Digital Dictator
1988 studio album by Vicious Rumors
Digital Dictator | ||||
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Cover art by Guy Aitchison | ||||
Studio album by Vicious Rumors | ||||
Released | February 9, 1988 (1988-02-09) | |||
Recorded | 1987 at Prairie Sun Recording Studios in Cotati, California | |||
Genre | Heavy metal[1] | |||
Length | 38:57 | |||
Label | Shrapnel | |||
Producer | Steve Fontano, Geoff Thorpe | |||
Vicious Rumors chronology | ||||
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Digital Dictator is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Vicious Rumors, released in 1988 through Shrapnel Records (United States) and Roadrunner Records (Europe);[2] a remastered edition was reissued in 2009. The is the first Vicious Rumors album to feature vocalist Carl Albert, who would stay in the band until his death in 1995.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Replicant" (Instrumental) | Dave Starr, Mark McGee | 1:04 |
2. | "Digital Dictator" | Starr, Geoff Thorpe, McGee, Carl Albert | 3:17 |
3. | "Minute to Kill" | Thorpe, Albert, Larry Howe | 3:34 |
4. | "Towns on Fire" | Thorpe, Howe | 4:23 |
5. | "Lady Took a Chance" | Thorpe | 6:11 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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6. | "Worlds and Machines" | Thorpe, McGee, Howe | 5:30 |
7. | "The Crest" | Thorpe | 2:56 |
8. | "R.L.H." | Thorpe, Starr, McGee | 4:00 |
9. | "Condemned" | Thorpe, Albert, McGee | 3:53 |
10. | "Out of the Shadows" | Thorpe, McGee, Albert | 4:09 |
Total length: | 38:57 |
Personnel
- Vicious Rumors
- Carl Albert – lead vocals
- Geoff Thorpe – guitar, backing vocals
- Mark McGee – guitar, backing vocals, mandolin
- Dave Starr – bass, backing vocals
- Larry Howe – drums, backing vocals
- Additional musicians
- John Lavaysse – backing vocals
- Dino Alden – backing vocals
- Production
- Steve Fontano – producer, engineering, mixing
- Geoff Thorpe – cover concept, mixing, production
- Mark McGee – mixing
- Dave Starr – mixing
- George Horn – mastering
- Dino Alden – assistant engineering
- Guy Aitchison – cover art
- Steve Pollutro – logo
- Rocky Ball – photography
- Doug Troxell – photography, production management, sleeve design
- Rick Likong – photography
- John Umphrey – photography
- Stephanie Ball – photography
- Tim Gennert – remastering (reissue)
References
- ^ "Digital Dictator - Vicious Rumors" Archived 2015-07-12 at the Wayback Machine. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
- ^ "Vicious Rumors - Digital Dictator" Archived 2012-06-30 at the Wayback Machine. Discogs. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
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- Soldiers of the Night (1985)
- Digital Dictator (1988)
- Vicious Rumors (1990)
- Welcome to the Ball (1991)
- Word of Mouth (1994)
- Something Burning (1996)
- Cyberchrist (1998)
- Sadistic Symphony (2001)
- Warball (2006)
- Razorback Killers (2011)
- Plug In and Hang On (1992)
- A Tribute to Carl Albert (1995)
- The First Ten Years (1996)
- VR – Crushing the World (2005)