Victims of the Future

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


Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Gary Moore except as noted.

  1. "Victims of The Future" (Gary Moore/Neil Carter/Ian Paice/Neil Murray) – 6:13
  2. "Teenage Idol" – 4:07
  3. "Shapes of Things" (Samwell-Smith/Relf/McCarty) – 4:14
  4. "Empty Rooms" (Gary Moore/Neil Carter) – 6:36
  5. "Murder in the Skies" (Gary Moore/Neil Carter) – 7:17
  6. "All I Want" – 4:17
  7. "Hold on to Love" – 4:27
  8. "Law of the Jungle" – 6:15

Remastered edition of the album also includes three bonus tracks:

  1. Devil in her heart
  2. Blinder
  3. Empty rooms (1984 remix)

[edit] Singles

  • Hold On To Love (January, 1984)
  • Shapes Of Things (March, 1984)
  • Teenage Idol (1984)
  • Empty Rooms (August, 1984)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1983 UK 12