Dangerous Moments

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox album | name = Dangerous Moments | type = studio | artist = Martin Briley | cover = mbdm.jpg | released = 1985 | recorded = May–August 1984 | studio = *The Hit Factory (New York City) *Clinton Recording (New York City) | genre = Pop rock | label = Mercury | producer = Phil Ramone | prev_title = One Night with a Stranger | prev_year = 1983 | next_title = It Comes in Waves | next_year = 2006 }} '''''Dangerous Moments''''' is the third album by the English rock musician Martin Briley, released in 1985 by Mercury Records.<ref>{{cite news |last=Benarde |first=Scott |title=Rock/Pop |work=Sun Sentinel |date=8 Feb 1985 |page=33S}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Briley Biography by Tom Demalon |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/martin-briley-mn0000310976/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref> The album art (an up-perspective shot of Briley juxtaposed against an inverted cityscape) was nominated for a Grammy Award.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.martinbriley.com/the_art.htm |title=Martin Briley: The Art |access-date=12 September 2012 |archive-date=30 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230215749/http://martinbriley.com/the_art.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The album was produced by Phil Ramone.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Phil Ramone: The Billboard Salute |magazine=Billboard |date=May 11, 1996 |volume=108 |issue=19 |page=PR40}}</ref>

==Critical reception== {{music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Dangerous Moments Review by William Ruhlmann |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dangerous-moments-mw0000189249 |website=AllMusic |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref> |rev2 = ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' |rev2score = {{rating|2|4}}<ref name="PI">{{cite news |last1=Rea |first1=Steven |title=Martin Briley Dangerous Moments |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=27 Jan 1985 |page=J4}}</ref> }} ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' panned the "humorless rock songs", but wrote that "Briley's vocals are OK in a wimpy Phil Collins-ish sort of way".<ref name=PI/> Other contemporary reviews described ''Dangerous Moments'' as a commercial‑minded effort that failed to replicate the success of Briley's earlier hit "Salt in My Tears", characterizing it as more conventional pop‑rock than innovative.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Facts |first=Record |date=2025-02-14 |title=Martin Briley – Dangerous Moments (1984) |url=https://historicalalbumsdatabase.wordpress.com/2025/02/14/martin-briley-dangerous-moments-1984/ |access-date=2026-04-09 |website=Record-facts... |language=en}}</ref>

==Track listing== All songs written by Martin Briley, except where noted.

'''Side one''' # "Dangerous Moments" – 4:03 # "Think of Me" (Briley, Nick Gilder) – 3:46 # "Ghosts" – 4:26 # "It Shouldn't Have to Hurt That Much" (Briley, Peter Wood) – 4:25 # "Alone at Last" – 3:43

'''Side two''' # "Before the Party Ends" – 3:06 # "If This Is What It Means" (Briley, Rob Fahey) – 3:20 # "Dirty Windows" – 4:46 # "School for Dogs" – 3:05 # "Underwater" – 3:55

==Personnel== '''Musicians''' *Martin Briley – lead and backing vocals, guitar, synthesizers, percussion *Steve Holley – drums *Anton Fig – drums *Frank Vilardi – drums *Carmine Rojas – bass guitar *G. E. Smith – guitars *Dennis Herring – guitars *Peter Wood – synthesizers, piano *David Lebolt – synthesizers, piano *Ralph MacDonald – percussion *Anthony MacDonald – percussion *Eric Troyer – backing vocals *Rory Dodd – backing vocals *Ellen Foley – backing vocals *David Lasley – backing vocals *David Grahame – backing vocals

'''Technical''' *Phil Ramone – producer *Michael Barry – engineer *Ed Rak – engineer *Bobby Cohen – engineer *Peter Hefter – assistant engineer *Michael Allaire – assistant engineer *Michael Abbott – assistant engineer *Billy Straus – assistant engineer *Jim Boyer – mixing *Joseph D'Ambrosio – production coordinator *Kathryn Radcliffe – production coordinator *Ted Jensen – mastering *Murry Whiteman – art direction, cover concept *Bill Lewy – art direction *Stan Watts – art direction, cover concept, illustration *Martin Briley – cover concept *Lumel & Whiteman Studio – design *Waring Abbott – photography

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Category:Martin Briley albums Category:1985 albums Category:Mercury Records albums Category:Albums produced by Phil Ramone