Better Than Raw

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Better Than Raw
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Studio album by
Helloween
ReleasedApril 24 1998
Recorded1997
StudioChateau du Pape and Crazy Cat Studios, Hamburg, Germany and Mi Sueño Studio, Tenerife, Spain
Genre Power metal
Length52:58
Label Castle Communications
Producer Tommy Hansen, Helloween
Helloween chronology
High Live
(1996)		Better Than Raw
(1998)		 Metal Jukebox
(1999)
Singles from Better Than Raw
  1. "I Can"
    Released: April 1998
  2. "Hey Lord!"
    Released: April 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Better Than Raw is the eighth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1998. [2] [3] The album spawned the singles "I Can" and "Hey Lord!".

Contents

The album was recorded at Chateau du Pape and Crazy Cat Studios in Hamburg and at Mi Sueño Studio in Tenerife. It was produced and mixed by Tommy Hansen at Chateau du Pape and mastered by Ian Cooper at Metropolis, London.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude Period in Z"instrumental Uli Kusch 1:45
2."Push" Andi Deris, Kusch, Michael Weikath Kusch4:45
3."Falling Higher"Deris, WeikathWeikath4:45
4."Hey Lord!"DerisDeris4:07
5."Don't Spit on My Mind"DerisDeris, Markus Grosskopf 4:24
6."Revelation"DerisKusch8:21
7."Time"DerisDeris5:43
8."I Can"WeikathDeris, Weikath4:38
9."A Handful of Pain"DerisKusch4:49
10."Lavdate Dominum"WeikathWeikath5:10
11."Midnight Sun"WeikathWeikath6:19
Total length:52:58
Expanded Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Back on the Ground"DerisKusch4:40
2."A Game We Shouldn't Play"DerisDeris3:38
3."Perfect Gentleman" (live bootleg version)Deris, WeikathDeris3:27
4."Moshi Moshi~Shiki No Uta" (live drum solo & original song)instrumentalMoshi~Moshi: Kusch, Roland Grapow, Shiki no Uta: T. Araki6:53

Personnel

Helloween

Others

Trivia

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [4] 36
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [5] 7
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] 19
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [7] 9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [8] 35
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 42
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [10] 21
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [11] 14

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [12] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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