bigger was because Montrose started dicking around with the sound on " Paper Money", putting organs in (though, if it is done right, is OK). They never had a vocalist like Hagar,,,,,,, should have NEVER let him go.
@michaelHda Hagar left on his own...said something to the effect.."the only thing worse than NOT being in a band with Ronnie (montrose) was....being IN a band with ronnie....lol
Its not even close to the first Van Halen record. This is a decent album nothing super about it, it does have a few a good tunes and Rock Candy is the strongest tune, but after listening to it again after all these years it sounds old and Ronnies solos sound generic.
18 years old, Montrose blasting on my roommate's JVC turntable with the diamond stylus, a Maui Wowie haze floating through our 5th floor dorm hallway at CMU.Take me back, brother!
1980 for me,,driving my first car 1970 chevelle ss 396 4 speed just into my senior year,,wow fun across the nation,,,now i got a toyota,,,,lol miss that car blasting this with the super tuner
1980 for me,,driving my first car 1970 chevelle ss 396 4 speed just into my senior year,,wow fun across the nation,,,now i got a toyota,,,,lol miss that car
The best example of that dense, warm, perfectly spatially separated production that is completely lost today with digital recording, which keeps everything at the same volume and presence level and totally sterile. You can only get this classic sound with analog recording, and it is just totally superior. Listen to this album on a high end turntable system with big ass old school speakers and you will be blown away. Over 30 years old and still nothing sounds better. Ted Templeman is a god.
Montrose definitely American - but got a lot of play in the UK during the NWOBHM - New wave of British Heavy Metal - and sometimes get bracketed with that. Sammy Hagar (singer here) did a tour at the time and played with some of the NWOBHM bands - notably Def Leppard
Whoa!!! Haven't heard this song in years!!! This song kicks ass!!! If this song came out today it would still kick ass!!! Hard to believe this album was recorded in 1973.
This song ( and the whole album) redefined how rock music should be played IT`S A MASTERPIECE, well it was untill Iron Maiden covered it..... Why try to copy / cover something as perfect as this..... Montrose got it right first time.
Simply one of the best kick @ss rock albums of all time (right up there with Humble Pie's Smokin'). Every cut is top notch material. One of the forgotten 'best of' albums that was never titled a 'best of' album.
Kids today have no clue.
/High school graduate/freshman in college in 1974. The good ol' days, when rock music wasn't political crap with sappy lyrics. Just straight forward, take no prisoners rock n' roll.
@tealeaf56 HEY, NOT TRUE!!! I graduated in 08', and I understand what rocks about. It's just annoying, because theres so many stupid people that when you play this sweet stuff, no one recognizes it or gives a shit, because it isnt overplayed on the radio 700 times a day. But I ain't givin up. Sooner or later (hopefully sooner), people are going to give up feeling sad for themselves and give up this politically correct shit and just start rockin.
I saw Montrose with Humble Pie and Spooky Tooth on the same bill after they did their first album. It was a great show. HP didn't have Frampton in the group any more. Have always thought that this was one of my top ten fav. albums.
This is class, I bought this album back in the 70s and their follow-up Underground, then saw them live in London at Charlton Football Ground 1974, The Who were headlining.
This is a fantastic band, as good as anything out of the USA.
"Smoke a bag a night" was Wilber's motto. This song rocked every Blue Oyster Cult car that he and his troubadors rigged up and crashed. On 8 Track and with the best Jensen speakers at the time, cruising with these homeys was always a blur.
Sammy was a better guitarist than Ronnie Montrose, and he was just the singer in a band named after the guitarist (Montrose), just like the band he was in later, except Edward was better than Sammy at guitar.
Got the speakers cranked and sitting here air drumming!!! How many albums had the sucess that this on did? Boston, Frampton, G & R, Nazereth. Four bands (and G&R is a a much later version) of albums everyone had and has zero bad times on them. Thanks Red
I have had this album since 1974 and still have a record player to boot. This is true music with rhythm and actual instruments not like the phoniness of rap music and the chaotic noise of some heavy metal. God Bless you !
