Perfect Man (Rage album)
Perfect Man | ||||
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Released | 6 June 1988 | |||
Recorded | February–March 1988 | |||
Studio | Sky Trak Studios Berlin, Germany | |||
Genre | Speed metal | |||
Length | 43:46 | |||
Label | Noise | |||
Producer | Armin Sabol | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 9/10[2] |
Perfect Man is the third full-length album released by the heavy metal band Rage in 1988. It's the first album from the Refuge Years line-up, with the new members Manni Schmidt and Chris Efthimiadis. The album was remastered by Noise/Sanctuary in 2002 with slightly altered cover art, and five bonus tracks.[3]
Track listing[]
All lyrics by Peter Wagner, music as noted.
Original release[]
- "Wasteland" (Wagner) – 3:26
- "In the Darkest Hour" (Wagner) – 3:17
- "Animal Instinct" (Manni Schmidt, Wagner) – 3:48
- "Perfect Man" (Wagner) – 3:35
- "Sinister Thinking" (Schmidt, Wagner) – 3:18
- "Supersonic Hydromatic" (Schmidt, Wagner) – 3:34
- "Don't Fear the Winter" (Wagner) – 3:27
- "Death in the Afternoon" (Wagner) – 3:56
- "A Pilgrim's Path" (Wagner) – 4:27
- "Time and Place" (Schmidt, Wagner) – 4:15
- "Round Trip" (Schmidt, Wagner) – 3:25
- "Between the Lines" (Schmidt, Wagner) – 3:18
Remastered CD edition bonus tracks[]
- "Symbols of Our Fear" (Wagner) – 3:36
- "Neurotic" (Wagner) – 3:02
- "Shame on You" (live, originally released on Power of Metal in 1994) (Schmidt, Wagner) – 4:30
- "Don't Fear the Winter" (live, originally released on Power of Metal in 1994) (Wagner) – 3:56
- "Certain Days" (live, originally released on Power of Metal in 1994) (Wagner) – 5:32
- "Last Goodbye" (Wagner) – 4:22
- "Not Forever" (acoustic) (Wagner) – 4:06 (previously unreleased)
Personnel[]
- Rage
- Peter "Peavy" Wagner – vocals, bass
- Manni Schmidt – guitars
- Chris Efthimiadis – drums
- Production
- Armin Sabol – producer, arrangements
- Rage - arrangements
- Will Reid-Dick – engineer, mixing
- Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer
References[]
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Rage Perfect Man review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- ^ "Rage – Perfect Man". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
Categories:
- 1988 albums
- Rage (German band) albums
- Noise Records albums
- 1980s heavy metal album stubs