''Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker'' is the third album by the Joe Perry Project, released in 1983 on

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Joe Perry and Mach Bell; except where indicated. ;Side one #"Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker" – 2:58 #"Black Velvet Pants" (Perry) – 3:20 #"Women in Chains" (Ronnie Brooks, Harold Tipton, Tom DeLuca) – 4:05 #"Four Guns West" – 4:28 #"Crossfire" – 5:43 ;Side two #"Adrianna" – 3:20 #"King of the Kings" – 4:02 #"

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) – 3:55 ( T. Rex cover) #"Walk with Me Sally" – 3:14 #"Never Wanna Stop" – 4:27

Outtakes

#"When Worlds Collide" #"First One's for Free" #"Going Down" #"They'll Never Take Me Alive" #"Into the Night" #"Something Else" "When Worlds Collide" and "Going Down" were often included in setlists of The Joe Perry Project prior to the recording sessions of the album, with "Something Else" performed during the tour for the album.

Alternate song titles

#"No Time for Women" -> "Once a Rocker..." #"When Do I Sleep" -> "Adrianna"

Personnel

* Joe Perry – electric and acoustic guitars, lap steel guitar, slide guitar, six-string bass, producer * "Cowboy" Mach Bell – vocals, percussion * Danny Hargrove – bass, backing vocals * Joe Pet – drums, congas, timbales, gong, backing vocals * Harry King – piano, associate producer * Mark Parenteau – chains ("Women In Chains") * Jim Biggins, Rick Cunningham - saxophones ;Production *Michael Golub – engineer, associate producer *Ed Goodreau, Meg Bryant – tape operators *

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References

1983 albums The Joe Perry Project albums MCA Records albums {{1980s-hard-rock-album-stub