High Live

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High Live
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Live album by
Released6 September 1996
Recorded Milan, Italy, 21 May 1996; Pamplona, Spain, 31 May 1996; Girona, Spain, 1 June 1996
Genre Power metal
Length89:14
Label Raw Power (worldwide)
Victor (Japan)
Producer Tommy Hansen
Helloween chronology
The Time of the Oath
(1996)
High Live
(1996)
Better Than Raw
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg (DVD) [2]

High Live is the second live album by German power metal band Helloween, released in video and audio formats in 1996. The video was re-released on DVD in 2002 by Sanctuary Records. [3]

Contents

Track listing

Disc one

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."We Burn" Andi Deris 4:12
2."Wake Up the Mountain" Uli Kusch, Deris5:22
3."Sole Survivor" Michael Weikath, Deris5:23
4."The Chance" Roland Grapow 3:56
5."Why?"Deris4:43
6."Eagle Fly Free"Weikath5:17
7."The Time of the Oath"Grapow, Deris8:00
8."Future World" Kai Hansen 5:45
9."Dr. Stein"Weikath5:01

Disc two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Before the War"Deris6:10
2."Mr. Ego (Take Me Down)"Grapow6:14
3."Power"Weikath6:54
4."Where the Rain Grows"Weikath, Deris7:30
5."In the Middle of a Heartbeat"Deris, Weikath3:09
6."Perfect Gentleman"Deris3:40
7."Steel Tormentor"Weikath, Deris7:58

Credits

Charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [4] 23
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5] 89
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [6] 45

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