Better Than Raw

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Better Than Raw
Better Than Raw cover
Studio album by Helloween
Released April 24, 1998
Recorded Chateau du Pape Hamburg, Germany and Crazy Cat Studio Mi Sueno, Tenerife 1997
Genre Power metal
Length 52:58
Label Castle Communications
Producer Tommy Hansen and Helloween
Professional reviews
Helloween chronology
High Live
(1996)
Better Than Raw
(1998)
Metal Jukebox
(1999)

Better Than Raw is the eighth album by the German power metal band Helloween, released in 1998. The singles for the album were "I Can" and "Hey Lord".

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude Period in Z" – 1:44 (M: Kusch)
  2. "Push" – 4:44 (M: Kusch L: Deris, Kusch, Weikath)
  3. "Falling Higher" – 4:45 (M: Weikath L: Deris, Weikath)
  4. "Hey Lord!" – 4:05 (M: Deris L: Deris)
  5. "Don't Spit on My Mind" – 4:23 (M: Deris, Grosskopf L: Deris)
  6. "Revelation" – 8:21 (M: Kusch L: Deris)
  7. "Time" – 5:41 (M: Deris L: Deris)
  8. "I Can" – 4:38 (M: Weikath L: Deris, Weikath)
  9. "A Handful of Pain" – 4:48 (M: Kusch L: Deris)
  10. "Laudate Dominum" – 5:09 (M: Weikath L: Weikath)
  11. "Midnight Sun" – 6:18 (M: Weikath L: Weikath)

[edit] Expanded Edition bonus tracks

  1. "Back On The Ground" – 4:39 (Kusch/Deris)
  2. "A Game We Shouldn't Play" – 3:38 (Deris)
  3. "Perfect Gentleman" (Live Bootleg Version) – 3:27 (Kusch/Deris)
  4. "Moshi Moshi~Shiki No Uta" (Live Drum Solo") – 6:53 (Kusch/Grapow)

[edit] Credits

[edit] Album notes

  • The album was recorded at Chateau du Pape & Crazy Cat studios in Hamburg and at Mi Sueno studio in Tenerife.
  • Mixed by Tommy Hansen at Chateau du Pape, Hamburg.
  • Mastered by Ian Cooper at Metropolis, London.
  • Produced by Tommy Hansen and Helloween.
  • Keyboards played by Jorn Ellerbrock and Tommy Hansen
  • Backing vocals sung by Jutta Weinhold, Ralf Maurer, Christina Hahne and Helloween.