Warchild (album)

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Warchild
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Compilation album by
Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone
Released1988
Genre Heavy metal
Length73:33
Label Powerstation Records
Producer Ian Richardson
Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone chronology
Children of Madness
(1987)
Warchild
(1988)
Feel My Pain
(1998)

Warchild is a collection of songs from the two previous albums by Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone. Two songs had not been published on any previous Battlezone albums. [1]

Contents

The album was released in 1988, and was the last album Paul Di'Anno released as Battlezone until Feel My Pain in 1998.

Track listing

  1. "(Forever) Fighting Back" - 2:21
  2. "Welcome to the Battlezone" - 3:25
  3. "Warchild" - 2:51
  4. "The Land God Gave to Caine" - 7:20
  5. "Too Much to Heart" - 4:46
  6. "Voice on the Radio" - 3:10
  7. "Rising Star" (bonus track) - 4:00
  8. "Rit It Up" - 2:52
  9. "I Don't Wanna Know" - 3:28
  10. "Nuclear Breakdown" - 5:01
  11. "Torch of Hate" - 3:04
  12. "Whispered Rage" - 4:50
  13. "Children of Madness" - 5:29
  14. "Metal Tears" 6:12
  15. "It's Love" - 3:46
  16. "Overloaded" - 3:16
  17. "The Promise" - 3:49
  18. "To the Limit" (bonus track) - 3:53

Tracks 1-6 are from Fighting Back .
Tracks 8-17 are from Children of Madness .
Tracks 7 and 18 were not released on previous Battlezone albums.

Personnel

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References

  1. "Battlezone - Warchild, The Best of Battlezone". Encyclopaedia Metallum . Retrieved 8 November 2011.