Wiped Out (Raven album)

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Wiped Out
Raven - Wiped Out.jpg
Studio album by
Raven
Released3 June 1982
Recorded1982
StudioImpulse Studios (Wallsend, England)
GenreHeavy metal, speed metal
Length51:53
LabelNeat
ProducerRaven and Keith Nichol
Raven chronology
Rock Until You Drop
(1981) 		Wiped Out
(1982) 		All for One
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal10/10[2]
Record Mirror1/5 stars[3]

Wiped Out is the second full-length album by British heavy metal band Raven, released in 1982.[4]

Reception[]

In 2005, Wiped Out was ranked number 495 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[5]

Track listing[]

All songs written by Gallagher, Gallagher and Hunter.

Side one

  1. "Faster than the Speed of Light" – 4:22
  2. "Bring the Hammer Down" – 4:19
  3. "FirePower" – 3:08
  4. "Read All About It" – 3:01
  5. "To the Limit – To the Top" – 7:54
  6. "Battle Zone" – 3:34

Side two

  2. "Live at the Inferno!" – 3:54
  3. "Star War" – 5:35
  4. "UXB" – 3:25
  5. "20/21" – 1:36
  6. "Hold Back the Fire" – 5:40
  7. "Chainsaw" – 5:17

CD reissue bonus tracks[]

  2. "Crash Bang Wallop" – 3:03
  3. "Run Them Down" – 2:59
  4. "Rock Hard" – 3:06
  5. "20/21" (outtake) – 1:44

Personnel[]

Raven

  • John Gallagher – bass, vocals
  • Mark Gallagher – guitar
  • Rob Hunter – drums

Production

  • Keith Nichol – producer, engineer

References[]

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Raven - Wiped Out review". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 283–284. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  3. ^ Smith, Robin (8 August 1982). "Review: Raven — Wiped Out" (PDF). Record Mirror. p. 22. ISSN 0144-5804. Retrieved 21 April 2021 – via American Radio History.
  4. ^ "Raven (Gbr) - Wiped Out". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  5. ^ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 9. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.



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