No Guts...No Glory (Molly Hatchet album)

No Guts...No Glory
Studio album by Molly Hatchet
Released	March 1983
Recorded	Bee Jay Recording Studios, Orlando, Florida Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California, 1983
Genre	Southern rock, hard rock
Length	41:22
Label	Epic
Producer	Tom Werman
Molly Hatchet chronology
Take No Prisoners (1981) No Guts...No Glory (1983) The Deed Is Done (1984)

No Guts...No Glory is the fifth studio album by American southern rock band Molly Hatchet, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). Original vocalist Danny Joe Brown returns for this recording, with a new rhythm section composed of bassist Riff West (ex-White Witch) and drummer Barry Borden (ex-Mother's Finest). It is their only album not to feature an epic, fantasy themed cover.

The cover photo for the album was reportedly shot at Six Gun Territory, a now defunct theme park in Ocala, Florida.

The album contains the popular song, "Fall of the Peacemakers", which includes overt references to John Lennon. During the tour to support the album, guitarist Steve Holland left the band to be replaced by keyboard player John Galvin.

"What's It Gonna Take", written by Gary O'Connor, was also recorded by the band Fast Forward and appears on their 1984 album Living in Fiction.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Mark Mehler of Record summarized the album as 'mainly a routine blend of hard-core southern rock ("Sweet Dixie", "Ain't Even Close") and mainstream pop/rock ("What Does it Matter?", "Kinda Like Love"). ... The use of keyboards provides a nice change of pace, but there is really very little here we haven't heard many times before, done a lot better.' However, he made special mention of "Fall of the Peacemakers", describing it as 'an eight-minute-plus song that purports to lament the murders of John Kennedy and John Lennon, but actually is an excuse for an extra six minutes of macho boogie riffing. ... a stale, southern-style rewrite of "Abraham, Martin & John"'.^[2]

Track listing

1. "What Does It Matter?" (Danny Joe Brown, Duane Roland, Riff West) – 3:33
2. "Ain't Even Close" (Brown, Roland, West) – 4:35
3. "Sweet Dixie" (Dave Hlubek, Steve Holland) – 3:54
4. "Fall of the Peacemakers" (Hlubek) – 8:03
5. "What's It Gonna Take?" (Gary O'Connor) – 3:59
6. "Kinda Like Love" (Bobby Allison, Mac Elsensohn) – 4:09
7. "Under the Gun" (Hlubek, West) – 3:54
8. "On the Prowl" (Barry Borden, Brown, Hlubek) – 4:07
9. "Both Sides" (Hlubek) – 5:08

Personnel

Band members

• Danny Joe Brown - vocals
• Dave Hlubek - guitar, assistant producer
• Steve Holland - guitar
• Duane Roland - guitar, assistant producer
• Riff West - bass
• Barry "B.B." Borden - drums

Additional musicians

• Dru Lombar - guitar
• Jai Winding - keyboards
• John Galvin - keyboards

Production

• Tom Werman - producer
• Gary Ladinsky - engineer, mixing

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)^[3]

Year	Chart	Position
1983	Pop Albums	59

References

1. Smith, Michael B. "Molly Hatchet No Guts... No Glory review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
2. Mehler, Mark (June 1983). "No Guts... No Glory review". Record. 2 (8): 29.
3. "No Guts... No Glory Billboard albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-04-20.