Nine on a Ten Scale

Nine on a Ten Scale
Studio album by Sammy Hagar
Released	May 1976
Recorded	The Record Plant, Sausalito
Genre	Hard rock
Length	37:55
Label	Capitol
Producer	Carter
Sammy Hagar chronology
Paper Money (1974) (Montrose) Nine on a Ten Scale (1976) Sammy Hagar (1977)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Nine on a Ten Scale is Sammy Hagar's first solo album.

Song information

• "Keep On Rockin'", a Hagar original, was covered by Bette Midler on the classic soundtrack to The Rose, albeit with a vastly different arrangement.
• The track written by Van Morrison, "Flamingos Fly", was not released by Morrison until a year later on his 1977 album A Period of Transition. He gave the song to Hagar after they met at The Record Plant during the recording of the album. Morrison recorded a demo for Hagar which producer John S. Carter, Jr. and Hagar intended to produce as a duet with Morrison, a move which Morrison later rejected. Hagar then re-recorded the song from scratch.^[2]
• "China", track written by the former Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch, was not released by Welch until after this release. Welch included his version on the 1979 album Three Hearts.
• "Young Girl Blues" is a Donovan cover.
• A demo version of "Rock 'n' Roll Romeo" was released as "Thinking of You" on The Essential Red Collection in 2004.

Track listing

1. "Keep On Rockin'" (John Carter, Sammy Hagar) - 2:50
2. "Urban Guerilla" (John Carter, Sammy Hagar) - 2:52
3. "Flamingos Fly" (Van Morrison) - 4:30
4. "China" (Bob Welch)
5. "Silver Lights" (Sammy Hagar) - 5:38
6. "All American" (Sammy Hagar) - 3:53
7. "Confession (Please Come Back)" (Ronald Nagle) - 3:17
8. "Young Girl Blues" (Donovan) - 7:50
9. "Rock 'N' Roll Romeo" (John Carter, Sammy Hagar) - 3:47

Singles

• "Flamingos Fly" b/w "Urban Geurilla" US (Capitol S45-923834A)
• "Flamingos Fly" b/w "Urban Geurilla" Germany (Capitol C 006-82 254)

Personnel

• Sammy Hagar: lead vocals, guitar
• Bill Church: bass guitar
• Scott Quick: guitars
• John Blakely: guitars
• Alan Fitzgerald: keyboards
• Joe Crane: keyboards
• Stan: keyboards
• Wizard: keyboards
• Aynsley Dunbar: drums
• Jim Hodder: drums
• Jerry Shirley: drums
• Dallas Taylor: drums
• Venetta Fields: backing vocals
• Maxayn Lewis: backing vocals
• Sherlie Matthews: backing vocals
• Bob Welch: backing vocals
• Greg Adams: horns
• Emilio Castillo: horns
• Mic Gillette: horns
• Steve Kupka: horns
• Lenny Pickett: horns
• Rich E.: engineer
• Tom Flye: engineer
• John Henning: engineer
• Gary Kellgren: engineer
• Cris Morris: engineer
• Deke Richards: engineer
• Jimmy Robinson: engineer
• John Stronack: engineer
• Roy Kohara: original art direction
• David Alexander: photography

Versions

Capitol (US): SN-16049
Fame (UK): FA 3068
Capitol (Germany): 1C 038-82 216 (released with the title "Collection")
BGO (1993 UK reissue): BGOCD182
One Way Records (1996 US reissue): BGOCD18272438 19095 22
Repertoire (2000 German reissue): REP 4869

External links

• Lyrics from Hagar's official site

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Hagar, Sammy. "Red". HarperCollins Books, 2011, p.64