# Dangerous Moments

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Dangerous Moments
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Martin Briley](/source/Martin_Briley)
| cover      = mbdm.jpg
| released   = 1985
| recorded   = May–August 1984 
| studio     = *[The Hit Factory](/source/The_Hit_Factory) (New York City)
*Clinton Recording (New York City) 
| genre      = [Pop rock](/source/Pop_rock)
| label      = [Mercury](/source/Mercury_Records)
| producer   = [Phil Ramone](/source/Phil_Ramone)
| prev_title = [One Night with a Stranger](/source/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](/source/rock_music) musician [Martin Briley](/source/Martin_Briley), released in 1985 by [Mercury Records](/source/Mercury_Records).<ref>{{cite news |last=Benarde |first=Scott |title=Rock/Pop |work=[Sun Sentinel](/source/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](/source/AllMusic) |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref> The [album art](/source/album_cover) (an up-perspective shot of Briley juxtaposed against an inverted cityscape) was nominated for a [Grammy Award](/source/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](/source/Phil_Ramone).<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Phil Ramone: The Billboard Salute |magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) |date=May 11, 1996 |volume=108 |issue=19 |page=PR40}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
{{music ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer)'' panned the "humorless rock songs", but wrote that "Briley's vocals are OK in a wimpy [Phil Collins](/source/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](/source/The_Salt_in_My_Tears_(Martin_Briley_song))", 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](/source/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](/source/Martin_Briley) – lead and backing vocals, guitar, synthesizers, percussion
*[Steve Holley](/source/Steve_Holley) – drums
*[Anton Fig](/source/Anton_Fig) – drums
*Frank Vilardi – drums
*[Carmine Rojas](/source/Carmine_Rojas) – bass guitar
*[G. E. Smith](/source/G._E._Smith) – guitars
*[Dennis Herring](/source/Dennis_Herring) – guitars 
*Peter Wood – synthesizers, piano
*David Lebolt – synthesizers, piano
*[Ralph MacDonald](/source/Ralph_MacDonald) – percussion
*Anthony MacDonald – percussion
*[Eric Troyer](/source/Eric_Troyer) – backing vocals
*[Rory Dodd](/source/Rory_Dodd) – backing vocals
*[Ellen Foley](/source/Ellen_Foley) – backing vocals
*[David Lasley](/source/David_Lasley) – backing vocals
*David Grahame – backing vocals

'''Technical'''
*[Phil Ramone](/source/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](/source/Billy_Straus) – assistant engineer
*[Jim Boyer](/source/Jim_Boyer_(audio_engineer)) – mixing
*Joseph D'Ambrosio – production coordinator
*Kathryn Radcliffe – production coordinator
*[Ted Jensen](/source/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

==References==
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