Metal Jukebox
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
The current version of the article or section is written like a magazine article; it does not use the direct, balanced tone expected of an encyclopedia. Please discuss this issue on the talk page. Editing help is available. |
| Metal Jukebox | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||||
| Cover album by Helloween | |||||
| Released | November 9, 1999 | ||||
| Recorded | Fixitinthemix Hamburg, Germany and Crazy Cat Studio Mi Sueno, Tenerife, 1999 | ||||
| Genre | Power metal | ||||
| Length | 57:24 | ||||
| Label | Castle Communications | ||||
| Producer | Helloween | ||||
| Professional reviews | |||||
| Helloween chronology | |||||
|
|||||
Metal Jukebox is a cover album by the Power Metal band Helloween.
[edit] Background
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
- "He's a Woman - She's a Man" - Scorpions (Schenker/Meine/Rarebell) – 3:13
- "Locomotive Breath" - Jethro Tull (Anderson) – 3:56
- "Lay All Your Love on Me" - ABBA (Andersson/Ulvaeus) – 4:36
- "Space Oddity" - David Bowie (Bowie) – 4:51
- "From Out of Nowhere" - Faith No More (Bordin/Bottum/Gould/Martin/Patton) – 3:19
- "All My Loving" - The Beatles (Lennon/McCartney) – 1:44
- "Hocus Pocus" - Focus (van Leer/Akkerman) – 6:43
- "Faith Healer" - Alex Harvey (Harvey/McKenna) – 7:08
- "Juggernaut" - Frank Marino (Marino) – 4:50
- "White Room" - Cream (Bruce/Brown) – 5:46
- "Mexican" - Babe Ruth (Shacklock) – 5:48
- "Rat Bat Blue" - Deep Purple (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) – 5:30 (Japanese release only)
[edit] Credits
- Andi Deris - Vocals
- Michael Weikath - Guitar
- Roland Grapow - Guitar
- Markus Grosskopf - Bass
- Uli Kusch - Drums
