Quiet Riot's 1983 album Metal Health became the first heavy metal album to top the Billboard 200 chart, fundamentally changing the genre's commercial trajectory.
- "Metal Health" was produced by Spencer Proffer and engineered by Hank Linderman and Steve Ford. The album's success was significantly boosted by MTV airplay of the video for "Cum on Feel the Noize," a cover of the Slade song. It sold over 6 million copies in the US.
- The album was originally released on March 11, 1983, by Epic Records. It reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart and stayed there for two weeks. Quiet Riot's Metal Health is the first heavy metal album to reach the top of the Billboard 200.
- Despite the album's massive success, Quiet Riot's follow-up album, Condition Critical, failed to match its commercial performance, leading to a swift decline in the band's mainstream popularity.
Quiet Riot was an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1973. They were part of the early-'80s heavy metal scene that brought the genre into the mainstream.
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