Dangerous Games is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Alcatrazz. It marked a drastic departure from the band's two previous albums with its heavily Japanese-influenced style. It was also the first and only appearance for new guitarist Danny Johnson who replaced Steve Vai after he left the band to join the David Lee Roth Band in 1986, and the last studio album that Alcatrazz had released for 34 years, until the release of Born Innocent in 2020.

Track listing

(Songwriters listed in parentheses.) Side one "It's My Life" (Carl D'Erico, Roger Atkins) – 4:10 "Undercover" (Danny Johnson, Jimmy Waldo, Jo Eime, Graham Bonnet) – 3:41 "That Ain't Nothin'" (Johnson, Waldo, Eime, Bonnet, Gary Shea, Jan Uvena) – 3:53 "No Imagination" (Eime, Bonnet) – 3:16 "Ohayo Tokyo" (Eime, Bonnet) – 2:59

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Side two

"Dangerous Games" (Johnson) – 3:26

"Blue Boar" (Johnson, Waldo, Eime, Bonnet) – 3:14

"Only One Woman" (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb) – 3:43 (The Marbles cover) "The Witchwood" (Johnson, Waldo, Eime, Bonnet) – 4:00 "Double Man" (Johnson, Waldo, Eime, Bonnet, Shea, Uvena) – 4:30 "Night of the Shooting Star" (Eime, Bonnet) – 1:04

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Personnel

Band members

Graham Bonnet – vocals, backing vocals

Danny Johnson – guitar, backing vocals

Jimmy Waldo – keyboards, backing vocals

Gary Shea – bass

Jan Uvena – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Jay Davis – backing vocals

Jimmy Haslip – bass

Production

Richard Podolor – producer

Bill Cooper – engineer

Mike Reese – mastering

Jo Eime - lyricist

Roy Kohara – art direction

Wendy Dio, Niji Management Inc. – management

References

1986 albums

Alcatrazz albums

Albums produced by Richard Podolor

Capitol Records albums

Dangerous Games (album)