Inishmore (album)

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Inishmore
Riot inishmore.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 11, 1997
RecordedMillbrook Sound Studios, Millbrook, New York
Studio M, San Antonio, Texas
Drumstick Sound Production, Dix Hills, New York
Genre Heavy metal, speed metal, power metal
Length51:21
Label Zero (Japan), Metal Blade
Producer Mark Reale, Paul Orofino
Riot chronology
Angel Eyes (EP)
(1997)
Inishmore
(1997)
Shine On
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 7/10 [2]

Inishmore is the tenth studio album by American heavy metal band Riot. It was originally released in Japan on November 11, 1997, two months before it was eventually released in the US on January 27, 1998. The album is based on conceptual sagas of Celtic and Irish myths. [3]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Mark Reale and Mike DiMeo, except where indicated.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Black Water" (instrumental)Reale2:42
2."Angel Eyes"Reale, DiMeo, Mike Flyntz4:27
3."Liberty" 5:08
4."Kings Are Falling" 4:33
5."The Man" 3:52
6."Watching the Signs" 4:35
7."Should I Run"Flyntz, DiMeo4:40
8."Cry for the Dying" 4:39
9."Turning the Hands of Time"Flyntz, DiMeo5:08
10."Gypsy" 5:20
11."Inishmore (Forsaken Heart)"Reale1:45
12."Inishmore" (instrumental)Reale4:32

Japanese release

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Danny Boy"Reale3:40

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Production

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References

  1. Huey, Steve. "Riot Inishmore review". AllMusic . Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  2. Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 366. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. "Riot - Inishmore". Encyclopaedia Metallum . Retrieved March 14, 2010.