Flirtin’ With Disaster by Molly Hatchet

Flirtin' with Disaster, Molly Hatchet's second studio album, rolled out on Epic in 1979, and it's Jacksonville, Florida, Southern rock with its boots on the bar and its guitars stacked three deep. Band founder Dave Hlubek, Steve Holland and Duane Roland handle the six-strings, Bruce Crump drives the drums, and Tom Werman's production keeps the whole rowdy mess punchy and tight.

The title track is the calling card, a galloping, snarling boogie that charted as a single, and the rest of the record rides the same hard-charging groove. Frank Frazetta's painting "Dark Kingdom" on the cover told you exactly what kind of party this was. It became the band's best-selling album, going platinum between their self-titled debut and Beatin' the Odds, and a 2001 reissue added four bonus tracks.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.