| Rock Until You Drop | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 1981[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Studio | Impulse Studios (Wallsend, England) | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 46:36 | |||
| Label | Neat | |||
| Producer | Steve Thompson and Raven | |||
| Raven chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[3] |
Rock Until You Drop is the first full-length album by British heavy metal band Raven, released in 1981. The album was the first of many heavy metal studio albums issued by British independent label Neat Records.[4] It reached position No. 63 in the UK Albums Chart.[5]
The song "Lambs to the Slaughter" was covered by German thrash metal band Kreator on their Out of the Dark... Into the Light EP, added to the re-mastered Terrible Certainty CD in 2000.
Track listing
All songs written by Gallagher, Gallagher and Hunter, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hard Ride" | 3:10 |
| 2. | "Hell Patrol" | 4:43 |
| 3. | "Don't Need Your Money" | 3:22 |
| 4. | "Over the Top" | 3:51 |
| 5. | "39-40" | 0:51 |
| 6. | "For the Future" | 4:04 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Rock Until You Drop" | 4:02 | |
| 8. | "Nobody's Hero" | 3:50 | |
| 9. | "Hellraiser / Action" (Sweet cover) | Chinn, Chapman, Scott, Connolly, Priest, Tucker | 4:21 |
| 10. | "Lambs to the Slaughter" | 3:51 | |
| 11. | "Tyrant of the Airways" | 7:16 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Wiped Out" | 4:30 |
| 13. | "Crazy World" | 3:57 |
| 14. | "Inquisitor" | 3:53 |
Personnel
Raven
- John Gallagher – lead vocals, bass, classical guitar
- Mark Gallagher – electric guitar, backing vocals
- Rob Hunter – drums, backing vocals
Production
- Steve Thompson – producer
- Mickey Sweeney – engineer
References
- ↑ "Metal Archives". 21 November 2022.
- ↑ Henderson, Alex. "Raven Rock Until You Drop review". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 283. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- ↑ "Raven (Gbr) - Rock Until You Drop". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ↑ "Rock Until You Drop The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
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