War Games (Grave Digger album)

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War Games
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Studio album by
Released1 February 1986
RecordedNovember–December 1985
StudioHorus Sound Studios, Hanover, Germany
Genre
Label Noise (Germany) Combat/Noise (US)
Producer
Grave Digger chronology
Witch Hunter
(1985)
War Games
(1986)
Stronger than Ever
(1986)

War Games is the third studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger, released on 1 February 1986 through Noise Records. The official lyrics of the album have only been released with the 1994 Japanese re-release.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Chris Boltendahl, Peter Masson, C. F. Frank and Albert Eckhardt

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Keep On Rockin'"3:05
2."Heaven Can Wait"3:33
3."Fire in Your Eyes"3:44
4."Let Your Heads Roll"4:05
5."Love Is Breaking My Heart"4:06
Side B
No.TitleLength
6."Paradise"4:14
7."(Enola Gay) Drop the Bomb"3:27
8."Fallout"4:55
9."Playin' Fools"3:57
10."The End" (instrumental)2:25
Total length:37:29

Lineup

Additional musician
Production

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