Mean Business

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	To oppose or discuss a nomination, please go to CZ:Proposed for deletion and follow the instructions. For the monthly nomination lists, see Category:Articles for deletion. Mean Business Type Studio album Artist The Firm Release Date 3 February 1986 Recorded November - December 1985 at the Sol Studios, Berkshire Mixed at the Sol Studios, Berkshire. Genre Hard rock, rock Language English Length 39 minutes 20 seconds Label Atlantic Records Catalogue Atlantic 81628-1 (US), Atlantic 781 628-1 (UK) Producer Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers and Julian Mendelsohn Engineer Stuart Epps Mean Business is a studio album by the Firm, released by Atlantic Records on 3 February 1986. Overview The album's title was intended to have a double meaning: that the music business is a hard one, and that the band was serious about its music ('The Firm mean business'). Mean Business however did not achieve the same level of commercial success as the debut album, and the subsequent tour to promote the album had decreased ticket sales. Jimmy Page continued to experiment with his guitar tone introducing new effects pedals like chorus and volume units as well as his Roland guitar synthesizer. One of the album's tracks, 'Fortune Hunter' is a re-working of an instrumental track from Page's previous XYZ sessions. 'Live in Peace' was first recorded on Paul Rodgers' first solo album, 1983's Cut Loose. The differences between the two versions was that Chris Slade played the drums meno mosso than the Cut Loose version and Page added a bluesy pentatonic guitar solo at the coda. Jimmy Page and Paul Rodgers decided to mutually disband the Firm within four months of this album's release. Rodgers explained: ‘ Jimmy [Page] had been off the road and was very keen to get back, so we kind of compromised and said we'll make two albums and tour with them and see how we feel at the end of that time. At the end of the two years it was 'Okay, well, that was great, let's move on. ’ The album peaked at #22 on the Billboard's Billboard 200 album chart and #46 on the UK Album Chart, and the single 'All the King's Horses' spent four weeks at the top of Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Album information 1986 Track listing: Side 1: 'Fortune Hunter' (Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers) – 5:00 'Cadillac' (Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers) – 5:57 'All the King's Horses' (Paul Rodgers) – 3:16 'Live in Peace' (Paul Rodgers) – 5:05 Side 2: 'Tear Down the Walls' (Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers) – 4:43 'Dreaming' (Tony Franklin) – 6:00 'Free to Live' (Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers) – 4:13 'Spirit of Love' (Paul Rodgers) – 5:06 1986 Compact disc edition Same track listing and order as the vinyl release. Chart positions Album Chart (1986) Peak Position US Billboard The 200 Albums Chart 22 Canadian RPM Top 100 Chart 37 Swedish Albums Chart 43 UK Albums Chart 46 Singles Year Single Chart Position 1986 'All the King's Horses' US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart 1 1986 'All the King's Horses' US Billboard The Billboard Hot 100 Chart 61 1986 'All the King's Horses' US Cash Box Top 100 Singles Chart 67 1986 'Live in Peace' US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart 21 Credits Personnel Musicians: Paul Rodgers - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, producer Jimmy Page – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, producer Tony Franklin – bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals Chris Slade - drums, percussion, backing vocals Production: Julian Mendelsohn - producer Stuart Epps - engineer Steve Privett - tape operator, tea, gin and tonics Barry Diament - mastering Aubrey Powell - cover design Notes