Chickenfoot is the debut studio album by American hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band

Band (music)

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 Chickenfoot

Chickenfoot (band)

Chickenfoot is an American rock supergroup, consisting of former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony , solo artist Joe Satriani and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. The band released their self-titled debut album, Chickenfoot, on June 5, 2009...

, released on June 5, 2009 in Europe and the US. The first pressing of the album was packaged with exclusive "heat sensitive" artwork that revealed an image when touched or exposed to heat above 84 degrees Fahrenheit.

On March 20, 2009, the band released two songs, "Soap on a Rope

Soap on a Rope

"Soap on a Rope" is the second track from hard rock band Chickenfoot's debut album Chickenfoot. The song was released on their official website on March 20, 2009.-Music video:...

" and "Down the Drain" on their official website. The band's first single, "Oh Yeah

Oh Yeah (Chickenfoot song)

"Oh Yeah!" is the first single and fourth track from rock band Chickenfoot's debut album Chickenfoot. It was released on 13 April 2009.-Information:...

", was released to radio stations nationwide, as well as on their official website, on April 13, 2009.

On October 7, 2009, the official Chickenfoot website revealed that the album had been certified Gold.

A deluxe edition with a DVD was released in the UK on October 26, 2009 and the US, exclusively at Best Buy stores, on November 1, 2009.

Recording

Regarding producer Andy Johns

Andy Johns

Andy Johns is an engineer and producer who worked on well-known rock albums such as Led Zeppelin's IV and The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street. His sound is exemplified by Free's album Highway, which he engineered and produced....

, bassist Michael Anthony states:

Track listing

Heat Sensitive artwork

On current pressings of the album, the front and back covers are printed with heat sensitive ink that changes appearance above and below 84 degrees fahrenheit (approximately 29 degrees celsius). When below 84 degrees (29°C) it appears only a white Chickenfoot logo (which is not printed in heat sensitive ink) on a black background. When above 84 degrees (29°C) it is the logo with four square zones with each band member in each one.

Band

• Sammy Hagar
  Sammy Hagar
  Sam Roy "Sammy" Hagar , also known as The Red Rocker, is an American rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Also sings Country Music....
  
   – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Joe Satriani
  Joe Satriani
  Joseph "Joe" Satriani is an American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, with multiple Grammy Award nominations...
  
   – lead guitar, keyboards
• Michael Anthony – bass, backing vocals
• Chad Smith
  Chad Smith
  Chad Smith is an American musician, best known as the longtime and current drummer of Red Hot Chili Peppers. Smith is also the drummer of the hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot which includes Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, and Michael Anthony, former Deep Purple vocalist Glenn Hughes' backing band and...
  
   – drums, percussion

Recording personnel

• Andy Johns
  Andy Johns
  Andy Johns is an engineer and producer who worked on well-known rock albums such as Led Zeppelin's IV and The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street. His sound is exemplified by Free's album Highway, which he engineered and produced....
  
   – producer, recording
• Bob Daspit – recording
• Dann Michael Thompson – recording, recording assistant, digital editing
• Mike Fraser
  Mike Fraser
  Mike Fraser is a Canadian record producer, engineer, and mixer. Mike is best known for his work with AC/DC, Metallica, Aerosmith and Joe Satriani...
  
   – recording, mixing
• Judy Kirschner – recording assistant
• John Cuniberti – recording assistant
• Jamie Durr – recording assistant
• Eric Mosher – mixing assistant, digital editing
• Andre Zweers – digital editing
• Bernie Grundman
  Bernie Grundman
  -Biography:He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1983 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan and Brian Gardner, mastered 37 projects which received Grammy Award nominations in 2005.Grundman...
  
   – mastering

Artwork

• Todd Gallopo – art direction and design
• Bryan Adams
  Bryan Adams
  Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
  
   – photography
• Jon Luini – digital strategy and video production

Chart performance

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Canadian Albums Chart	9
Finnish Albums Chart	36
U.S. Billboard 200	4
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums	3
U.S. Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums	4
U.S. Billboard Top Pop Catalog	14

Certifications

External links

• Chickenfoot at Discogs
  Discogs
  Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
  
  
• Chickenfoot at Metacritic
  Metacritic
  Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...