Molly Hatchet (album)
# Molly Hatchet (album)

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10 |

Molly Hatchet is the debut studio album by American rock band Molly Hatchet. It was released on September 1, 1978, by Epic Records. The cover is a painting by Frank Frazetta entitled Death Dealer. Starting off both the album itself and the recording career of the band, the first song famously begins with lead singer Danny Joe Brown growling "Hell yeah!"

"Dreams I'll Never See" is a cover of The Allman Brothers Band's song "Dreams" from their debut album, via Buddy Miles's reworking of the song from Them Changes (1970).

## Track listing

### Side one

* "Bounty Hunter" (Danny Joe Brown, Dave Hlubek, Steve Holland) – 2:58
* "Gator Country" (Hlubek, Holland, Banner Thomas) – 6:17
* "Big Apple" (Brown, Hlubek) – 3:01
* "The Creeper" (Brown, Bruce Crump, Holland) – 3:18
* "The Price You Pay" (Cecil Berrier, Brown, Holland, Bob Huckaba) – 3:04

### Side two

* "Dreams I'll Never See" (Gregg Allman) – 7:06
* "I'll Be Running" (Brown, Hlubek, Thomas) – 3:00
* "Cheatin' Woman" (Holland) – 3:36
* "Trust Your Old Friend" (Crump, Duane Roland) – 3:55

## Personnel

### Molly Hatchet

* Danny Joe Brown - vocals
* Dave Hlubek - guitar
* Steve Holland - guitar
* Duane Roland - guitar
* Banner Thomas - bass
* Bruce Crump - drums

### Additional musicians

* Tom Werman - percussion
* Jai Winding - keyboards
* Tim Lindsey - additional bass

### Production

* Tom Werman - producer, mixing at Record Plant, Los Angeles
* Anthony Reale - sound engineer, The Sound Pit, Atlanta
* Richard Schoff - sound engineer
* Mike Beriger - assistant engineer
* Frank Frazetta - cover painting

## Charts

| Year | Chart | Position |
| - | - | - |
| 1978 | Billboard 200 (USA) | 64 |

## Certifications

| Country | Organization | Year | Sales |
| - | - | - | - |
| USA | RIAA | 1980 | Platinum (+ 1,000,000) |