As far as I know, Ronnie Montrose popped into the public eye doing session work (Van Morrison, Gary Wright, etc), then played in the Edgar Winter Group (They Only Come Out At Night), then suddenly this power monster burst out of nowhere in '73. I've had my druthers about Sammy Hagar's solo career, but here the man and his guitar crunching boss clobber you when you least expect it and drag you into their camp--you will not be allowed to leave until it's over.That's what good rock 'n' roll does.
One of the best pure rock albums...yes, I said albums....EVER! Not a bad song at all. This opening cut set the tone. Great show starter too. Highest praise Ronnie!
redbirdfan126. Thanks for uploading. I've been waiting for this album to be uploaded for a long time. In my opinion every hard rocker should own this album. All 8 songs are excellent. It's meant to played at full volume and just let it rip. A classic hard rock album.
@mikexlong -Yeah and no...Aerosmith is like the Rolling stones now...too old, too long...give it up!!! This is truly CLASSIC cuz they don't jam together no more!
@matthewme23 no doubt. I was of course referring to Aerosmith as their '70s contemporaries...not the steel wheelchairs they are now (and have been for about 25 years)
This is the best song on this album.
devilwithnosocks 2 days ago
@devilwithnosocks Roger that without doubt! Good call M8!
captkilt 2 days ago
this was a milestone in heavy rock production...............no band had previously sounded like this..............it certainly influenced me................
MrRobangelo 3 days ago
This song started it all for me...young teenager, wanted to blow it all out.
estinky 1 week ago
Diese absolut kicks ass, big time!
pthalocyaninine 2 weeks ago
For sure, I agree, there's no reason why they hadn't the same sucess with this album like other bands, great guitar sound, rhythm and the fire inside....
1949springsteen 3 weeks ago
@1949springsteen They had a terrible deal/management
hedleyazg 2 weeks ago
@hedleyazg
I recently read Sammy's book (Red) and I agree. It seems like he got shit on for much of the early part of his career. Luckily, he is a hard worker and came out on top! Love this early stuff, too!
Chris92SE 2 days ago
i just love the tone of this guitar player and also the way sammy sings they were one of the best american rock bands for sure
elvispresley718 3 weeks ago
Poetry in music!
bigmez83 3 weeks ago
Gotta love that funky break at 1:37!
somedkram 4 weeks ago
@somedkram Thats 70s all the way!
estinky 1 week ago
I grew up with this! love it! And sammy's voice captivated me from the beginning!
corvettesbme 4 weeks ago
You have rocked the nation Sammy. Keep on Rockin it.
JuanitaKersey 1 month ago
really, how the hell ya go from MONTROSE to a name like CHICKENFOOT? lol, I know, is a peace sign, but...chickenfoot? geez Sammy, drinkin too much of your brew bud! Mercy, first time I saw Montrose they were the Bckup band ... I wanna say for BlackOakArkansas.. have to do a search, thats goina drive me crazy, crazier I should say!! early 70's, I kno that, lol, gotta google 4 sure, 2 C if it was SHC or the Summit? tickts < $4.95 uppr, $5.95 lowr, $6.95 floor, we thought tht was HIGH!! lol
sweet72359 1 month ago
@sweet72359 No idea. I kinda thought Sammy Hagar was going to use Red Rocker or stick with the "Sammy Hagar" band name.
HeavyMetalBeliever 4 weeks ago
the album knock you out ,,
MrSecretworld1 1 month ago
geez, his voice hasnt changed at all. too bad his lyrics are nonsense now. well, have been for some time.
redback37 1 month ago
Yes, I remember when this came out, and Beaker Street played Rock The Nationa and Rock Candy all the time. Great time, Great Band...
Highlander9992003 1 month ago
The Whole Album Kills...
cy3es1 1 month ago
Gotta love the cowbell at the beginning.
1962drob 1 month ago
The beer would flow and the smoke would smoke. The party was never complete without this LP on the turntable! Good times and good friends made memories never to be forgotten.
