Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 2

Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2
Studio album by Helloween
Released September, 1988
Recorded May – June 1988 at Horus Sound studio, Hannover, Germany
Genre Power metal
Length 54:33 (w/o bonus tracks)
1:26:21 (w/ bonus tracks)
Label Noise
Producer Tommy Hansen
Helloween chronology
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1
(1987)		 Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2
(1988)		 Live in the UK
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Sputnikmusic [2]

Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2 is the fourth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1988. The album capitalized on the success of Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1 and picks up where it left off. Success bloomed all over Europe, Asia and even the United States. The album went gold in Germany[3] and reached #108 in the US.

The album contains two singles, which are "Dr. Stein" and "I Want Out". "Dr. Stein" has a very long and moody solo, played with a blues tinge, very unlike other solos in the album as well as an organ solo. "I Want Out" remains one of the band's most popular songs, and has been covered by Gamma Ray, HammerFall, LORD and Sonata Arctica. This song was written by Kai Hansen, and it's rumored to have to do with how he felt about Helloween, that maybe the band was not his anymore. The title track is the longest song of the album. Michael Weikath's "Eagle Fly Free", one of the well known songs of the album has also been covered, as Kai Hansen's "I Want Out", by bands like Vision Divine, and Bassinvaders.

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Invitation"   Weikath 1:06
2. "Eagle Fly Free"   Weikath 5:08
3. "You Always Walk Alone"   Kiske 5:08
4. "Rise and Fall"   Weikath 4:22
5. "Dr. Stein"   Weikath 5:03
6. "We Got the Right"   Kiske 5:07
7. "March of Time"   Hansen 5:13
8. "I Want Out"   Hansen 4:39
9. "Keeper of the Seven Keys"   Weikath 13:38
10. "Save Us"   Hansen 5:15
Expanded edition bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Savage"   Kiske 3:25
2. "Livin' Ain't No Crime"   Weikath 4:42
3. "Don't Run for Cover"   Kiske 4:45
4. "Dr Stein (Remix)"   Weikath 5:05
5. "Keeper of the Seven Keys (Remix)"   Weikath 13:52

Credits

Chart positions

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1988 The Billboard 200 108

References

  1. ^ Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 2 at Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  2. ^ "Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2 (staff review)". Sputnikmusic. http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=5238. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  3. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Keeper+of+the+Seven+Keys+Part+II')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Keeper%2Bof%2Bthe%2BSeven%2BKeys%2BPart%2BII&strInterpret=&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked. 
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