Keel (album)
Keel is the fourth album by the American rock band Keel, released in June 1987. This was the last album to feature guitarists Marc Ferrari and Bryan Jay, as they left the band a year later They eventually re-joined Keel in 1998 to release Keel VI: Back in Action and again in 2009 for the band's 25th anniversary.
This was the band's first album since their 1984 debut Lay Down the Law to be produced by someone other than Gene Simmons. "Calm Before the Storm" was co-written by Jimmy Bain of Dio and Rainbow fame.
Track listing
;Side one- "United Nations" ' - 4:05
- "Somebody's Waiting" ' - 3:09
- "Cherry Lane" ' - 3:25
- "Calm Before the Storm" ' - 4:28
- "King of the Rock" ' - 3:22
- "It's a Jungle Out There" ' - 3:46
- "I Said the Wrong Thing to the Right Girl" ' - 4:20
- "Don't Say You Love Me" ' - 3:37
- "If Love Is a Crime " ' - 3:45
- "4th of July" ' - 3:50
Personnel
;Band members- Ron Keel – vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Marc Ferrari – guitars, backing vocals
- Bryan Jay – guitars, backing vocals
- Kenny Chaisson – bass, backing vocals
- Dwain Miller – drums, backing vocals
- Jaime St. James – backing vocals on tracks 6 and 9
- Michael Wagener – producer, engineer, mixing
- Garth Richardson – additional engineering
- George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York