Victims of the Future

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Victims of the Future
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Studio album by
Released30 January 1984 (1984-01-30) [1]
RecordedOctober–November 1983
Studio Townhouse (London)
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length40:55
Label 10/Virgin
Producer Jeff Glixman
Gary Moore chronology
Live
(1983)
Victims of the Future
(1984)
We Want Moore!
(1984)
Singles from Victims of the Future
  1. "Hold On to Love"
    Released: 9 January 1984 [2]
  2. "Shapes of Things"
    Released: 19 March 1984 [3]
  3. "Empty Rooms"
    Released: 30 July 1984 [4]
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Victims of the Future"Moore, Neil Carter, Ian Paice, Neil Murray 6:11
2."Teenage Idol"Moore4:05
3."Shapes of Things" (The Yardbirds cover) Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, Jim McCarty 4:10
4."Empty Rooms"Moore, Neil Carter6:31
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Murder in the Skies"Moore, Carter5:15
6."All I Want"Moore4:07
7."Hold On to Love"Moore4:23
8."Law of the Jungle"Moore6:13

US release

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Victims of the Future"Moore, Carter, Paice, Murray6:13
2."Teenage Idol"Moore4:07
3."Devil in Her Heart"Moore3:29
4."Empty Rooms"Moore6:36
5."All I Want" (Cassette only)Moore4:17
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Shapes of Things"Samwell-Smith, Relf, McCarty4:14
7."Murder in the Skies"Moore5:49
8."Hold On to Love"Moore4:27
9."Law of the Jungle"Moore6:15

CD release

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Victims of the Future"Moore, Carter, Paice, Murray6:13
2."Teenage Idol"Moore4:07
3."Shapes of Things"Samwell-Smith, Relf, McCarty4:14
4."Empty Rooms"Moore6:36
5."Murder in the Skies"Moore, Carter7:17
6."All I Want"Moore4:17
7."Hold On to Love"Moore4:27
8."Law of the Jungle"Moore6:15
2002 remastered CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Devil in Her Heart"Moore3:29
10."Blinder" (instrumental) Craig Gruber 2:46
11."Empty Rooms" (1984 remix)Moore, Carter4:21

Personnel

Production

Charts

References

  1. "News" (PDF). Record Mirror . 14 January 1984. p. 7. Retrieved 21 December 2023 via World Radio History. Rock guitarist Gary Moore releases his new album 'Victims of the Future' on January 30.
  2. "Music Week" (PDF).
  3. "Music Week" (PDF).
  4. "Music Week" (PDF). p. 20.
  5. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Victims of the Future at AllMusic
  6. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 229–230. ISBN   978-1-894959-31-5.
  7. Smith, Robin (11 February 1984). "Albums". Record Mirror . p. 18. ISSN   0144-5804.
  8. Ling, Dave (July 2006). "Gimme More". Classic Rock . No. 94. p. 64.
  9. "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1961: MOK - MOY > Garu Moore". Sisältää hitin / Timo Pennanen. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Gary Moore Official Charts". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  11. "Gary Moore – Victims of the Future (Album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts . Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  12. "Gary Moore – Victims of the Future". Dutch Charts.nl (in Dutch). Media Control Charts . Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  13. "Album – Gary Moore, Victims of the Future". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts . Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  14. "Gary Moore Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Billboard . Retrieved 9 June 2018.