Album · Quiet Riot
Quiet Riot II by Quiet Riot
Quiet Riot II is an album by Quiet Riot, released in 1978. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Slick, Black Cadillac”, on 1 list with a best position of #772.
Quiet Riot II hit the racks on December 2, 1978, and only in Japan: the second album from the Los Angeles hard rockers that Randy Rhoads, Kelly Garni and Kevin DuBrow had started up in 1973. DuBrow hollers up front, Drew Forsyth bashes away behind the kit, and the bass spot changed hands from Garni to Rudy Sarzo that year. It's glam-streaked hard rock, loud and brash and a little bit gaudy.
The real story is the guitar. This was the last Quiet Riot album with Rhoads, whose playing already crackles with the flash that would get him noticed on the first pair of solo records Ozzy Osbourne made. The band found its fortune later with a different lineup, when DuBrow, Sarzo, Carlos Cavazo and Frankie Banali made Metal Health in 1983, the first metal record ever to reach number one on the Billboard albums list.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Quiet Riot II on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slick, Black Cadillac | 1 | #772 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.