Fighting for the Earth

Fighting for the Earth is the debut album by the American heavy metal band Warrior, released in 1985.

Fighting for the Earth
Studio album by
Released1985
RecordedCherokee Studios, Sunset Sound Recorders, Sound City Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreHeavy metal
Length37:26
Label10 Records, Metal Blade, Toshiba-EMI, NL Distribution
ProducerWarrior and Doug Rider
Warrior chronology
Fighting for the Earth
(1985)
Ancient Future
(1998)

It has been re-issued on CD by Metal Blade in 1991 (North America), Toshiba-EMI in 1993 (Japan) as part of the Burrn! Legendary Masters series, and by NL Distribution in 2008 (Europe).

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Kerrang![2]

In 2005, Fighting for the Earth was ranked number 275 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Joe Floyd, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Fighting for the Earth"5:23
2."Only the Strong Survive"4:47
3."Ruler" (Floyd, Bennett)3:29
4."Mind Over Matter" (Floyd, Bennett)3:47
5."Defenders of Creation"5:51
6."Day of the Evil... (Beware)"3:53
7."Cold Fire"5:04
8."PTM 1" (McCarty)0:35
9."Welcome Aboard" (Floyd, McCarty)4:37

Personnel

Band members
  • Parramore McCarty - vocals
  • Joe Floyd - guitars
  • Tommy Asakawa - guitars
  • Bruce Turgon - bass (credited but does not play on the record)
  • Jimmy Volpe - drums (credited but does not play on the record)
Additional musicians
  • Rick Bennett - bass, keyboards on all tracks
  • Liam Jason - drums on all tracks
Production
  • Doug Rider - producer, engineer
  • David Thoener - mixing
  • Brian Scheuble, Peggy McCreary, Ray Leonard - assistant engineers
  • Bob Ludwig - mastering at Masterdisk, New York

References

  1. "Warrior Fighting for the Earth review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
  2. Dome, Malcolm (4 April 1985). "Warrior 'Fighting for the Earth'". Kerrang!. 91. London, UK: Morgan Grampian. p. 6.
  3. [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 104. ISBN 978-3-89880-517-9.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.