StaRiteA3 2 months ago
So so good...rocking man
rawedgeman01 2 months ago
I believe that this track/album was released in Europe 1974 and it was really something. It is interesting to follow how the recording technique changed between 1965 and 1974. Listen (youtube) to something really f.....g good with a bloody driving beat from 1965. THE ZETTLERS and their versions of "Skinnie Minnie" and "Beautiful Delilah". The drums are in the background the same with the rhythm guitar. A couple of mic:s in the studio and then count to four!
No samples and overdubs! Awesome!!!!!
TheSunbau 3 months ago
Awesome. Subscribed. Thanks for the post. Fucking rocking.
PlymouthVT 3 months ago
I Totally Agree. This is walking the bass, drums good stuff. Produced well, and recorded very well ! Stan
MrStang454 3 months ago
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timeout1958 4 months ago
I saw Montrose when this came out. along WITH Uncle Ted Nugent... YES! Lady's and Gents we did have the best music in the history of this planet. now if we would just stop phucking around with Geo Political BS.. fire them all. put on trial get back what was once ours. ie JOBS.. and then we can start rock'n once again
banzaimotorcross 4 months ago
I saw Montrose last month and it was pretty good, i got it recorded too, on tape, soon make digital & upload, the current singer sounded a lot like sammy too, great show!!!
ikeick 4 months ago
The best thing Sammy Hagar has ever done.
MrOooooolll 4 months ago 7
should i risk getting fired to attend this concert tonight? ... i am 19 years old
nvma92 4 months ago
MORE COWBELL,NOW!
nochix96isnuts 4 months ago
Saw Montrose in Dallas this weekend. Good and loud. Just like when I was a young-un!
richardandcindydentx 4 months ago 2
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE BEST AUDIO QUALITY OF THE ORIGINAL STUDIO VERSION OF THIS SONG -, THIS IS IT ! Arguably better than the "High Quality" posting also on this Page (which sounds like a "remastered" version). To maintain this level of quality on a down-load (using Freecorder, etc.), chose the WEBM option. Also, a "CD" quality audio recording software (like "Audacity" free down-load) is likewise a good choice. (Hint: A cable from the "head-phone-out" jack to the "mic-in" jack will work.)
charliebe28 4 months ago in playlist Montrose Rock the Nation
not one of the best, THE BEST straight ahead rock album ever recorded. end of story.
highlanderslave 4 months ago
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highlanderslave 4 months ago
coole Hard-Rocking mucke
Tschunasun 4 months ago
Damn this album is an hard rock giant.
Metal and hard rock will always be around,the only people who think it went away are posers.
petrus805 4 months ago
It's Rocktober People!!! Time To "Rock The Nation"!!!
Thumbs up if you agree!!!!
1962drob 4 months ago 2
Only now does greatness come to light! Such an explosion of creativity during that era... every weekend, just super shows to drop in on.. these "secondary bands" touring the country. Stacks and stacks of amps, no earplugs.I saw ELO with 300 other folks, they jammed on Roll Over Beethoven for 30 minutes while everyone danced. Now-a-days, perhaps better musical skills, but not soulful jammin Jack!
kalahawk 5 months ago
This just rocks. Nothing today comes close to touching it.
Fuck!
hyjyljyj 5 months ago
We were rockin on Cherokee Lake in Tennessee! Some still are!
hillbillyvol 5 months ago
@gwillakerz * DOUBLE THUMBS UP * ^^
SROShaker 5 months ago
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I saw Montrose last night and would encourage every fan of this album/era to go out and see the most recent incarnation of the band. Ronnie's chops, tone and phrasing are as good as ever and and the band flat out kicks ass. The set list includes every song from this album, plus a couple of others from subsequent albums, including I Got The Fire. Smokin set......
srewobwj 5 months ago
aaahhhyeahhh..classic
bakersfieldmusicnow 5 months ago
im going to Montrose COncert Tommarrow YEEAAHH!!!
gwillakerz 5 months ago
Oh my god wow what an opening song for the best album ever made this record is better than the hottest action you could have in a really hot place with an extremely hot chick! AWESOME!
sexpistolsdaz 6 months ago
Man, the Montrose-Hagar collaboration was just awesome. Rock the Nation is definitely one of the greatest rock anthems ever produced. Never tire of this song.
