Waiting for the Roar

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Waiting for the Roar
Fastway WaitingForTheRoar.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1986
Studio Abbey Road Studios, London, UK
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length44:37
Label Columbia
Producer Terry Manning
Fastway chronology
All Fired Up
(1984)
Waiting for the Roar
(1986)
Trick or Treat
(1986)
Singles from Waiting for the Roar
  1. "The World Waits for You"
    Released: 1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 3/10 [2]

Waiting for the Roar is the third studio album by the British heavy metal band Fastway. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in 1985 and released in 1986.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Waiting For The Roar" Dave King, Shane Carroll, Alan Connor, Paul Reid, Terry Manning 4:03
2."The World Waits For You"King, Carroll, Connor, Reid, T. Manning7:35
3."Little By Little"King, Carroll, Connor, Reid5:53
4."Change"King, Carroll, Connor, Reid6:03
5."Rock On"King, Carroll, Connor, Reid3:22
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Tired Of Your Love"King, T. Manning, Cory Manning4:35
7."Move Over"Joplin3:21
8."Kill Me With Your Heart"King, Carroll, Connor, Reid, T. Manning4:01
9."Girl"King, T. Manning4:04
10."Back Door Man"King, Carroll, Connor, Reid, T. Manning3:17
Cassette edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Tired of Your Love"King, Carroll, Connor, Reid3:59
CD edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Doin' Just Fine"King, Carroll, Connor, Reid3:15

Personnel

Fastway
Additional musicians
Production

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References

  1. "Fastway - Waiting for the Roar review". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  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. 118. ISBN   978-1894959315.