# Three Lock Box

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Three Lock Box
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Sammy Hagar](/source/Sammy_Hagar)
| cover      = Three_Lock_Box.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|1982|12|06}}<ref>{{cite magazine|date=December 3, 1982|title=New Releases|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1982/FMQB-Album-1982-12-03.pdf|magazine=[FMQB](/source/FMQB)|page=32|access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref>
| recorded   = 1982
| venue      =
| studio     = Goodnight LA (Los Angeles)
| genre      = [Hard rock](/source/Hard_rock)
| length     = 39:10
| label      = [Geffen](/source/Geffen_Records)
| producer   = [Keith Olsen](/source/Keith_Olsen)
| prev_title = [Standing Hampton](/source/Standing_Hampton)
| prev_year  = 1982
| next_title = [Live 1980](/source/Live_1980_(Sammy_Hagar_album))
| next_year  = 1983
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Three Lock Box
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy](/source/Your_Love_Is_Driving_Me_Crazy)
 | single1date = 1982
 | single2     = Remember the Heroes
 | single2date = 1983
 | single3     = I Don't Need Love
 | single3date = 1983 
 | single4     = Never Give Up
 | single4date = 1983
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |title=Three Lock Box Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/three-lock-box-mw0000194042 |website=AllMusic |access-date=20 July 2023}}</ref>
}}
'''''Three Lock Box''''' is the seventh studio album by the American [rock](/source/Rock_music) vocalist [Sammy Hagar](/source/Sammy_Hagar), released on December 6, 1982 by [Geffen Records](/source/Geffen_Records). This album has appearances by [Loverboy](/source/Loverboy)'s [Mike Reno](/source/Mike_Reno), [Journey](/source/Journey_(band))'s [Jonathan Cain](/source/Jonathan_Cain) and [Mr. Mister](/source/Mr._Mister)'s [Richard Page](/source/Richard_Page_(musician)). It peaked at number 17 on the [Billboard 200](/source/Billboard_200) album charts on April 9, 1983.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sammy-hagar/chart-history/tlp/|title=Chart History - Sammy Hagar - Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=October 12, 2020}}</ref> His only top 20 solo hit, "[Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy](/source/Your_Love_Is_Driving_Me_Crazy)", reached #13 on the [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) in 1983 and #3 on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock songs chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Rock Albums & Top Tracks|magazine=Billboard|date=Jan 15, 1983|page=18|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1983/BB-1983-01-15.pdf|access-date=December 14, 2016}}</ref>

==Song information==
The lyrics to the title track presented a story with a more philosophical bent: "It's got to do with deep sea diving, when you look for a buried treasure. The ultimate treasure would be a sunken treasure with three locks on it, because that means it was the most valuable stuff that the queen had on that ship. And you need three different guys with keys to open it, that way no one could steal it. So a 'Three Lock Box' to me is within yourself. If you unlock the treasure of your physical, and your mental and your spiritual potential - those three in balance - you are a real human being and almost godly."<ref>Hagar, Sammy. ''Rockline''. April 14, 1994</ref>

Elsewhere, Hagar said, "The three lock box can also be a woman's body. The cover of the LP shows the lips, which is one of the locks, and the others I think you can figure out for yourself."<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine= [Kerrang!](/source/Kerrang!) | title=Boxing Clever|author=Dante Bonutto |issue=35| date=10 February 1983|page=27}}</ref>

==Reception==
''[Kerrang!](/source/Kerrang!)'' said, "It's an experimental album that has failed overall, an interesting exploration which doesn't improve on tried and tested formulas. It grows on you the more you listen to it, but is that just familiarity breeding acceptability?"<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine= [Kerrang!](/source/Kerrang!) | title=Kuts|author=Howard Johnson |issue=33| date=13 January 1983|page=12}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline     = Side one
| all_writing  = [Sammy Hagar](/source/Sammy_Hagar), except where noted.
| title1       = Three Lock Box 
| length1      = 3:22
| title2       = Remote Love
| length2      = 3:54
| title3       = Remember the Heroes
| writer3      = {{hlist|[Jonathan Cain](/source/Jonathan_Cain)|Hagar}}
| length3      = 5:58
| title4       = [Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy](/source/Your_Love_Is_Driving_Me_Crazy)
| length4      = 3:30
| title5       = In the Room
| length5      = 3:42
}}
{{Track listing
| headline     = Side two
| title6       = Rise of the Animal
| length6      = 5:30
| title7       = I Wouldn't Change a Thing
| length7      = 3:19
| title8       = Growing Up
| length8      = 3:16
| title9       = Never Give Up
| writer9      = {{hlist|[Keith Olsen](/source/Keith_Olsen)|[Alan Pasqua](/source/Alan_Pasqua)}}
| length9      = 3:14
| title10      = I Don't Need Love
| writer10     = {{hlist|Bill Church|Hagar|[David Lauser](/source/David_Lauser)|[Gary Pihl](/source/Gary_Pihl)}}
| length10     = 3:08
| total_length = 39:10
}}

==Personnel==

===Band===
* [Sammy Hagar](/source/Sammy_Hagar) – lead vocals, guitar 
* [Gary Pihl](/source/Gary_Pihl) – guitar
* Bill Church – bass
* [David Lauser](/source/David_Lauser) – drums

===Guests===
* [Jonathan Cain](/source/Jonathan_Cain) – keyboards and backing vocals on "Remember the Heroes"
* [Mike Reno](/source/Mike_Reno) – vocals on "Remember the Heroes"

===Additional personnel===
*[Alan Pasqua](/source/Alan_Pasqua) – keyboards
*Patrick Gleason – sound effects
*[Richard Page](/source/Richard_Page_(musician)) – additional backing vocals
*[Tom Kelly](/source/Tom_Kelly_(musician)) – additional backing vocals
*[Greg Fulginiti](/source/Greg_Fulginiti) - mastering

== Singles ==
* "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy" b/w "I Don't Need Love" - US (Geffen 7-29816)
* "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy" b/w "I Don't Need Love" - Spain (Geffen GEF A-3043)
* "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy" b/w "I Don't Need Love" - Holland (Geffen A-3043)
* "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy" b/w "I Don't Need Love" - US (Geffen PRO-A-1086)
* "Never Give Up" b/w "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" - US (Geffen 7-29718)
* "Never Give Up" b/w "Rise of the Animal"/"Three Lock Box" - US (Geffen PRO-A-2008)

==Releases==
* Geffen Records (US LP): GHS 2021
* Geffen Records (Japan): 25AP 2485
* Geffen Records (Holland): GEF 25254
* Geffen Records (US CD): 2021-1
* MCA Victor (Japan): MVCG-21005

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1982–1983)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|17|artist=Sammy Hagar|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 5, 2021}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1983)
! scope="col"| Position
|- 
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1983/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1983|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=March 5, 2021}}</ref>
| 46
|}
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==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Sammy Hagar|title=Three Lock Box|award=Gold|relyear=1982|certyear=1983|accessdate=March 5, 2021}}
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==External links==
* [http://www.redrocker.com/discography/three-lock-box Track listing and lyrics] from Hagar's official site

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Sammy Hagar}}

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Category:1982 albums
Category:Sammy Hagar albums
Category:Albums produced by Keith Olsen
Category:Geffen Records albums

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