Wiped Out (Raven album)

Wiped Out is the second full-length album by British heavy metal band Raven, released in 1982.[3]

Wiped Out
Studio album by
Raven
Released3 June 1982
Recorded1982
StudioImpulse Studios, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, 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
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal10/10[2]

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.[4]

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

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

CD reissue bonus tracks
  1. "Crash Bang Wallop" - 3:03
  2. "Run Them Down" - 2:59
  3. "Rock Hard" - 3:06
  4. "20/21" (outtake) - 1:44

Personnel

Raven

Production

  • Keith Nichol - producer, engineer
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References
  1. Henderson, Alex. "Raven - Wiped Out review". AllMusic. All Media Network. 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. "Raven (Gbr) - Wiped Out". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  4. [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 9. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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