Resurrection | ||||
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Released | August 8, 2000 | |||
Recorded | August 15, 1998 – June 27, 2000 | |||
Genre | Heavy metal | |||
Length | 48:32 | |||
Label | Metal-is, Metal God | |||
Producer | Roy Z | |||
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Resurrection is the debut album by the American heavy metal band Halford,released on August 8,2000. It features the song "The One You Love to Hate",featuring Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson. "Silent Screams" is a re-recorded song that was originally written by Halford's previous band 2wo.
In 2006,the album was remastered and re-released on iTunes containing the two bonus tracks from the original Japanese edition. It was packaged on the digipak DVD release of Resurrection World Tour –Live at Rock in Rio III in 2008 containing two more tracks and as a stand alone CD re-release in 2009 with the same content. [1]
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AllMusic | [2] |
Rock Hard | 9/10 [3] |
In September 2003,Resurrection was ranked number 54 on a list of "The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums" by online magazine Metal-Rules.com. [4] In 2005,Resurrection was ranked number 320 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock &Metal Albums of All Time. [5]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Resurrection" | Rob Halford, Patrick Lachman, Roy Z, John Baxter | 3:58 |
2. | "Made in Hell" | Halford, Z, Baxter | 4:12 |
3. | "Locked and Loaded" | Halford, Lachman, Z | 3:18 |
4. | "Night Fall" | Halford, Lachman, Mike Chlasciak | 3:41 |
5. | "Silent Screams" | Halford, Bob Marlette | 7:06 |
6. | "The One You Love to Hate" (feat. Bruce Dickinson) | Halford, Z, Bruce Dickinson | 3:11 |
7. | "Cyberworld" | Halford, Z, Chlasciak | 3:08 |
8. | "Slow Down" | Halford, Z, Marlette | 4:51 |
9. | "Twist" | Bob Halligan Jr. | 4:08 |
10. | "Temptation" | Halford, Lachman, Z, Chlasciak | 3:32 |
11. | "Drive" | Halford, Z, Marlette, John 5 | 4:30 |
12. | "Saviour" | Halford, Lachman, Z | 2:57 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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13. | "Sad Wings" | Halford, Lachman, Chlasciak | 3:38 |
14. | "Hell's Last Survivor" | Halford, Chlasciak | 3:24 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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15. | "God Bringer of Death" | Halford, Lachman, Chlasciak | 2:45 |
16. | "Fetish" | Halford, Lachman, Chlasciak, Baxter | 3:12 |
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