March of the Saint

March of the Saint
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 26, 1984 (1984-09-26)[1]
RecordedOcean Way Recording and Clover Recording Studios (Hollywood, California)
GenreHeavy metal
Length38:35
LabelChrysalis
ProducerMichael James Jackson
Armored Saint chronology
Armored Saint (EP)
(1983)
March of the Saint
(1984)
Delirious Nomad
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

March of the Saint is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Armored Saint. It was released in 1984 by Chrysalis Records and recorded with producer Michael James Jackson who previously worked for Kiss. The debut album yielded a minor MTV hit with "Can U Deliver", but Joey Vera and John Bush later recalled the album's recording as a frustrating and disappointing experience, explaining that Jackson's approach was much more commercial than the heavy metal sound the band had wanted.[3] As Vera recalled in 2006: "At the end of the record we were very unhappy with the production, the mix, the way we worked and who we worked with. And the producer and our manager let us spend over ($)300,000 on our first record. To this day we are still in debt for that one."[4]

  1. ^ "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. September 21, 1984. p. 32. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ March of the Saint (Inset). Armored Saint. UK: Rock Candy Records. 2006. CANDY016.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ "Joey Vera interview". fullinbloommusic. 2006. Retrieved September 25, 2010.