Alive '95

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Alive '95
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Live album by
Gamma Ray
Released28 May 1996
RecordedOctober-November 1995 [1] [2]
VenueMilano, Paris, Madrid, Pamplona and Erlangen
Genre Power metal
Length64:37(original EU edition)
70:51 (Japanese edition)
101:07 (2 CD edition)
Label Sanctuary Records
Gamma Ray live chronology
Alive '95
(1996)		 Skeletons in the Closet
(2003)

Alive '95 was the first live album by Kai Hansen's Gamma Ray. It was released in May 1996, following the live concerts in Milano, Paris, Madrid, Pamplona and Erlangen, during the band's "Men on a Tour" European tour. [3] [4]

Contents

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Kai Hansen except where noted: [5]

Disc 1

  1. "Land of the Free" – 5:29
  2. "Man on a Mission" – 5:54
  3. "Rebellion in Dreamland" – 8:24
  4. "Space Eater" – 4:45
  5. "Fairytale" – 0:44
  6. "Tribute to the Past" (music: Kai Hansen & Jan Erik Rubach, words: Hansen) – 4:48
  7. "Heal Me" (music: Dirk Schlächter, words: Schlächter, Hansen) – 7:27
  8. "The Saviour" – 1:30
  9. "Abyss of the Void" – 5:54
  10. "Ride the Sky" (Helloween cover) – 5:57
  11. "Future World" (Helloween cover) – 7:28
  12. "Heavy Metal Mania" (Holocaust cover) (music & words: Edmund Ryczard Trevor Arthur Dudley & John Grant Mortimer) – 6:27
  13. "Lust for Life" (Non-European Bonus) – 6:14

Disc 2 - Reissue Bonus (Live in 1993)

  1. "No Return" – 4:03
  2. "Changes" (music: Hansen, Ralf Scheepers, Schlächter, Uwe Wessel; words: Hansen & Wessel) – 5:23
  3. "Insanity and Genius" (music: Rubach, words: Thomas Nack) – 4:09
  4. "Last Before the Storm" – 4:11
  5. "Future Madhouse" (music: Hansen, words: Hansen & Scheepers) – 4:10
  6. "Heading for Tomorrow" (music: Hansen, words: Hansen & Scheepers) – 8:17

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References

  1. ↑ "Alive '95". [Discogs]. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "Men on a Tour". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Alive '95". Allmusic . Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Alive '95". gammaray.org. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Alive '95". [Discogs]. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
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