Victims of the Future

Victims of the Future
Studio album by Gary Moore
Released February 1984
Recorded October–November 1983
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length 43:26
Label 10 Records (UK)
Mirage (US)
Virgin (Canada)
Producer Jeff Glixman
Gary Moore chronology
Rockin' Every Night - Live in Japan
(1983)
Victims of the Future
(1983)
Dirty Fingers
(1984)
Alternative cover
Original North American Cover

Victims of the Future is an album by Northern Irish blues-rock guitarist, Gary Moore, released in 1984. 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 then was redone by Moore for 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.

The album was released in the US with a different cover and some changes to the content: The guitar intro for "Murder in the Skies" was removed, and "Devil in Her Heart" was added. "All I Want" was omitted from the LP, but included as a bonus track on the cassette version.

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Contents

Track listing

All songs by Gary Moore except as noted.

Original UK release

Side one

  1. "Victims of the Future" (Moore/Neil Carter/Ian Paice/Neil Murray) – 6:13
  2. "Teenage Idol" – 4:07
  3. "Shapes of Things" (Paul Samwell-Smith/Keith Relf/Jim McCarty) – 4:14
  4. "Empty Rooms" (Moore/Carter) – 6:36

Side two

  1. "Murder in the Skies" (Moore/Carter) – 7:17
  2. "All I Want" – 4:17
  3. "Hold on to Love" – 4:27
  4. "Law of the Jungle" – 6:15

Original US release

Side one

  1. "Victims of the Future" (Moore/Carter/Ian Paice/Neil Murray) – 6:13
  2. "Teenage Idol" – 4:07
  3. "Devil in Her Heart" – 4:03
  4. "Empty Rooms" (Moore/Carter) – 6:36
  5. "All I Want" – 4:17 (Cassette only)

Side two

  1. "Shapes of Things" (Paul Samwell-Smith/Keith Relf/Jim McCarty) – 4:14
  2. "Murder in the Skies" (Moore/Carter) – 5:49
  3. "Hold on to Love" – 4:27
  4. "Law of the Jungle" – 6:15

CD issue

  1. "Victims of the Future" (Moore/Neil Carter/Ian Paice/Neil Murray) – 6:13
  2. "Teenage Idol" – 4:07
  3. "Shapes of Things To Come" (Paul Samwell-Smith/Keith Relf/Jim McCarty) – 4:14
  4. "Empty Rooms" (Moore/Carter) – 6:36
  5. "Murder in the Skies" (Moore/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" (Instrumental)
  3. "Empty Rooms (1984 remix)"

Singles

Personnel

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1984 UK 12

References

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Victims of the Future at Allmusic