No World Order (Gamma Ray album)

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No World Order
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Studio album by
Released10 September 2001
RecordedApril–July 2001, Hansen Studio, Hamburg, Germany
Genre
Length52:00
Label Sanctuary
Producer Dirk Schlächter and Kai Hansen
Gamma Ray chronology
Power Plant
(1999)
No World Order
(2001)
Majestic
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Metal Storm (9.8/10) [2]
Lords of Metal(8.8/10) [3]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]

No World Order is the seventh full-length album by the German power metal band Gamma Ray released in 2001. A music video was made for the song "Eagle".

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kai Hansen, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Induction"1:01
2."Dethrone Tyranny" (Zimmermann)4:14
3."The Heart of the Unicorn"4:46
4."Heaven or Hell"4:16
5."New World Order"5:01
6."Damn the Machine" (Zimmermann)5:04
7."Solid"4:23
8."Fire Below"5:34
9."Follow Me" (Richter)4:43
10."Eagle"6:06
11."Lake of Tears" (Richter)6:48
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Trouble" (Richter)5:19

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (2001)Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [5] 19
French Albums (SNEP) [6] 70
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 23
Italian Albums (FIMI) [8] 44
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [9] 13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [10] 27

Credits

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