Alcatrazz "No Parole From Rock 'n' Roll"

No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll is the first album by the American heavy metal band Alcatrazz led by veteran singer Graham Bonnet, released in 1983. It spent seven weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart, peaking at No. 128. It is considered by fans of the group to be the best Alcatrazz release and launched guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen into a glittering solo career. The album is most famous for the singles "Island in the Sun" and "Jet to Jet". Other notable offerings are "Hiroshima Mon Amour", for which a video was shot (an excerpt for which was seen in the UK on the Channel 4 TV programme The Tube), "General Hospital" and "Incubus", a solo by Yngwie J. Malmsteen he continued to play during his solo career. It has always had a strong following in Japan and songs from which can still be found in karaoke bars today.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Island in the Sun" (Yngwie Malmsteen, Jimmy Waldo, Graham Bonnet) - 3:55
2. "General Hospital" (Malmsteen, Waldo, Bonnet) - 4:49
3. "Jet to Jet" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 4:27
4. "Hiroshima Mon Amour" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 4:00
5. "Kree Nakoorie" (Malmsteen, Waldo, Bonnet) - 6:10

Side two

1. "Incubus" (Malmsteen) - 1:24 (instrumental)
2. "Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 4:20
3. "Big Foot" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 4:06
4. "Starcarr Lane" (Malmsteen, Waldo, Bonnet) - 3:53
5. "Suffer Me" (Bonnet, Malmsteen) - 4:16

2011 & 2015 Reissue bonus tracks (instrumental demos)

1. "Island in the Sun" - 3:47
2. "General Hospital" - 4:10
3. "Jet to Jet" - 4:11
4. "Hiroshima Mon Amour" - 3:23
5. "Kree Nakoorie" - 5:18
6. "Incubus" - 1:43
7. "Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live" - 3:42
8. "Big Foot" - 3:54
9. "Starcarr Lane" - 4:29
10. "Suffer Me" - 3:25

Some copies exist that are pressed in translucent black vinyl.

In Europe and Japan, this album was released in October 1983, and in the United States in January 1984.

Tracks 1, 2, & 9 by Bonnet, Malmsteen & Waldo.

Track 6 by Malmsteen.

Tracks 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, & 10 by Bonnet & Malmsteen.

A video for "Island in the Sun" was made to promote this album.

Re-released in 2012 by The Store for Music with 10 bonus-tracks, instrumental demo versions:

1. Kree Nakoorie (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session)
2. Starcarr Lane (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session)
3. Island in the Sun (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session)
4. Big Foot (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session)
5. Hiroshima Mon Amour (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session)
6. General Hospital (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session)
7. Incubus (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session)
8. Suffer Me (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session)
9. Too Young to Die, Too Drunk to Live (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session)
10. Jet to Jet (Bonus Track - Original Instrumental Demo Session)