| Heading for a Storm | ||||
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| Released | October 28, 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Studio | Sol Studios, Cookham, England | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 36:25 | |||
| Label | ATCO | |||
| Producer | Stuart Epps & Adrian Vandenberg | |||
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| Singles from Heading for a Storm | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 10/10 [2] |
| Melodic |  [3] |
Heading for a Storm is the second studio album by the Dutch hard rock band Vandenberg, released in 1983 on Atco Records.
This cover art has a highway in a desolate desert and large sharks flying on the road. The painting on the album cover was made by guitarist Adrian Vandenberg. [4]
In the Netherlands, the preceding single "Differential Worlds" ranked up to 17th on the single chart, [5] and the work entered the top 50 in the eighth week of the album chart and ranked 14th over two weeks. In addition, the entered the Oricon LP chart for the first time in Japan and entered the top 100 groups in six weeks, ranking 71st.
On the other hand, in the U.S., it was not as successful as its previous work, ranked 169th on the Billboard 200, and when it comes to singles, "Friday Night" ranked 29th on the Billboard mainstream rock chart.
Music and lyrics by Adrian Vandenberg
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