''The Deed Is Done'' is the sixth

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by American

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. It was released in 1984 through

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. This is the first Molly Hatchet album with only two guitarists, after Steve Holland had been replaced by ex- Danny Joe Brown Band keyboard player John Galvin and the return of drummer

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. It was also the band's last album for 21 years to feature longtime guitarist

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. The sound of the album is quite different from the southern rock of the band's earlier offerings, completing the transition towards more commercial and FM-friendly hard rock. ''The Deed Is Done'' is also Molly Hatchet's last studio album released on

, and their last one to date to enter the ''

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'' charts. It was reissued in 2013 under the German label

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Track listing

Personnel

;Molly Hatchet *

Danny Joe Brown Danny Joe Brown (August 24, 1951 – March 10, 2005)
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- guitar *John Galvin - keyboards *Riff West -

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;Additional musicians *

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, Tom DeLuca, Steve Bassett,

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- saxophone ;Production *

- producer, engineer, mixing *Andy de Ganahl, Dana Cornock - assistant engineers *

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- mastering at

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, New York *Ezra Tucker - cover art

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deed Is Done Molly Hatchet albums 1984 albums Epic Records albums