Babylon A.D. | ||||
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Released | September 1989 | |||
Recorded | Ocean Way Studios, Cherokee Studios and Summa Recorders, Los Angeles TMF Stusios, New York City Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, California | |||
Genre | Glam metal [1] | |||
Length | 44:56 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Producer | Simon Hanhart | |||
Babylon A.D. chronology | ||||
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Babylon A.D. is the debut album by the American hard rock band of the same name, released in 1989. It contains the metal hits "Bang Go The Bells", "Hammer Swings Down" and "The Kid Goes Wild" which was also featured in the film RoboCop 2 .
In the music video for "The Kid Goes Wild", RoboCop attends a performance of Babylon A.D. and targets them for arrest. Interestingly, just two years later in 1991, the music video for the Guns N' Roses song "You Could Be Mine" featured the Terminator attending a performance of Guns N' Roses and targeting them for termination.
No. | Title | Songwriter(s) | Length |
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1. | "Bang Go the Bells" | Derek Davis, Ron Freschi, Robb Reid | 4:15 |
2. | "Hammer Swings Down" | Davis, Jack Ponti | 3:27 |
3. | "Caught Up in the Crossfire" | Davis, Ponti | 3:33 |
4. | "Desperate" | Davis, Ponti | 5:23 |
5. | "The Kid Goes Wild" | Davis, Ponti, Vic Pepe | 4:52 |
6. | "Shot o' Love" | Davis | 5:47 |
7. | "Maryanne" | Davis, Ponti | 3:41 |
8. | "Back in Babylon" | Davis, John Matthews, Jamey Pacheco | 4:10 |
9. | "Sweet Temptation" | Davis, Freschi | 3:40 |
10. | "Sally Danced" | Davis | 5:53 |
Total length: | 32:06 |
Album - Billboard (North America) [3]
Year | Chart | Position |
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1989 | The Billboard 200 | 88 |
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