Editing Flirtin' with Disaster

{{For|the song of the same name|Flirtin' with Disaster (song)}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Flirtin' with Disaster
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [[Molly Hatchet]]
| cover      = Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' with Disaster.jpg
| alt        =
| caption    = Cover art by [[Frank Frazetta]]
| released   = {{Start date|1979|09}}
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = Bee Jay Recording Studios, [[Orlando, Florida]]<br>[[Record Plant Studios]], [[Los Angeles]], California
| genre      = [[Southern rock]], [[boogie rock]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=38|s=17}}
| label      = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| producer   = [[Tom Werman]], Pat Armstrong
| prev_title = [[Molly Hatchet (album)|Molly Hatchet]]
| prev_year  = 1978
| next_title = [[Beatin' the Odds (Molly Hatchet album)|Beatin' the Odds]]
| next_year  = 1980
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Flirtin' with Disaster
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Jukin' City" / "Gunsmoke
 | single1date = 1979
 | single2     = [[It's All Over Now]]" / "Good Rockin'
 | single2date = 1979
 | single3     = [[Flirtin' with Disaster (song)|Flirtin' with Disaster]]" / "Gunsmoke
 | single3date = 1979
}}
}}
'''''Flirtin' with Disaster''''' is the second [[studio album]] by American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Molly Hatchet]], released in 1979 by [[Epic Records]]. The album was re-issued in 2001 with four bonus tracks. It is their best-selling album.

The cover is a painting by [[Frank Frazetta]] titled "Dark Kingdom."

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =[[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/flirtin-with-disaster-mw0000191042 | title = Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' with Disaster review | accessdate = July 2, 2011 | last = Theakstone | first = Rob | work = [[AllMusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = C+<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: M|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=M&bk=70|accessdate=March 8, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
|rev3Score = 7/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book |last1 = Popoff |first1 = Martin |authorlink1 = Martin Popoff |title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies |publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |date = October 2003 |location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn = 978-1894959025 |page=186}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev4score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=482}}</ref>
}}
''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' wrote that "Molly Hatchet is little more than just another in a too-long line of senseless and unimaginative southern boogie bands, rehashing party-boogie licks and singing the joys of cheap booze and even cheaper women."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Niester |first1=Alan |title=Flirtin' with Disaster Molly Hatchet |work=The Globe and Mail |date=27 Oct 1979 |page=F5}}</ref>

''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' deemed the title track "an obvious Skynyrd rip ... [that] possesses a certain rough charm."<ref name=RS/>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| title1 = Whiskey Man
| writer1 = ([[Danny Joe Brown]], [[Bruce Crump]], [[Dave Hlubek]], Steve Holland)
|note1 =
| length1 = 3:38
| title2 = [[It's All Over Now]]
| writer2 = ([[Bobby Womack]], Shirley Jean Womack)
|note2 = 
|length2 = 3:40
| title3 = One Man's Pleasure
| writer3 = (Brown, Hlubek, [[Duane Roland]])
|note3 = 
| length3 = 3:24
| title4 = Jukin' City
| writer4 = (Brown, Hlubek, Holland)
|note4 = 
| length4 = 3:46
| title5 = Boogie No More
| writer5 = (Brown, Crump, Hlubek, Holland, Roland, Banner Thomas) 
|note5 = 
| length5 = 6:08
| title6 = [[Flirtin' with Disaster (song)|Flirtin' with Disaster]]
| writer6 = (Brown, Hlubek, Thomas) 
|note6 = 
| length6 = 5:00
| title7 = Good Rockin'
| writer7 = (Brown, Crump, Hlubek, Holland, Roland, Thomas)
|note7 = 
| length7 = 3:17
| title8 = Gunsmoke
| writer8 = (Crump, Roland)
|note8 = 
| length8 = 3:11
| title9 = Long Time
| writer9 = (Brown, Hlubek, Holland)
|note9 = 
| length9 = 3:19
| title10 = Let the Good Times Roll
| writer10 = (Brown, Hlubek, Holland)
|note10 = 
| length10 = 2:56| total_length = 38:17
}}

==2001 Bonus tracks==
{{Track listing
| title11 = Silver and Sorrow
| writer11 = (Brown, Crump, Hlubek, Holland, Roland, Thomas) 
|note11 = demo
| length11 = 3:36 
| title12 = "Flirtin' with Disaster 
| writer12 = 
|note12 = live from Jacksonville, FL in 1980
| length12 = 3:36 
| title13 = One Man's Pleasure
| writer13 = 
|note13 = live from Jacksonville, FL in 1980
| length13 = 3:16 
| title14 = [[Cross Road Blues]]
| writer14 = ([[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]])
|note14 = live from Jacksonville, FL in 1980
| length14 = 4:13 | total_length = 55:51
}}

==Personnel==
;Molly Hatchet
*[[Danny Joe Brown]]&nbsp;–  vocals
*[[Dave Hlubek]]&nbsp;– guitar
*Steve Holland&nbsp;– guitar
*[[Duane Roland]]&nbsp;– guitar
*Banner Thomas&nbsp;– bass guitar
*[[Bruce Crump]]&nbsp;– drums

;Additional musicians
*[[Max Carl]]&nbsp;– background vocals on track 2
*[[Tom Werman]]&nbsp;– percussion
*Jai Winding&nbsp;– keyboard

;Production
*Tom Werman&nbsp;– producer
*Gary Ladinsky&nbsp;– engineer, mixing
*Bill Vermillion, Cary Pritkin&nbsp;– assistant engineers
*[[George Marino]]&nbsp;– mastering at [[Sterling Sound]], New York
*Pat Armstrong&nbsp;– executive producer, direction

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!Chart (1979)
!Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Canada|54|artist=Molly Hatchet|album=Flirtin' with Disaster|chartid=6858b|rowheader=true|access-date=November 27, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|19|artist=Molly Hatchet|rowheader=true|access-date=November 27, 2024}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1980)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US ''[[Billboard 200]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1980/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1980|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 27, 2021}}</ref>
| 24
|}
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==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|artist=Molly Hatchet|title=Flirtin' with Disaster|award=Gold|relyear=1979|certyear=1982}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Molly Hatchet|title=Disaster|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1979|certyear=1986}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Molly Hatchet}}

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[[Category:Molly Hatchet albums]]
[[Category:1979 albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Tom Werman]]
[[Category:Epic Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums with cover art by Frank Frazetta]]