Earthquake (album)

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Earthquake
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1979
RecordedNovember 1978 and January 1979 at Olympic Studios, London
Genre Heavy metal, neo-classical metal
Label Brain/Metronome
Producer Uli Jon Roth
Electric Sun chronology
Earthquake
(1979)
Fire Wind
(1981)

Earthquake is the first album by Electric Sun. It was released in 1979 by Metronome. [1]

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Track listing

  1. "Electric Sun" 5:16
  2. "Lilac" 2:49
  3. "Burning Wheels Turning" 6:41
  4. "Japanese Dream" 3:52
  5. "Sundown" 4:06
  6. "Winterdays" 1:25
  7. "Still So Many Lives Away" 4:40
  8. "Earthquake" 10:31

Personnel

Electric Sun

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References

  1. Prown, Pete; Newquist, Harvey P. (November 27, 1997). Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9780793540426 via Google Books.
  2. "Earthquake - Electric Sun | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.