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Dangerous Game, is an album by Mary Weiss released by Norton Records in 2007.

A critically acclaimed album, Weiss was backed by The Reigning Sound.

Background
Mary Weiss was the lead singer of the 1960s girl group The Shangri-Las, that released a number of hit pop songs between 1964 and 1966. After their split in 1968, Weiss gave up singing, and worked for an architectural firm and as a commercial interior designer.

In 2005, Weiss left her job to return to music. She was persuaded by Greg Cartwright to record a solo album, despite having not sung in almost 20 years. She recalled that she didn't even sing along to the car radio.

Production
Billy Miller, manager at Norton Records met Weiss at a party in 2005 for Rhino Records' box set One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found. In 2007 she contacted him, and suggested that she might be up for recording again. He proposed the Memphis garage rock band the Reigning Sound as collaborators, and Weiss after download the band's catalog, gave her approval.

Track list
The streaming version of the album has the song "A Certain Guy" as bonus track.

Reception
The reception of the album was generally positve.

Pitchfork critic Jess Harvell praised the album summarizing : "from Cartwright's reverent licks to Weiss' surprisingly sturdy vocals, Dangerous Game is a small, self-contained triumph, an understated comeback", and that "the sunny throwback simplicity of the music is what makes Dangerous Game great."

Will Harris writing for Q magazine, described it as "a collection of songs which took the classic Shangri-Las sound and melded them with garage-rock sensibilities", and noted that "the end result was critically acclaimed, and [...] helped reestablish her reputation as one of the most memorable female vocalists to emerge during the 1960s."

For future use

 * https://www.npr.org/2007/03/06/7728783/mary-weiss-comes-back-for-a-dangerous-game
 * https://www.vintageguitar.com/3196/mary-weiss-dangerous-game/
 * https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/301516/reviewed-mary-weiss-dangerous-game/
 * https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/mar/16/popandrock1

Cover:

Mary Weiss - Dangerous Game - Album cover.jpg The picture sleeve of the Mary Weiss' 2007 album "Dangerous Game". Dangerous Game (album) Rotodesign - Patrick Broderick / Norton Records https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Remember_(Walking_in_the_Sand)_Japanese_picture_sleeve.jpg