Walkin' the Razor's Edge was the fourth album by the Canadian heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Helix

Helix (band)

Helix are a Canadian hard rock/heavy metal band. They formed in 1974, and are best known for their 1984 single "Rock You". The original lineup was formed by drummer Bruce Arnold, and consisted of lead vocalist Brian Vollmer, guitarists Ron Watson and Rick "Minstrel" Trembley, keyboardist Don...

. It was released on the Capitol Records

Capitol Records

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 label in 1984.

A music video was made for the Crazy Elephant

Crazy Elephant

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 cover "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'". Two versions of this video were filmed: One for music video channels, and the other being an "adult" version featuring topless models including a then 16-year-old porn star Traci Lords

Traci Lords

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. This version was aired on the Playboy Channel in the United States.

The band also made a promotional video for their A Foot in Coldwater

A Foot in Coldwater

A Foot in Coldwater is a Canadian rock band initially composed of Alex Machin , Bob Horne , Paul Naumann , Danny Taylor , and Hughie Leggat...

 cover, "(Make Me Do) Anything You Want", as well as "Rock You

Rock You

Sum 41 covered this Helix song for the soundtrack to the movie Fubar. The soundtrack featured classic Canadian rock songs covered by current Canadian rock artists.-Personnel:* Steve Jocz - Vocals* Jason "Cone" McCaslin - Bass* Dave "Brownsound" Baksh - Guitar...

". The video for "Rock You", filmed in a quarry

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 in Kitchener, Ontario

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, is perhaps best known for the image of guitar player Brent Doerner emerging from the water to play his guitar solo.

Track listing

Band members

• Brian Vollmer
  Brian Vollmer
  Brian Vollmer is the lead singer and only remaining original member of Canadian hard rock group Helix. Helix was formed in 1974 by original drummer Bruce Arnold. Since that time, Vollmer had gone from lead singer to defacto leader of band, weathering numerous lineup changes...
  
   - lead vocals
• Brent "The Doctor" Doerner - guitars, vocals
• Paul Hackman
  Paul Hackman
  Paul Wayne Hackman was a Canadian guitarist who performed with the rock band Helix from 1976 until his death in a road accident...
  
   - guitars, vocals
• Daryl Gray - bass guitar, vocals
• Greg "Fritz" Hinz - drums

Production

• Produced by Tom Treumuth for Hypnotic Productions except "Rock You" and "Young & Wreckless", co-produced by Helix
  Helix (band)
  Helix are a Canadian hard rock/heavy metal band. They formed in 1974, and are best known for their 1984 single "Rock You". The original lineup was formed by drummer Bruce Arnold, and consisted of lead vocalist Brian Vollmer, guitarists Ron Watson and Rick "Minstrel" Trembley, keyboardist Don...
  
   and Rodney Mills
  Rodney Mills
  Rodney Mills is an American mastering engineer in Atlanta, Georgia.He has been involved in the music industry for over 40 years and has earned over 50 gold and platinum records for engineering, producing, and mastering.- Biography :...
  
  
• Bonus track
  Bonus track
  In terms of recorded music, a bonus track is a piece of music which has been included on specific releases or reissues of an album. This is most often done as a promotional device, either as an incentive to customers to purchase albums they might otherwise not, or to repurchase albums they already...
  
  s produced by Simon Hanhart.
• Recorded & Engineered by Dave Wittman

Recorded at Phase One Recording Studio (Toronto, Ontario), Electric Lady

Electric Lady Studios

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 (New York

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), Studio One (Atlanta).

• Originally Mastered by Bob Ludwig.
  
• Remastered by Jon Astley (2009 Rock Candy version)
• Management: William Seip Management.

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1984	Canada	#27
	Billboard Top 200	#69

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Highest
1985	"Rock You Rock You Sum 41 covered this Helix song for the soundtrack to the movie Fubar. The soundtrack featured classic Canadian rock songs covered by current Canadian rock artists.-Personnel:* Steve Jocz - Vocals* Jason "Cone" McCaslin - Bass* Dave "Brownsound" Baksh - Guitar... "	Canadian Singles Chart	#32
	"(Make Me Do) Anything You Want"		#44