"Been a long education but my homework is done.... about to rock the nation." Always laugh when I hear that set of lyrics. I guess rock and roll is no joke. Rock on and forget the Emo crap that passes for profundity today.
joemysteryguitar 6 months ago
remember no trains to heaven by be bop delux? check out black stone cherry - blind man or black tide...there is hope
MrMikeboy41 6 months ago
wheres the fenin vidieo
blaster0071000 6 months ago
Partied to this album too many times to count!!!
01ichibawm 6 months ago
Is this the song the Edge is hatin' on in It Might Get Loud? The guitar is great, what is the problem? (confused)
oinkfactory 6 months ago
Great LP , rocks so hard , a must in your collection .
skunkdad7 6 months ago
@skunkdad7 buying it today!
needsmetal 6 months ago
Talk about PREHISTORIC, WOW!!
dodgeboykev 7 months ago in playlist Journey/Montrose
My God, beatiful music by Montrose!!!
01Astron 7 months ago
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I heard this group when i was a small child my big brother had some songs and i remember liking them. I think i heard this when i was about 5 or 6 years old.
I can remermber it now hearing it here and i love it :)
blonde7000 7 months ago
First real concert I went too, Winterland San Francisco, 15 years old. Montrose was fucking amazing
digitalcashinfo 7 months ago 2
great album-still rocks!! thanks
catchsight 8 months ago 2
This is the first time I've ever heard it, fantastic!
nyn78 8 months ago
I can't believe this album never comes up on lists of best debuts ever, its as good as Van Halen or any other hard rock first effort you can name..
Veaseify 8 months ago 28
@Veaseify You are absolutely RIGHT! The only reason I can think this band was never bigger was because Montrose started dicking around with the sound on " Paper Money", putting organs in (though, if it is done right, is OK). They never had a vocalist like Hagar,,,,,,, should have NEVER let him go.
michaelHda 2 months ago 2
@michaelHda Hagar left on his own...said something to the effect.."the only thing worse than NOT being in a band with Ronnie (montrose) was....being IN a band with ronnie....lol
romack2 1 month ago
@Veaseify better than van halen because van halen sucks
thechewman99 3 weeks ago
idiot
adonysdrift07 1 week ago
@Veaseify
Its not even close to the first Van Halen record. This is a decent album nothing super about it, it does have a few a good tunes and Rock Candy is the strongest tune, but after listening to it again after all these years it sounds old and Ronnies solos sound generic.
johnnytrasher 5 days ago
@Veaseify it's on mine my man matter of fact i think one
of the reasons the band didnt last was how the hell were they
supposed to top this? or even stay close to this level?
JustAintthatWay 3 days ago
@Veaseify Better
captkilt 2 days ago
18 years old, Montrose blasting on my roommate's JVC turntable with the diamond stylus, a Maui Wowie haze floating through our 5th floor dorm hallway at CMU.Take me back, brother!
tomturek20032003 8 months ago 4
1980 for me,,driving my first car 1970 chevelle ss 396 4 speed just into my senior year,,wow fun across the nation,,,now i got a toyota,,,,lol miss that car blasting this with the super tuner
TheRick916 8 months ago in playlist Journey/Montrose
1980 for me,,driving my first car 1970 chevelle ss 396 4 speed just into my senior year,,wow fun across the nation,,,now i got a toyota,,,,lol miss that car
TheRick916 8 months ago in playlist Journey/Montrose
I got a fevah....
mpjgbx 8 months ago
this song i cans played on my guitarra juslike the record
flyinv1967 9 months ago
This is the Sammy Hagar that could have replace David Lee Roth,not that Kenny G of rock from the 80's.
4threconmarine 9 months ago 2
@4threconmarine yeah youre kinda righta about that hey imagine micahel bolton singing with this band just kidding
elvispresley718 4 weeks ago
........it's been a long education, but my homework is done!!!!
stonekeeper86 9 months ago
i though us aussies new how to rock.....
these guys are sick....
diamondog99 9 months ago
@diamondog99...Oh yeah, brother man...don't EVER sell yourself short! Oz CERTAINLY knows how to ROCK!!!
