Metal Jukebox

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Metal Jukebox
Metal Jukebox cover
Cover album by Helloween
Released 1999
Recorded Fixitinthemix Hamburg, Germany and Crazy Cat Studio Mi Sueno, Tenerife, 1999
Genre Power metal
Length 57:24
Label Castle Communications
Producer(s) Helloween
Professional reviews
Helloween chronology
Better Than Raw
(1998)		 Metal Jukebox
(1999)		 The Dark Ride
(2000)


When producing Metal Jukebox, German heavy metal band Helloween changed its style and shifted to a more pop/metal style of music that, remained only for the production of this album. The album was released in 1999. Helloween had traditionally been a power/heavy metal band comparable with Metallica in America. Its influence in European metal cannot be overstated and Metal Jukebox proved to be the first record that was mostly based on cover songs. The cover songs obviously include a Helloweenistic turn; a clear example could be Hocus Pocus, a cover of the Netherlands' progressive band Focus, which includes heavily distorted guitars and very heavy drumming; aspects that the original piece does not contain and are common in many of Helloween's compositions. The album also includes Jethro Tull, Cream, Beatles, David Bowie and ABBA covers, as well as covers of songs by other famous bands.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "He's a Woman - She's a Man" - Scorpions (Schenker/Meine/Rarebell) – 3:13
  2. "Locomotive Breath" - Jethro Tull (Anderson) – 3:56
  3. "Lay All Your Love on Me" - ABBA (Andersson/Ulvaeus) – 4:36
  4. "Space Oddity" - David Bowie (Bowie) – 4:51
  5. "From Out of Nowhere" - Faith No More (Bordin/Bottum/Gould/Martin/Patton) – 3:19
  6. "All My Loving" - The Beatles (Lennon/McCartney) – 1:44
  7. "Hocus Pocus" - Focus (van Leer/Akkerman) – 6:43
  8. "Faith Healer" - Alex Harvey (Harvey/McKenna) – 7:08
  9. "Jaggernaut" - Frank Marino (Marino) – 4:50
  10. "White Room" - Cream (Bruce/Brown) – 5:46
  11. "Mexican" - Babe Ruth (Shacklock) – 5:48
  12. "Rat Bat Blue" - Deep Purple (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) – 5:30 (Japanese release only)

[edit] Credits

Helloween
Andi Deris | Michael Weikath | Sascha Gerstner | Markus Grosskopf | Daniel Löble
Kai Hansen - Michael Kiske - Ingo Schwichtenberg - Roland Grapow - Uli Kusch - Mark Cross - Stefan Schwarzmann
Discography
Studio albums: Helloween | Walls of Jericho | Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1 | Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2 | Pink Bubbles Go Ape | Chameleon | Master of the Rings | The Time of the Oath | Better Than Raw | Metal Jukebox | The Dark Ride | Rabbit Don't Come Easy | Keeper of the Seven Keys – The Legacy
Live albums: I Want Out Live | Keepers Live | Live in the UK | High Live | Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006
Compilations: Pumpkin Tracks | The Best, The Rest, The Rare | Karaoke Album vol. 1 | Metal Jukebox | Treasure Chest
Singles and EPs: "Judas" | "Future World" | "Dr. Stein" | "I Want Out" | "Kids of the Century" | "Number One" | "Windmill" | "When The Sinner" | "Step Out of Hell" | "I Don't Wanna Cry No More" | "Where The Rain Grows" | "Mr. Ego" | "Perfect Gentleman" | "Sole Survivor" | "Power" | "The Time of the Oath" | "If I Could Fly" | "Just a Little Sign" | "Mrs. God" | "Light the Universe"
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