Montrose (album)

Montrose
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 17, 1973 (1973-10-17)
StudioWarner Bros. Recording Studios and Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California,
Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California (guitar overdubs)
GenreHard rock, heavy metal, blues rock
Length32:22
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerMontrose & Ted Templeman
Montrose chronology
Montrose
(1973)
Paper Money
(1974)
Ronnie Montrose chronology
They Only Come Out at Night
(1972)
Montrose
(1973)
Paper Money
(1974)
Sammy Hagar chronology
Montrose
(1973)
Paper Money
(1974)
Singles from Montrose
  1. "Rock the Nation"
    Released: January 1974[1]
  2. "Space Station #5"
    Released: March 1974
  3. "Bad Motor Scooter"
    Released: 19 April 1974 (UK)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Classic Rock[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal10/10[4]
Record Collector[5]

Montrose is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Montrose, released in October 1973 by Warner Bros. It was produced by Ted Templeman. Montrose marks the career debut of singer-guitarist Sammy Hagar, who would later achieve significant success as a solo artist and as a member of Van Halen.

  1. ^ "Great Rock discography". p. 559.
  2. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Montrose - Montrose review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
  3. ^ Makowski, Pete (February 2010). "Montrose - Montrose". Classic Rock. No. 141. p. 89.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 186–187. ISBN 978-1894959025.
  5. ^ Jones, Tim (February 2010). "Montrose - Montrose". Record Collector. No. 372. Retrieved 2016-09-02.