Red Hot and Heavy

Red, Hot and Heavy
Studio album by Pretty Maids
Released	1984
Recorded	July and August 1984
Studios	Puk (Gjerlev, Denmark)
Genres	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	36:17
Label	CBS
Producers	Billy Cross, Tommy Hansen
Pretty Maids chronology
Pretty Maids (1983) Red, Hot and Heavy (1984) Future World (1987)
Singles from Red, Hot and Heavy
"Waitin' for the Time" Released: 1984 "Red, Hot and Heavy" Released: 1985

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Hit Parader
Rock Hard	9/10

Red, Hot and Heavy is the debut studio album by the Danish hard rock/heavy metal band Pretty Maids, 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, which released four albums.

The song "Night Danger" was used on the soundtrack for the horror film Demons (1985), directed by Lamberto Bava. In 2005, Red, Hot and Heavy was ranked at No. 437 in Rock Hard magazine's The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.

Track listing

Personnel

Pretty Maids

• 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

References