Execution Guaranteed

Execution Guaranteed
Studio album by
Released11 May 1987
Recorded1987
StudioHartmann Digital Studios, Germany
Genre
Length45:46
LabelNoise
ProducerRage
Rage chronology
Reign of Fear
(1986)
Execution Guaranteed
(1987)
Perfect Man
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[2]
Metal Forces9.2/10[3]

Execution Guaranteed is the third full-length album released by the heavy metal band Rage in 1987. The album was remastered by Noise/Sanctuary in 2002 with slightly altered cover art, and six bonus tracks.[4] Rudy Graf had been a member of the German heavy metal band Warlock until 1985.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jochen Schroeder and Peter Wagner, except where indicated

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Down by Law"3:23
2."Execution Guaranteed"6:49
3."Before the Storm (The Secret Affair)"4:49
4."Streetwolf"6:07
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Deadly Error"Wagner5:06
6."Hatred"Wagner3:57
7."Grapes of Wrath" 5:12
8."Mental Decay" 5:53
9."When You're Dead"Wagner4:30
Remastered CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Down by Law" (Live) 3:37
11."Nevermore" (Live)Wagner4:25
12."Firestorm" (Live)Manni Schmidt, Wagner5:06
13."On the Edge"Wagner4:13
14."Dust" (Acoustic Version) 4:15
15."The Body Talks" (Previously Unreleased Acoustic Version)Wagner4:41

Personnel

Rage
  • Peavy Wagner – vocals, bass
  • Jochen Schroeder – guitars
  • Rudy Graf – guitars
  • Jörg Michael – drums
Production
  • Rage – producer
  • Andi Musolf – engineer, mixing at Hartmann Digital Studios
  • DEF – mixing, samples
  • Tommy Hansen – remixing at Horus Sound Studio

References

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Rage - Execution Guaranteed review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  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. 278. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  3. ^ Exley, Mike (1987). "Rage - Execution Guaranteed". Metal Forces. No. 24. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Rage - Execution Guaranteed". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 10 September 2011.