Rock Until You Drop

Rock Until You Drop
Studio album by Raven
Released	October 1981
Recorded	1980 – early 1981
Studio	Impulse Studios (Wallsend, England)
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	46:36
Label	Neat
Producer	Steve Thompson and Raven
Raven chronology
Rock Until You Drop (1981) Wiped Out (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[2]

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.^[3] It reached position No. 63 in the UK Albums Chart.^[4]

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.

Side one

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

Side two

7. "Rock Until You Drop" – 4:02
8. "Nobody's Hero" – 3:50
9. "Hellraiser / Action" (Chinn, Chapman, Scott, Connolly, Priest, Tucker) – 4:21 (Sweet cover)
10. "Lambs to the Slaughter" – 3:51
11. "Tyrant of the Airways" – 7:16

CD reissue bonus tracks

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[]

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