Sammy Haggar ? Standing Hampton ? NM 1982 Geffen Club Edition Vinyl LP w/Insert

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Standing Hampton Studio album by  Sammy Hagar Released January 6, 1982 Recorded Spring-Summer 1981 Studio Goodnight L.A. Studios, Los Angeles Genre Hard rock Length 42:04 Label Geffen Producer Keith Olsen Sammy Hagar chronology Danger Zone
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Standing Hampton is the sixth studio album by American rock vocalist Sammy Hagar, released on January 6, 1982 by Geffen. This is his first album after moving from Capitol Records to Geffen. It was his first album to achieve RIAA certification, eventually going platinum, and five of its singles charted in either the mainstream rock or pop singles charts.

The British version of the album was released with a bonus interview 45rpm called Conversations with Sammy Hagar (Geffen XPS 133).

Title and artwork

Hagar has said that he was originally going to call this album One Way To Rock. It was a British fan who told him of the term that came to be the title. In Cockney rhyming slang, a "Hampton" is a substitution for penis (Hampton Wick rhymes with "prick"). One that is "standing" would be a reference to an erection. This led to the cover art that shows a gentleman greeting a woman in various states of undress. The liner notes on the inner sleeve state that the cover graphics were inspired by the work of Surrealist painter Paul Delvaux.

Song information

• "I'll Fall in Love Again" was used in the soundtrack to the film Vision Quest.
• A couple of non-album tracks, "Don't Get Hooked" and "Satisfied", appeared as B-sides and have not been released in any other format since.
• "There's Only One Way to Rock" went on to be one of Hagar's biggest solo hits and a signature tune. This song, along with "I Can't Drive 55", were the two Hagar songs that Van Halen consistently played when he joined the band.
• A different version of the song "Heavy Metal" was used for the soundtrack for the animated movie Heavy Metal.
• The lyrics to the song "Inside Lookin' In" refers to "ringin' just like one UXB". UXB is an acronym for an "unexploded bomb". No known references to the UK punk band UXB have ever been cited.
• The lyrics to "Sweet Hitchhiker" refers to "Blaupunkt blastin' my favorite song". Blaupunkt refers to a popular brand of car stereo.
• "Piece of My Heart" is a cover of the song originally recorded by Erma Franklin and made famous by Janis Joplin.

Track listing

All songs written by Sammy Hagar, except where noted.