Fighting Back (Battlezone album)

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Fighting Back
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Studio album by
Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone
Released1986
RecordedVillage Recorders, Dagenham, East London, UK
Genre Heavy metal
Length40:34
Label Raw Power Records (UK)
Shatter Records (US)
Producer Battlezone and Ian Richardson
Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone chronology
Fighting Back
(1986)
Children of Madness
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Fighting Back is the debut studio album by the British heavy metal band Battlezone, a band that was formed by original ex-Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di'Anno.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by John Hurley, except "(Forever) Fighting Back" by Bob Falck. Lyrics by Paul Di'Anno.

Side One

  1. "(Forever) Fighting Back" - 2:20
  2. "Welcome To The Battlezone" - 3:26
  3. "Warchild" - 2:51
  4. "In The Darkness" - 4:12
  5. "The Land God Gave To Caine" - 7:19

Side Two

  1. "Running Blind" - 4:46
  2. "Too Much To Heart" - 4:45
  3. "Voice on the Radio" - 3:09
  4. "Welfare Warriors" - 4:39
  5. "Feel The Rock" - 3:07

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Production

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References

  1. "Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone Fighting Back/Children Of Madness review". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 7 November 2011.