Never, Neverland

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Never, Neverland
Never, Neverland.jpg
Studio album by
Annihilator
ReleasedSeptember 1990[1]
RecordedFebruary–April 1990
Studio
Genre
Length43:59
LabelRoadracer (US) Roadrunner (Europe)
ProducerGlen Robinson, Jeff Waters
Annihilator chronology
Alice in Hell
(1989) 		Never, Neverland
(1990) 		Set the World on Fire
(1993)
Singles from Never, Neverland
  1. "The Fun Palace"
    Released: 1990
  2. "Never, Neverland"
    Released: 1991
  3. "Stonewall"
    Released: 1991

Never, Neverland is the second album by heavy metal band Annihilator. It was released on September 12, 1990 under the label Roadrunner. The album was re-released twice: in 1998 with three demo tracks as bonus tracks and again on September 9, 2003 in a two-disc compilation set along with Alice in Hell, entitled Alice in Hell/Never Neverland (as part of Roadrunner Records Two from the Vault series).[2]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]
Rock Hard9.0/10 stars[3]
Select2/5 stars[4]

Nick Griffiths of Select gave the album a two-out-of-five rating, and described it as a "patchwork of half-fulfilled promises, it threatens more than it delivers." He noted that "only when the lead axe spits caterwauling speedplay and the trash rhythm do Annihilator finally wash their true colours in public" and that "elsewhere there's a tendency to steer into formularised ruts, escaping occasionally like on the ghoulish riffs of 'Sixes and Sevens'."[4]

Alex Henderson of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it "one of 1990's strongest metal releases".[1]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Jeff Waters.

No.TitleLength
1."The Fun Palace"5:51
2."Road to Ruin"3:42
3."Sixes and Sevens"5:20
4."Stonewall"4:50
5."Never, Neverland"5:29
6."Imperiled Eyes"5:27
7."Kraf Dinner"2:41
8."Phantasmagoria"3:59
9."Reduced to Ash"3:09
10."I Am in Command"3:34
1998 and 2003 bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Kraf Dinner" (demo)2:32
12."Mayhem" (demo of Reduced to Ash)2:54
13."Freed from the Pit" (demo of Road to Ruin)3:45

Credits[]

Band members
  • Coburn Pharr – vocals
  • Jeff Waters – guitars, bass, drum writing and arrangements
  • Wayne Darley – bass
  • Ray Hartmann – drums
Production
  • Glen Robinson – co-producer, engineer, mixing
  • Jeff Waters co-producer
  • Steve Royea – engineer
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Victor Dezso, Mark Van Der Wielen – photography
  • Nick Gilman – artwork, cover design
  • Len Rooney Creative – artwork
  • Len Rooney – cover design
  • Jeff Waters – cover concept
  • Len Rooney – cover concept
  • Monte Conner – executive producer
  • Recorded February–April 1990 at Vancouver Studios, Vancouver, Canada
  • Mixed in April 1990 at Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec, Canada
  • Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City, U.S.
  • Chris Gehringer – remastering
  • Satoshi Kobayashi – reissue design

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Henderson, Alex. "Annihilator Never, Neverland review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  2. ^ "Annihilator - Never, Neverland". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  3. ^ Holger, Stratmann. "RockHard: Review anzeigen" (in German). Rock Hard.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Griffiths, Nick (July 1990). "Reviews - The New Discs". Select. p. 86.
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