Perfect Man (Rage album)

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Perfect Man
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Studio album by
Rage
Released6 June 1988
RecordedFebruary–March 1988
StudioSky Trak Studios Berlin, Germany
Genre Speed metal, power metal
Length43:46
Label Noise
Producer Armin Sabol
Rage chronology
Execution Guaranteed
(1987)		Perfect Man
(1988)		 Secrets in a Weird World
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 9/10 [2]

Perfect Man is the fourth full-length album released by German heavy metal band Rage in 1988. This album introduces the Refuge years line-up, with the new members Manni Schmidt and Chris Efthimiadis, and the band's mascot, the "Sounchaser", which would feature in most other Rage cover arts. The album was remastered by Noise/Sanctuary in 2002 with slightly altered cover art, and five bonus tracks. [3]

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Peter Wagner; all music is composed by Peter Wagner, except where noted

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Wasteland" 3:26
2."In the Darkest Hour" 3:17
3."Animal Instinct" Manni Schmidt, Wagner3:48
4."Perfect Man" 3:35
5."Sinister Thinking"Schmidt, Wagner3:18
6."Supersonic Hydromatic"Schmidt, Wagner3:34
7."Don't Fear the Winter" 3:27
8."Death in the Afternoon" 3:56
9."A Pilgrim's Path" 4:27
10."Time and Place"Schmidt, Wagner4:15
11."Round Trip"Schmidt, Wagner3:25
12."Between the Lines"Schmidt, Wagner3:18
Remastered CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleMusicLength
13."Symbols of Our Fear" 3:36
14."Neurotic" 3:02
15."Shame on You" (Live; Originally released on Power of Metal in 1994)Schmidt, Wagner4:30
16."Don't Fear the Winter" (Live; Originally released on Power of Metal in 1994) 3:56
17."Certain Days" (Live; Originally released on Power of Metal in 1994) 5:32
18."Last Goodbye" 4:22
19."Not Forever" (Previously Unreleased Acoustic Version) 4:06

Personnel

Rage
Production

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References

  1. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Rage Perfect Man review". AllMusic . Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 278. ISBN   978-1-894959-31-5.
  3. ↑ "Rage – Perfect Man". Encyclopaedia Metallum . Retrieved 11 September 2011.


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