The Cage (Tygers of Pan Tang album)

The Cage is a 1982 album by British heavy metal band Tygers of Pan Tang, released on MCA Records. It marked a move in a more commercial direction, selling over 200,000 copies and giving birth to two top 50 songs in the UK, namely the covers of Leiber & Stoller's "Love Potion No. 9" and the lesser known RPM song "Rendezvous". Another single charted at 63: the Steve Thompson song "Paris by Air".[1] It is shortly after producing this album that the band split for the first time, due to tensions with their record company. Robb Weir and Brian Dick then formed the band Sergeant.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[3]

The Cage
Studio album by
Tygers of Pan Tang
ReleasedAugust 1982
GenreHeavy metal, hard rock
Length35:20
LabelMCA
ProducerPeter Collins
Tygers of Pan Tang chronology
Crazy Nights
(1981)		 The Cage
(1982)		 The Wreck-Age
(1985)

Track listing
Side one
  1. "Rendezvous" (Robert A. Johnson, Mark Stephens, Brent Maher) - 3:20 (RPM cover)
  2. "Lonely at the Top" (Steve Thompson) - 3:29
  3. "Letter from L.A." (Jon Deverill, Thompson) - 3:12
  4. "Paris by Air" (Thompson) - 2:56
  5. "Tides" (Fred Purser) - 4:13
Side two
  1. "Making Tracks" (Richard Laws, Deverill, Purser) - 3:38
  2. "The Cage" (Robb Weir, Purser) - 1:13
  3. "Love Potion No.9" (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) - 2:04 (The Clovers cover)
  4. "You Always See What You Want" (Purser, Deverill) - 3:12
  5. "Danger in Paradise" (John Parr) - 3:29
  6. "The Actor" (Purser) - 4:15
1997 CD re-issue bonus tracks
  1. "Life of Crime" - 3:35
  2. "Love's a Lie" - 2:52
  3. "What You Sayin'" - 3:19
  4. "Making Tracks (extended remix)" - 6:23

Personnel
Band members
  • Jon Deverill - vocals
  • Robb Weir - guitars
  • Fred Purser - guitars, keyboards
  • Richard "Rocky" Laws - bass guitar
  • Brian Dick - drums
Additional musicians
  • John Sykes - guitar on "Love Potion No. 9" and "Danger in Paradise"
Production

Charts

Album
Chart (1982) Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[4] 31
UK Albums (OCC)[5] 12

Singles
Single Chart (1983) Peak
position
Love Potion No. 9 UK Singles Chart 45[6]
Rendezvouz 49[7]
Paris by Air 63[8]

References
  1. "The Official Music Charts". The Official Music Charts. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Tygers of Pan Tang The Cage review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 371. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  4. "Swedishcharts.com – Tygers of Pan Tang – The Cage". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  5. "Tygers of Pan Tang | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  6. "UK Singles Archive- Tygers of Pan Tang". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  7. "UK Singles Archive-Tygers of Pan Tang". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  8. "UK Singles Archive-Tygers of Pan Tang". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 October 2021.


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