Wiped Out
Studio album by
Released3 June 1982
Recorded1982
StudioImpulse Studios (Wallsend, England)
Genre
Length51:53
LabelNeat
ProducerRaven and Keith Nichol
Raven chronology
Rock Until You Drop
(1981)
Wiped Out
(1982)
All for One
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal10/10[2]

Wiped Out is the second full-length album by British heavy metal band Raven, released in 1982.[3]

Reception

In 2005, Wiped Out was ranked number 495 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Gallagher, Gallagher, and Hunter.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Faster than the Speed of Light"4:22
2."Bring the Hammer Down"4:19
3."FirePower"3:08
4."Read All About It"3:01
5."To the Limit – To the Top"7:54
6."Battle Zone"3:34
Side two
No.TitleLength
7."Live at the Inferno!"3:54
8."Star War"5:35
9."UXB"3:25
10."20/21"1:36
11."Hold Back the Fire"5:40
12."Chainsaw"5:17
CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Crash Bang Wallop"3:03
14."Run Them Down"2:59
15."Rock Hard"3:06
16."20/21" ((outtake))1:44

Personnel

Raven

  • John Gallagher – bass, vocals
  • Mark Gallagher – guitar
  • Rob Hunter – drums

Production

  • Keith Nichol – producer, engineer

References

  1. Henderson, Alex. "Raven - Wiped Out review". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 283–284. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  3. "Raven (Gbr) - Wiped Out". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  4. Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 9. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.


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