Condition Critical


Condition Critical is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Quiet Riot. Released in 1984, it was not nearly as successful as its predecessor in either fan reaction or sales. It was also given an infamous two-word review in Rolling Stone magazine: "Condition Terminal." However, it did sell over one million copies, peaking at 15 on the US Billboard album chart. Like the band's previous album, Condition Critical features a Slade cover song as the second track.
Tracks "Party All Night" and "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" had music videos made for them, both receiving some airplay on TV. The same man with a metal mask from the last album cover is on this cover as well as many of the band's subsequent album covers, establishing him as the band's mascot. The character also has cameos in both aforementioned music videos.
The track "Stomp Your Hands, Clap Your Feet" shares its title with the original American title to Slade's 1974 album Old New Borrowed and Blue.

Track listing

All songs written by Kevin DuBrow, except where noted.

Certifications

Chart performance

Personnel

Quiet Riot

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As stated in the program Behind the Music, frontman DuBrow's nasty, combative attitude towards many music journalists as well as fellow heavy metal musicians – such as DuBrow labeling the magazine Hit Parader as akin to toilet paper – was felt by other band members and their producer to have hurt the album's reviews. DuBrow in later interviews has agreed and expressed regrets.
Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave Condition Critical a mixed-to-positive review, stating that he found the band's Slade cover to be the best track on the album given the "solid hook" of its guitar riffs.
The album was not meeting the same level of sales as its predecessor, Metal Health, and the album received poor commercial success, 1/6th of sales. It reached the No. 15 slot on the Billboard 200.