Land of the Free (album)

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Land of the Free
Land of the Free cover
Studio album by Gamma Ray
Released May 29, 1995
March 18, 2003 (Re-release)
Recorded R.A.S.H. Studio Gelsenkirchen (Drums),
Hansen Studio Hamburg
Genre Power metal
Length 56:43
Label Noise Records
Professional reviews
Gamma Ray chronology
Insanity and Genius
(1993)		 Land of the Free
(1995)		 Somewhere out in Space
(1997)


Land of the Free is the fourth studio album by German power metal band Gamma Ray, released in 1995. Land of the Free was the first Gamma Ray album to be release since the departure of Ralf Scheepers, leaving former Helloween lead vocalist and Gamma Ray guitarist, Kai Hansen to take up lead vocals. This is his first recording as a lead vocalist since Helloween's release of their album Walls of Jericho in 1985.

This was the last album featuring the then current line-up of the band. Originally, bassist Jan Rubach was to swap positions with guitarist Dirk Schlächter, but decided to leave the band instead. Drummer Thomas Nack also left after this album.

The track "Afterlife" was written as a tribute to Ingo Schwichtenberg, Kai Hansen's former bandmate in Helloween, who committed suicide prior to the album's release.

Part of the solo of track 4, "All of the Damned", is taken from the Eagles song Hotel California.

Along with most of the band's past catalogue, the album was re-released in 2003 with a different cover and expanded tracklist which featured three tracks that had either appeared as bonuses on various different editions of the album (namely "Heavy Metal Mania", which was a Japanese bonus track on the original release) or were unreleased tracks.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Rebellion in Dreamland" (Hansen) – 8:44
  2. "Man on a Mission" (Hansen) – 5:49
  3. "Fairytale" (Hansen) – 0:50
  4. "All of the Damned" (Hansen) – 5:00
  5. "Rising of the Damned" (Hansen) – 0:43
  6. "Gods of Deliverance" (Rubach/Hansen) – 5:01
  7. "Farewell" (Schlächter) – 5:11
  8. "Salvation's Calling" (Rubach) – 4:36
  9. "Land of the Free" (Hansen) – 4:38
  10. "The Saviour" (Hansen) – 0:40
  11. "Abyss of the Void" (Hansen) – 6:04
  12. "Time to Break Free" (Hansen) – 4:40
  13. "Afterlife" (Hansen) – 4:46

[edit] 2003 Bonus Tracks

  • 14. "Heavy Metal Mania" (Mortimer) - 4:49 (Holocaust cover)
  • 15. "As Time Goes By (pre-Production version)" (Hansen/Sielck) - 4:53
  • 16. "The Silence '95" (Hansen) - 6:29

[edit] Credits

[edit] Guest musicians

Gamma Ray
Kai Hansen | Henjo Richter | Dirk Schlächter | Dan Zimmermann
Ralf Scheepers | Uwe Wessel | Jan Rubach | Mathias Burchard | Uli Kusch | Thomas Nack
Discography
Studio albums: Heading for Tomorrow | Sigh No More | Insanity and Genius | Land of the Free | Somewhere Out in Space | Powerplant | No World Order | Majestic
EPs: Heaven Can Wait | Silent Miracles | Valley of the Kings
Live albums: Alive '95 | Skeletons in the Closet
Compilations: Blast from the Past
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Helloween | Primal Fear | Iron Savior | Blind Guardian | Avantasia | Masterplan | Angra | Freedom Call
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