Never, Neverland

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Never, Neverland
Never, Neverland cover
Studio album by Annihilator
Released September 1990
Recorded February – April 1990
Vancouver Studios,
Vancouver, Canada
Genre Thrash metal
Length 43:59
Label Roadrunner
Producer(s) Glen Robinson
Monte Conner
Jeff Waters
Professional reviews
Annihilator chronology
Alice in Hell
(1989)
Never, Neverland
(1990)
Set the World on Fire
(1993)


Never, Neverland is the second album by heavy metal band Annihilator. It was released in 1990 (see 1990 in music) under the label Roadrunner.

[edit] Track listing

  • All music written and arranged by Jeff Waters
  • All drum arrangements by Jeff Waters and Ray Hartmann
  • Lyrics by Jeff Waters, unless stated
  1. "The Fun Palace" (Waters, Coburn Pharr) – 5:51
  2. "Road to Ruin" – 3:42
  3. "Sixes and Seven" – 5:20
  4. "Stonewall" – 4:50
  5. "Never, Neverland" (Waters, Pharr) – 5:29
  6. "Imperiled Eyes" (Waters, J Weil) – 5:27
  7. "Kraf Dinner" – 2:41
  8. "Phantasmagoria" – 3:59
  9. "Reduced to Ash" (Waters, J Bates) – 3:09
  10. "I Am in Command" (Waters, Weil, Bates) – 3:34
  11. "Kraf Dinner" – 2:31 *
  12. "Mayhem" – 2:54 *
  13. "Freed from the Pit" – 3:45 *

* = These are the demo tracks recorded during the album's sessions.

[edit] Notes/Trivia

  • The album was re-released twice: 1998 with 3 demo tracks as bonus tracks and again on September 9, 2003 in a two-disc compilation set along with Alice in Hell, entitled Alice in Hell/Never Neverland.
  • The album is also considered to be a sequel of the Alice in Hell album.
  • The album is not named after the quote of the famous Metallica song "Enter Sandman" because it was released a year before.
  • The two demo tracks "Mayhem" was changed to "Reduced to Ash" and "Freed from the Pit" was changed to "Road to Ruin".

[edit] Credits

  • Annihilator – Main Performer
  • Monte Conner – Executive Producer
  • Glen Robinson – Engineer, Mixing, Producer
  • Jeff Waters – Arranger, Drum Arrangements, Guitar, Producer, Liner Notes, Drums (African), Concept, Cover Design
  • Coburn Pharr – Vocals
  • David Scott Davis – Guitar
  • Wayne Darley – Bass
  • Ray Hartman – Drum Arrangements, Drums
  • Ray Hartmann – Drum Arrangements, Drums, Drums (African)
  • George Marino – Mastering
  • Chris Gehringer – Remastering
  • Satoshi Kobayashi – Reissue Design
  • Steve Royea – Engineer, Second Engineer
  • Victor Dezso – Photography
  • Mark Van Der Wielen – Photography
  • Nick Gilman – Artwork, Cover Design
  • Len Rooney – Cover Design
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