Rocket Ride

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Rocket Ride
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Studio album by
Released20 January 2006
Recorded2005
StudioGate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany
Genre Power metal, progressive metal, hard rock
Length60:03
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Sascha Paeth and Edguy
Edguy chronology
Hellfire Club
(2004)
Rocket Ride
(2006)
Tinnitus Sanctus
(2008)
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Rocket Ride is the seventh full-length album by German power metal band Edguy, released on 20 January 2006. It features a style that differs from their usual power metal style and is more oriented towards hard rock.

Contents

In Europe, the limited first edition was released as a digibook, featuring a photographic history of the group with formerly unreleased pictures from their early days and the bonus live track: "Land of the Miracle". [6]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tobias Sammet; all music is composed by Tobias Sammet, except "Out of Vogue" by Sammet, Jens Ludwig

No.TitleLength
1."Sacrifice"8:01
2."Rocket Ride"4:47
3."Wasted Time"5:48
4."Matrix"4:09
5."Return to the Tribe"6:06
6."The Asylum"7:38
7."Save Me"3:47
8."Catch of the Century"4:02
9."Out of Vogue"4:36
10."Superheroes"3:19
11."Trinidad"3:28
12."Fucking with Fire (Hair Force One)"4:22
13."Land of the Miracle" (Live in Brazil) (Limited edition bonus track)5:49
14."Reach Out" (Japanese bonus track)4:05
15."Lavatory Love Machine" (Acoustic version) (Japanese bonus track)4:37

The vinyl release also contained the tracks "Spooks in the Attic", "Blessing In Disguise", "Judas at the Opera", and "The Spirit" from the previously released Superheroes EP.

Personnel

Band members
Additional musicians
Production

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