Walkin' the Razor's Edge

Walkin' the Razor's Edge
Studio album by Helix
Released	July 7, 1984
Recorded	Phase One Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Electric Lady, New York City Studio One, Atlanta
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	33:01
Label	Capitol
Producer	Tom Treumuth, Helix and Rodney Mills
Helix chronology
No Rest for the Wicked (March 11, 1983) Walkin' the Razor's Edge (July 7, 1984) Long Way to Heaven (November 9, 1985)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Walkin' the Razor's Edge was the fourth studio album by the Canadian heavy metal band Helix. It was released on the Capitol Records label in 1984.

A music video was made for the Crazy Elephant cover "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'". Two versions of this video were filmed: One for music video channels, and the other being an "adult" version featuring topless models including a then 16-year-old porn star Traci Lords. This version was aired on the Playboy Channel in the United States.^[2]

The band also made a promotional video for their A Foot in Coldwater cover, "(Make Me Do) Anything You Want", as well as "Rock You". The video for "Rock You", filmed in a quarry in Kitchener, Ontario, is perhaps best known for the image of guitar player Brent Doerner emerging from the water to play his guitar solo.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Helix except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rock You"	Bob Halligan, Jr.	2:51
2.	"Young & Wreckless"		3:22
3.	"Animal House"		2:57
4.	"Feel the Fire"		3:13
5.	"When the Hammer Falls"		3:02

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" (Crazy Elephant cover)	Joey Levine, Ritchie Cordell	3:25
7.	"My Kind of Rock"		2:54
8.	"(Make Me Do) Anything You Want" (A Foot in Coldwater cover)	Paul Naumann, Danny Taylor	4:07
9.	"Six Strings, Nine Lives"		3:14
10.	"You Keep Me Rockin'"		3:38

2009 UK Rock Candy Records edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Young & Wreckless" (live, taken from Live at the Marquee promotional-only EP)		3:25
12.	"Rock You" (live, taken from Live at the Marquee promotional-only EP)	Halligan Jr.	4:14
13.	"Animal House" (live, taken from Live at the Marquee promotional-only EP)		3:32

Personnel

Band members

• Brian Vollmer - lead vocals
• Brent "The Doctor" Doerner - guitars, backing vocals
• Paul Hackman - guitars, backing vocals
• Daryl Gray - bass, backing vocals
• Greg "Fritz" Hinz - drums

Additional musicians

• Spider Sinnaeve - additional bass

Production

• Produced by Tom Treumuth for Hypnotic Productions, except "Rock You" and "Young & Wreckless", co-produced by Helix and Rodney Mills
• Bonus tracks produced by Simon Hanhart.
• Recorded & Engineered by Dave Wittman

Recorded at Phase One Studios (Toronto, Ontario), Electric Lady (New York City), Studio One (Atlanta).

• Originally Mastered by Bob Ludwig.
• Remastered by Jon Astley (2009 Rock Candy version)
• Management: William Seip Management.

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1984	Canada	27
	Billboard Top 200[4]	69

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Highest
1985	"Rock You"	Canadian Singles Chart	27[5]
	"(Make Me Do) Anything You Want"		44

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Helix Walkin' the Razor's Edge review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
2. Vollmer, Brian (2004). Gimme An R! the story of Brian Vollmer, lead vocalist of Helix. Ball Media Corporation. ISBN 0-9739849-0-2.
3. BRENT DOERNER interview by Michael A. Ladano - "If You Don't Write Good Songs, It Ain't Gonna Fly Baby"
4. "Walkin' the Razor's Edge Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
5. "Top Singles - Volume 41, No. 16, December 22 1984". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 19 August 2013.