Victims of the Future

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Victims of the Future
Studio album by Gary Moore
Released	1983
Recorded	October 1983-November 1983
Genre	Blues-Rock, Hard Rock
Length	43:26
Label	Mirage
Producer(s)	Jeff Glixman
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Gary Moore chronology
Rockin' Every Night (1983)	Victims of the Future (1983)	Dirty Fingers (1984)

Victims Of The Future is an album by UK blues-rock guitarist Gary Moore, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). Continuing his path in the hard rock genre, 'Victims Of The Future' was a collection of straight-out rock'n'roll anthems (such as "Teenage Idol" and "Hold On To Love"), a mournful love ballad ("Empty Rooms", which was also redone by Moore in his 1985 Run for Cover album), a cover of the Yardbirds' "Shapes of Things", and two darker songs, with some social and political commentary: "Victims Of The Future" and "Murder In The Skies", the latter being a protest against the Soviet Union's shooting down of Korean Air Flight 007. Moore performed at the 1984 Texxas Jam in Dallas, Texas on June 10, 1984 during this tour.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Victims of The Future" – 6:13
2. "Teenage Idol" – 4:07
3. "Shapes of Things" – 4:14
4. "Empty Rooms" – 6:36
5. "Murder in the Skies" – 7:17
6. "All I Want" – 4:17
7. "Hold on to Love" – 4:27
8. "Law of the Jungle" – 6:15

[edit] Personnel

• Gary Moore - guitar, vocals
• Ian Paice - drums
• Neil Carter - keyboards, vocals
• Bass - Neil Murray, Mo Foster, Bob Daisley
• Bobby (Prime Time) Chouinard - additional drums

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1983	UK	12