The Cage (Tygers of Pan Tang album)
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| The Cage | ||||
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| Released | 20 August 1982[1] | |||
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| Length | 35:20 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Peter Collins | |||
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The Cage is the fourth album by British heavy metal band Tygers of Pan Tang, released on MCA Records in 1982. 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 No. 63: the Steve Thompson song "Paris by Air".[2] It was 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.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 9/10[4] |
| Smash Hits | 4/10[5] |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
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| 1. | "Rendezvous" (RPM cover) | Robert A. Johnson, Mark Stephens, Brent Maher | 3:20 |
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Making Tracks" | Richard Laws, Deverill, Purser | 3:38 |
| 7. | "The Cage" | Robb Weir, Purser | 1:13 |
| 8. | "Love Potion No.9" (The Clovers cover) | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:04 |
| 9. | "You Always See What You Want" | Purser, Deverill | 3:12 |
| 10. | "Danger in Paradise" | John Parr | 3:29 |
| 11. | "The Actor" | Purser | 4:15 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 12. | "Life of Crime" | 3:35 |
| 13. | "Love's a Lie" | 2:52 |
| 14. | "What You Sayin'" | 3:19 |
| 15. | "Making Tracks" (extended remix) | 6:23 |
