Dangerous Moments is the third album by the English rock musician Martin Briley, released in 1985 by Mercury Records.[1][2] The album art (an up-perspective shot of Briley juxtaposed against an inverted cityscape) was nominated for a Grammy Award.[3] The album was produced by Phil Ramone.[4]

Dangerous Moments
Studio album by
Released1985
RecordedMay–August 1984
Studio
GenrePop rock
LabelMercury
ProducerPhil Ramone
Martin Briley chronology
One Night with a Stranger
(1983)
Dangerous Moments
(1985)
It Comes in Waves
(2006)

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [5]
The Philadelphia Inquirer    [6]

The Philadelphia Inquirer panned the "humorless rock songs", but wrote that "Briley's vocals are OK in a wimpy Phil Collins-ish sort of way".[6]

Track listing edit

All songs written by Martin Briley, except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Dangerous Moments" – 4:03
  2. "Think of Me" (Briley, Nick Gilder) – 3:46
  3. "Ghosts" – 4:26
  4. "It Shouldn't Have to Hurt That Much" (Briley, Peter Wood) – 4:25
  5. "Alone at Last" – 3:43

Side two

  1. "Before the Party Ends" – 3:06
  2. "If This Is What It Means" (Briley, Rob Fahey) – 3:20
  3. "Dirty Windows" – 4:46
  4. "School for Dogs" – 3:05
  5. "Underwater" – 3:55

Personnel edit

Musicians

Technical

  • Phil Ramone – producer
  • Michael Barry – engineer
  • Ed Rak – engineer
  • Bobby Cohen – engineer
  • Peter Hefter – assistant engineer
  • Michael Allaire – assistant engineer
  • Michael Abbott – assistant engineer
  • Billy Straus – assistant engineer
  • Jim Boyer – mixing
  • Joseph D'Ambrosio – production coordinator
  • Kathryn Radcliffe – production coordinator
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Murry Whiteman – art direction, cover concept
  • Bill Lewy – art direction
  • Stan Watts – art direction, cover concept, illustration
  • Martin Briley – cover concept
  • Lumel & Whiteman Studio – design
  • Waring Abbott – photography

References edit

  1. ^ Benarde, Scott (8 February 1985). "Rock/Pop". Sun Sentinel. p. 33S.
  2. ^ "Martin Briley Biography by Tom Demalon". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  3. ^ Martin Briley: The Art
  4. ^ "Phil Ramone: The Billboard Salute". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 19. 11 May 1996. p. PR40.
  5. ^ "Dangerous Moments Review by William Ruhlmann". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  6. ^ a b Rea, Steven (27 January 1985). "Martin Briley Dangerous Moments". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. J4.