But yer right...Montrose was an asskicker of a rock'n'roll band!
makwabid69 8 months ago
a few groups copied Montrose,s sound
duxberry1958 9 months ago
The best example of that dense, warm, perfectly spatially separated production that is completely lost today with digital recording, which keeps everything at the same volume and presence level and totally sterile. You can only get this classic sound with analog recording, and it is just totally superior. Listen to this album on a high end turntable system with big ass old school speakers and you will be blown away. Over 30 years old and still nothing sounds better. Ted Templeman is a god.
blacksabbathish 9 months ago 8
This song by Montrose Rocks!!! One of the best songs of the '70's. This should be an American Anthem.
ROCK THE NATION PEOPLE!!! KEEP THE SPIRIT OF ROCK ALIVE!!!
1962drob 9 months ago 2
19 years old, Montrose blasting on the 8 track car load of friends, cooler full of beer, cruising to party at Gun Lake.
rpminc12 10 months ago 31
@rpminc12 wish i colda been there
elvispresley718 4 weeks ago
@elvispresley718 Wish you could have been there too, Elvis. The best time of our lives.
nickrambus 4 weeks ago
yes they are a american band from the 70's great rock and roll
vuduedaddy 10 months ago
This song rocks the nation!
josephine938 10 months ago
@josephine938 ....your not wrong...the walls are shakin down here in aussie as well
diamondog99 9 months ago
One of the greatest hard rock albums ever.
TheSuperEupher 11 months ago 3
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RockandMetal999 11 months ago
I tried to use this song in a skatevideo edit and it got muted, how are you able to use it?
It's still a great song
gurley123 11 months ago
my ass is officially kicked!
jedhell101 11 months ago
YYEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!
carnacshoe 11 months ago
Why doesn't rock radio play this great stuff?
smilingpug 1 year ago
@smilingpug Because radio is pre-programmed suck ass bullshit. But you knew that...
gerry3x 9 months ago
I can see why Van Halen used this album as the model for what they wanted their debut to sound like.
jakemk21 1 year ago
One of the best rocksongs ever made!!
streetpoet62 1 year ago
I hear this album and it reminds me or Strawberry E Z Widers!!
Db60Dc19 1 year ago
@Db60Dc19 lol I hear ya, man. Or Zig Zag Wheatstraws. :)
cozzie2000 11 months ago
not overlooked by real rockers
tyler11hracin 1 year ago
Remember the first time I heard this....was in the army, and me & my bros were smoking some GOOD weed!
michaelHda 1 year ago
@michaelHda
Me too ... stationed at Fort Hunter-Liggett in Jolon, California.
onethousandflushes 1 year ago
ah,the seminal ted templeman/don landee sound
luv the smooth fuzzy guitar
universalself 1 year ago
Montrose definitely American - but got a lot of play in the UK during the NWOBHM - New wave of British Heavy Metal - and sometimes get bracketed with that. Sammy Hagar (singer here) did a tour at the time and played with some of the NWOBHM bands - notably Def Leppard
northernhecklet 1 year ago
Whoa!!! Haven't heard this song in years!!! This song kicks ass!!! If this song came out today it would still kick ass!!! Hard to believe this album was recorded in 1973.
1962drob 1 year ago
Denny Carmassi was a great drummer, and Montrose was a great band.
rubbersole79 1 year ago
This song ( and the whole album) redefined how rock music should be played IT`S A MASTERPIECE, well it was untill Iron Maiden covered it..... Why try to copy / cover something as perfect as this..... Montrose got it right first time.
devilsdeck 1 year ago 2
The great start, Ronnie Lord Montrose.
smilingpug 1 year ago
if your listening to this you are one cool dude! just like me
jakelvis100 1 year ago
Simply one of the best kick @ss rock albums of all time (right up there with Humble Pie's Smokin'). Every cut is top notch material. One of the forgotten 'best of' albums that was never titled a 'best of' album.
Kids today have no clue.
