War of Words (Fight album)

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All tracks are written by Rob Halford.

War of Words
Fight - War of Words.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 9, 1993 [1]
Studio Wisseloord, Hilversum
Genre
Length59:18
Label Epic
Producer Attie Bauw and Rob Halford
Fight chronology
War of Words
(1993)
A Small Deadly Space
(1995)
Alternative cover
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2008 Remixed and Remastered edition cover
No.TitleLength
1."Into the Pit"4:13
2."Nailed to the Gun"3:38
3."Life in Black"4:34
4."Immortal Sin"4:39
5."War of Words"4:29
6."Laid to Rest"4:40
7."For All Eternity"4:42
8."Little Crazy"3:49
9."Contortion"4:35
10."Kill It"3:30
11."Vicious"3:11
12."Reality, a New Beginning
  • I. "(no audio)" – 5:00
  • II. "Jesus Saves" (Hidden Track) – 3:38"
13:18
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
1."Kill It (Dutch Death Mix)"3:36

Note

"Reality, a New Beginning" is a 4:40 song. A 5-minute silence occurs before a hidden track titled "Jesus Saves" is played only on the CD release not on the cassette version. The remixed and remastered edition includes the song as a bonus track

Personnel

Fight
Production
2008 Remixed and Remastered Edition

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 56
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [9] 49
US Billboard 200 [10] 83

References

  1. War of Words (Japanese release) (booklet). Fight. Epic, Epic Japan, Sony. 9 September 1993. 4 988010 581923.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. Usenick, Mike (June 15, 2022). "Wayback Wednesday: "War of Words" – Fight (1993)". AudioVein Entertainment. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  3. Hill, Gary. War of Words at AllMusic
  4. Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 155. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
  5. Kühnemund, Götz. "Rock Hard review". issue 77. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  6. Stark, Karl (Nov 9, 1993). "War of Words". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. E3.
  7. Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 54. ISBN   3-89880-517-4.
  8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Fight – War of Words" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  9. "Swedishcharts.com – Fight – War of Words". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  10. "Fight Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2024.