Firebirth

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Firebirth
Firebirthcover.jpg
Studio album by
Released2012
Recorded2011-2012
StudioYellow House Studio 13, Lugano, Switzerland
Genre Hard rock
Length44:15
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Paul Lani, Leo Leoni
Gotthard chronology
Need to Believe
(2009)
Firebirth
(2012)
Bang!
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic (favourable) [1]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Metal Hammer (GER)6/7 [3]
Rock Hard 8.5/10 [4]

Firebirth is the tenth studio album released by Swiss hard rock band Gotthard. It is the first album with singer Nic Maeder after Steve Lee's death.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Leo Leoni, Nic Maeder and Freddy Scherer, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Starlight"4:27
2."Give Me Real"3:38
3."Remember It's Me"3:27
4."Fight"3:25
5."Yippie Aye Yay" (Marc Lynn, Maeder, Scherer, Leoni, Paul Lani)4:37
6."Tell Me" (Leoni, Maeder)3:15
7."Shine"3:48
8."The Story's Over"4:09
9."Right On"3:52
10."S.O.S."3:22
11."Take It All Back"3:16
12."I Can"3:10
13."Where Are You" (Leoni)4:19
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."Love You Honey"3:04
15."Starlight" (acoustic version)3:56
16."While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (George Harrison)5:35

Personnel

Gotthard
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

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