/High school graduate/freshman in college in 1974. The good ol' days, when rock music wasn't political crap with sappy lyrics. Just straight forward, take no prisoners rock n' roll.
tealeaf56 1 year ago 20
@tealeaf56 HEY, NOT TRUE!!! I graduated in 08', and I understand what rocks about. It's just annoying, because theres so many stupid people that when you play this sweet stuff, no one recognizes it or gives a shit, because it isnt overplayed on the radio 700 times a day. But I ain't givin up. Sooner or later (hopefully sooner), people are going to give up feeling sad for themselves and give up this politically correct shit and just start rockin.
howsitgoingeh1 1 year ago
@tealeaf56 hey im a kid today and i lisen to montrose
RockNfuckinRoller97 7 months ago
@tealeaf56
I saw Montrose with Humble Pie and Spooky Tooth on the same bill after they did their first album. It was a great show. HP didn't have Frampton in the group any more. Have always thought that this was one of my top ten fav. albums.
doghousemine 6 months ago
You'll git it... Trust him.
thebabyfish 1 year ago
Most under-reported album of all time.
smilingpug 1 year ago
Every song is great.
smilingpug 1 year ago
This is class, I bought this album back in the 70s and their follow-up Underground, then saw them live in London at Charlton Football Ground 1974, The Who were headlining.
This is a fantastic band, as good as anything out of the USA.
charioteer1 1 year ago
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sordus004 1 year ago
"Smoke a bag a night" was Wilber's motto. This song rocked every Blue Oyster Cult car that he and his troubadors rigged up and crashed. On 8 Track and with the best Jensen speakers at the time, cruising with these homeys was always a blur.
BigMoe96 1 year ago
Wow was für ein amtlicher hammer von früher
Thomsenmusic 1 year ago
you are so right Rock the nation and Space Station are legendary rock tunes. Rock on boys
niagaraorbust 1 year ago
Sammy was a better guitarist than Ronnie Montrose, and he was just the singer in a band named after the guitarist (Montrose), just like the band he was in later, except Edward was better than Sammy at guitar.
theShowStopper321 1 year ago
The funny thing about this, and it's not that funny, is the producer kept saying one more time. So we hear this version, which is fantastic,
Bluntfacts 1 year ago
This album is awesome ! If you do not have it , get it !
skunkdad7 1 year ago
wow, this takes me back to HS 1n the 70's, hanging out by the track, and partying, and nobody busting your chops about it, Hillcrest HS Queens, NY
1falconeye2 1 year ago
@1falconeye2 NO WAY! What class were you at Hillcrest?! I was class of '77. Great memories!
robertjohnson487 1 year ago
@robertjohnson487 Class of 78, my name is Liz
1falconeye2 1 year ago
DAMN!! this album still blow's me away!!
hacksack1 1 year ago
brings back alot of very good memeries
munster69bam 1 year ago
Got the speakers cranked and sitting here air drumming!!! How many albums had the sucess that this on did? Boston, Frampton, G & R, Nazereth. Four bands (and G&R is a a much later version) of albums everyone had and has zero bad times on them. Thanks Red
mrlaymansterms1 1 year ago
ONE OF THEE MOST UNDERRATED ALBUMS OF ALL TIME! WHY WON'T RADIO PLAY THESE FUCKING GREAT SONGS?
smilingpug 1 year ago 2
@smilingpug money and to make way for garbage and crap, what else?
highmountain0 1 year ago
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ruffbizness 1 year ago
maybe the best hard rock album ever. it's in the mix.
ruffbizness 1 year ago
Some of Sammys finest moments were with this band I just found them cause of Iron Maidens cover of i got the fire
EddieVH666 1 year ago
@EddieVH666 i got the fire cold rips. it was by far the best tune on Montrose Paper Money album. hard rock.
ruffbizness 1 year ago
I have had this album since 1974 and still have a record player to boot. This is true music with rhythm and actual instruments not like the phoniness of rap music and the chaotic noise of some heavy metal. God Bless you !
22mountainman 1 year ago 2
one of the best albums made
fenderlonestar1 1 year ago 2
As far as I know, Ronnie Montrose popped into the public eye doing session work (Van Morrison, Gary Wright, etc), then played in the Edgar Winter Group (They Only Come Out At Night), then suddenly this power monster burst out of nowhere in '73. I've had my druthers about Sammy Hagar's solo career, but here the man and his guitar crunching boss clobber you when you least expect it and drag you into their camp--you will not be allowed to leave until it's over.That's what good rock 'n' roll does.
