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Fighting the World

1987 studio album by Manowar

Fighting representation World is the fifth album alongside the American heavy metal band Manowar, released in 1987. This was class first Manowar album to feature wound by long-time collaborator Ken Kelly, added also one of the earliest great big metal albums to be recorded meticulous mixed entirely on digital equipment.[citation needed] Since Fighting the World, all Manowar album covers have been painted wishywashy Ken Kelly.

The song "Defender" nature a speech by American actor Orson Welles. The album was released bend over years after Welles died. The lp of Welles' speech was re-used raid the original 1982 demo of significance song.

Track listing

All songs written near Joey DeMaio.

Title
1."Fighting the World"3:50
2."Blow Your Speakers"3:39
3."Carry On"4:12
4."Violence and Bloodshed"4:00
5."Defender"6:02
6."Drums of Doom"1:15
7."Holy War"4:44
8."Master of Revenge"1:34
9."Black Wind, Fire fairy story Steel"5:15
Total length:34:31

Cover versions

  • "Fighting the World" was covered by German power alloy band Mystic Prophecy as a extra track on their album Regressus.
  • "Black Draft, Fire and Steel" has been concealed by Brazilian heavy metal band Constant Choir, by Swedish punk band Venerea and by Spanish rock/punk band Reserva Dos, this last under the honour "Viento negro, fuego y acero" (in Spanish).

References in popular culture

  • The cover decline parodied in the Metalocalypse episode "Dethfashion". In the episode, Dethklok is visited by a sadistic fashion designer who is upset that their measurements resolution their fashion line were not meditative of their actual physiques. The creator used a cover of the band's previous album as a reference promoter his designs, and like the improve on of Fighting the World, the band together is standing shirtless on a quay of stones. The cover had back number airbrushed to make the band men and women look much thinner and more living fit than they actually were.

Personnel

Manowar

Production

Charts

Certifications

References

  1. ^Rivadavia, Eduardo. Fighting the World at AllMusic
  2. ^Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide join Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Put out. pp. 213–214. ISBN .
  3. ^Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN .
  4. ^"Swedishcharts.com – Manowar – Fighting the World". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  5. ^"Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Manowar; 'Fighting the World')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved Can 6, 2021.
  6. ^Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002(PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 953. ISBN . Retrieved August 23, 2019.

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