Soldiers of the Night is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band Vicious Rumors, released in 1985 through Shrapnel Records in the US and Roadrunner Records in Europe; a remastered edition was reissued in 2010.[3] It is notably the only Vicious Rumors album to feature vocalist Gary St. Pierre as well as guitarist Vinnie Moore, the latter of whom would release his own debut album, Mind's Eye, in 1986.
| Soldiers of the Night | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Recorded | Prairie Sun Recording (Cotati, California) | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 39:01 | |||
| Label | Shrapnel | |||
| Producer | Vicious Rumors, Steve Fontano | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 5/10[2] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Premonition" | Vinnie Moore | 1:06 |
| 2. | "Ride (Into the Sun)" | Dave Starr, Rick Richards, Gary St. Pierre | 3:46 |
| 3. | "Medusa" | Geoff Thorpe, St. Pierre | 3:59 |
| 4. | "Soldiers of the Night" | Thorpe, St. Pierre | 4:24 |
| 5. | "Murder" | Thorpe | 4:02 |
| 6. | "March or Die" | Thorpe, St. Pierre, Mark Tate | 4:39 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Blitz the World" | Moore, Thorpe, St. Pierre, Dave Starr | 3:39 |
| 8. | "Invader" | Moore | 2:53 |
| 9. | "In Fire" | Thorpe | 3:23 |
| 10. | "Domestic Bliss" | Tate, Thorpe, Jim Cassero | 3:42 |
| 11. | "Blistering Winds" | Thorpe, Moore | 3:28 |
| Total length: | 39:01 | ||
Personnel
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- Gary St. Pierre – lead and background vocals
- Geoff Thorpe – guitars, background vocals
- Vinnie Moore – guitars
- Dave Starr – bass, background vocals
- Larry Howe – drums, gong, tubular bells
Production
- Steve Fontano – engineer, producer
- Lionel Baker II – cover art
- Steve Pollutro – logo design
- Jim Marshall – photography
- Tim Gennert – remastering (reissue)
References
edit- ^ "Soldiers of the Night - Vicious Rumors" Archived 2013-03-28 at the Wayback Machine. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2005-11-01). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 398. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- ^ "Soldiers of the Night & Digital Dictator CD Re-Release!". Vicious Rumors. Myspace. 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
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