Gamma 1

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ReleasedJuly 1979
StudioChateau Recorders, North Hollywood, California
GenreHard rock
Length37:10
Gamma 1
Studio album by
Gamma
ReleasedJuly 1979
StudioChateau Recorders, North Hollywood, California
GenreHard rock
Length37:10
LabelElektra
ProducerKen Scott
Gamma chronology
Gamma 1
(1979)		 Gamma 2
(1980)
Ronnie Montrose chronology
Open Fire
(1978)		 Gamma 1
(1978)		 Gamma 2
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal10/10[2]
Record MirrorStarStarStarStarStar[3]

Gamma 1, released in 1979, is Gamma's debut album. It reached No. 131 on the Billboard Album charts, totalling seventeen weeks on the survey. "I'm Alive" reached No. 60 on the Billboard singles charts. "I'm Alive" is a cover of The Hollies song from 1965.

Credits adapted from the original LP releases.[4]

Side one
  1. "Thunder and Lightning" (Ronnie Montrose, Davey Pattison) – 4:37
  2. "I'm Alive" (Clint Ballard Jr.) – 3:18
  3. "Razor King" (Montrose, Pattison) – 5:53
  4. "No Tears" (Pattison) – 4:53
Side two
  1. "Solar Heat" (Montrose) – 3:09
  2. "Ready for Action" (Montrose) – 3:39
  3. "Wish I Was" (Mickey Newbury) – 5:16
  4. "Fight to the Finish" (Montrose, Jim Alcivar) – 6:25

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