Released in 1981, ''Rockihnroll'' is the sixth

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

Greg Kihn Gregory Stanley Kihn (; July 10, 1949 – August 13, 2024) was an American rock musician, radio personality, and novelist. He founded and led the Greg Kihn Band and he wrote several popular horror novels. He is best known for the hits " The Br ...

and the third album as

the Greg Kihn Band The Greg Kihn Band was an American band that was started by frontman Greg Kihn and bassist Steve Wright (bassist), Steve Wright. Their most successful singles include "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" (Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' H ...

. It produced the band's second highest-charting single, "

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" is a song written by Greg Kihn and Steve Wright and recorded by the American rock band the Greg Kihn Band. It is the first single from the band's sixth studio album, '' RocKihnRoll'' (1981). The song's m ...

Critical reception

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'' wrote that the album "starts out like a house-a-fire with three meaty, catchy, finely crafted power pop tunes."

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

;The Greg Kihn Band *

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Dave Carpender Dave Carpender (January 23, 1950 – September 26, 2007) was an American musician best known as the guitarist for The Greg Kihn Band from 1976 to 1983. They had a #2 US /#63 UK hit in 1983 with "Jeopardy" and a #15 US hit in 1981 with "The Break ...

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

* Gary Phillips - keyboards, backing vocals * Steve Wright -

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, backing vocals, keyboards *

Larry Lynch Larry Lynch (born c. 1950) is an American former drummer for the Greg Kihn Band. They had a #2 US hit with " Jeopardy" in 1983 and a #15 hit with " The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)". After leaving the Greg Kihn band, "Larry Lynch and MOB ( ...

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, backing vocals, percussion

Production

*Producer:

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*Engineers: Don Cody, Richard Corsello *Mastering: George Horn *Art direction: Ron Coro, Norm Ung *Artwork/Design: Mike Fink *Logistics: Brian Murray

References

{{Authority control Greg Kihn albums 1981 albums Beserkley Records albums