Unstoppable Force is the second album by American heavy metal band Agent Steel. It was recorded at Morrisound Recording Studios in Tampa, Florida from March - June 1986, and was digitally mastered in July 1986 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida. The album was released by Combat Records in March 1987. The 1999 reissue by Century Media Records contains the Mad Locust Rising EP, which some later reissues excludes the cover version of the Judas Priest song "The Ripper". It was the last album before the band split up in 1988,[3] only to reform in 1998 for the release of the 1999 album Omega Conspiracy.
| Unstoppable Force | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 1987 | |||
| Recorded | March and June 1986 | |||
| Studio | Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 39:10 | |||
| Label | Combat | |||
| Producer | Dan Johnson | |||
| Agent Steel chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[1] |
| Rock Hard | 9.5/10[2] |
Track listing
editCredits adapted from the album liner notes.[4]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Unstoppable Force" | 3:52 |
| 2. | "Never Surrender" | 3:52 |
| 3. | "Indestructive" | 3:30 |
| 4. | "Chosen to Stay" | 4:46 |
| 5. | "Still Searchin'" | 4:13 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Rager" | 4:07 |
| 7. | "The Day at Guyana" (instrumental) | 6:38 |
| 8. | "Nothin' Left" | 4:23 |
| 9. | "Traveler" | 3:49 |
| Total length: | 39:10 | |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Swarm Is upon Us" (instrumental) | 0:17 | |
| 2. | "Mad Locust Rising" | 4:20 | |
| 3. | "The Ripper" (Judas Priest cover) | Glenn Tipton | 2:33 |
| 4. | "Let It Be Done / The Day at Guyana" | 5:03 | |
| Total length: | 51:23 | ||
Personnel
edit- Agent Steel
- John Cyriis – lead vocals
- Juan Garcia – guitars
- Bernie Versailles – guitars
- Michael Zaputil – bass
- Chuck Profus – drums
- Additional Musicians
- Ben Meyer, Nasty Ronnie – backing vocals on "Indestructive" and "Rager"
- Production
- Dan Johnson – producer
- Jim Morris – engineering
- Tom Morris – engineering, mixing
- Randy Burns – engineering (additional)
- Scott Burns – engineering (pre-production)
- Mike Fuller – mastering
- Steve Sinclair – executive producer
- Rick Frehsee – front cover underwater photography
- Gerald McLaughlin – logo air brushing
- Mark Weinberg – design, typography
- John Cyriis – cover concept
References
edit- ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- ^ Stratmann, Holger (1987). "Review Album : Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force". Rock Hard (in German). No. 19. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
- ^ Eduardo Rivadavia. "Angent Steel - Unstoppable Force review by AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Agent Steel (1986). Unstoppable Force (LP sleeve). Music for Nations. MFN 66.
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