QR III
QR III is the fifth studio album released by American heavy metal band Quiet Riot. It was released in 1986 on Pasha/CBS. It is the last album to feature lead singer Kevin DuBrow until the 1993 album Terrified.
Background
QR III is short for "Quiet Riot III". Despite the record's name, this is actually the band's fifth studio album. However, it is their third major label/worldwide release. The band's first two releases were also titled Quiet Riot and Quiet Riot II, suggesting this serves as a third self-titled album.
Following the massive success of Metal Health and the more modest reception of Condition Critical (which failed to duplicate Metal Health's success, but still went top 20 and receive a platinum certification), sales of QRIII were even lower, reaching only No. 31 on the US charts and has yet to achieve any certification at all. It marked Quiet Riot's final plunge away from stardom as the band's following releases would not enter the charts at all.
This marks the first Quiet Riot album to feature Chuck Wright, formerly of Giuffria, on bass as an official member - prior to this, he had performed some uncredited bass work on the band's earlier albums. He would rejoin the band on an on/off basis over the years, and is in the current version of the group.
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Qr Iii
by: Quiet RiotWe're not the ones to blame
Burning passions mixed with pain
Past the point of no return
Nothing stays the same
The streets become our home
Restless souls out on our own
Trapped my ruins made by fools
Chasing the unknown
In the still of the night
With nowhere to turn
We took a roll of the dice
And we learn
And in the still of the night
Streets of fire will burn
As we run for our lives
To survive
Yeah
Voices in the dark
Calling us to play a part
Little be known the razor's edge
Have we gone too far?
Every chance that we take
There is a price that must be paid
It's easy come and easy go
But we are here to stay
Yeah!
In the still of the night
With nowhere to turn
We took a roll of the dice
And we learn
In the still of the night
Streets of fire will burn
As we run for our lives
To survive
Yeah
Oh!
In the still of the night (Of the night)
With nowhere to turn
We took a roll of the dice
And we learn
And in the still of the night
Streets of fire will burn
As we run, run for our lives
To survive
To survive
To survive
And where do I turn
In the still of the night
And what did I learn
In the still of the night
The fires still burn, yeah
Yeah, yeah