MrJamesrnolan 1 year ago
One of the best pure rock albums...yes, I said albums....EVER! Not a bad song at all. This opening cut set the tone. Great show starter too. Highest praise Ronnie!
sezwhom 1 year ago 2
redbirdfan126. Thanks for uploading. I've been waiting for this album to be uploaded for a long time. In my opinion every hard rocker should own this album. All 8 songs are excellent. It's meant to played at full volume and just let it rip. A classic hard rock album.
maximum1954 1 year ago
wow, I hadn't heard this in a verrry long time! thanks for posting!
sallie46 1 year ago
Rock n' roll all nite isn't the rock n' roll national anthem, ROCK THE NATION is the only song worthy of that title
Nightwing690 1 year ago
Most underplayed album on ROCK radio .... EVER.
smilingpug 1 year ago 2
sick!!!!!!!! ufb!!!!! this is real music not the bullshit they make today. i smoked many a doodie listening to this in the omega!!!!
GRILLBUOY101 1 year ago 2
@GRILLBUOY101 LOL yeah..me too.
rutietooty 1 year ago
Now if this isn't a rock anthem I don't know what is.....
frank47hammer 1 year ago
F'ing A right!! SweetMeat Forever!!
Hankster58 1 year ago
Rock The Nation, F'ing A !! KSHE95
mbfree62 1 year ago
Alright! Come on now!
YeshuaHamashiach777 1 year ago
One of the greatest debut albums ever,badly needed in the UK at the time!
buldic 1 year ago 3
Montrose is the best band ever
nurmiar 2 years ago
UPありがとうございます！この曲も最高にノリがいいですね！Thank you！
fruitcakeization 2 years ago 2
I'm not entirely sure what that means, but I'm diggin' it, man.
redbirdfan126 2 years ago 4
Keep listening over and over, then you will "get it" .... Rock On
mbfree62 1 year ago 7
Uh, 'get' what exactly?
redbirdfan126 1 year ago
@redbirdfan126 The hidden Satanic message in the song.
robertjohnson487 1 year ago
@mbfree62 damn straight!!!!
Drumboy5165 1 year ago
@redbirdfan126 he says that he thanks you and that he likes the song and it's a good one, isn't it?
Destrox5 1 year ago
Well, I tried a online Japanese translator, so I get the jest of what you're saying. Peace, brother.
redbirdfan126 2 years ago
@fruitcakeization I couldn't have said it better. Great comment!
robertjohnson487 1 year ago
@fruitcakeization くそあなたはこのクイズで言う何か？
LUIZLINO17 1 year ago
The best track on the best electric guitar album ever!!!
ChorltonM21 2 years ago 2
these guys were just as good as aerosmith, damn shame they couldn't keep it together and were overlooked.
mikexlong 2 years ago 16
@mikexlong Not by me. Been playing this album for nearly 40 years :0)
DaMuttzNutz 1 year ago
@DaMuttzNutz fuckin' eh man, I'm 22 and I've been diggin' rare 70's rock since I was 17.
mikexlong 1 year ago
@mikexlong -Yeah and no...Aerosmith is like the Rolling stones now...too old, too long...give it up!!! This is truly CLASSIC cuz they don't jam together no more!
matthewme23 1 year ago
@matthewme23 no doubt. I was of course referring to Aerosmith as their '70s contemporaries...not the steel wheelchairs they are now (and have been for about 25 years)
mikexlong 1 year ago
@mikexlong better than Aerosmith =l.
DiscoFunktikonikyte 1 year ago
@DiscoFunktikonikyte this was definately better than aerosmith's debut IMO.
mikexlong 1 year ago
@mikexlong Sammy went onto create his own band Sammy Hagar and then Joined Van Halen...
SuperGlooBand 1 year ago
@SuperGlooBand he certainly did, but still very little people know of this record.
mikexlong 1 year ago
@mikexlong I Agree, I dont know why though, personally I was listening to it in school on the UK! so it must have been more popular in the States.
SuperGlooBand 1 year ago