Better Than Raw

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Better Than Raw
Studio album by Helloween
Released April 24, 1998
Recorded 1997 at Chateau du Pape and Crazy Cat Studios, Hamburg, Germany and Mi Sueno studio, Tenerife, Spain
Genre Power metal
Length 52:58
Label Castle Communications
Producer Tommy Hansen and Helloween
Helloween chronology

High Live
(1996)		 Better Than Raw
(1998)		 Metal Jukebox
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Sputnikmusic [2]
Sea of Tranquility [3]
Metal Crypt [4]

Better Than Raw is the eighth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1998.[5][6] The album spawned the singles"I Can" and "Hey Lord!".

The album was recorded at Chateau du Pape and Crazy Cat studios in Hamburg and at Mi Sueno studio in Tenerife. It was produced and mixed by Tommy Hansen at Chateau du Pape and mastered by Ian Cooper at Metropolis, London.

Track listing

No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude Period in Z"  InstrumentalKusch 1:45
2. "Push"  Deris/Kusch/WeikathKusch 4:45
3. "Falling Higher"  Deris/WeikathWeikath 4:45
4. "Hey Lord!"  DerisDeris 4:06
5. "Don't Spit on My Mind"  DerisDeris/Grosskopf 4:24
6. "Revelation"  DerisKusch 8:21
7. "Time"  DerisDeris 5:43
8. "I Can"  WeikathDeris/Weikath 4:38
9. "A Handful of Pain"  DerisKusch 4:49
10. "Laudate Dominum"  WeikathWeikath 5:10
11. "Midnight Sun"  WeikathWeikath 6:19
Expanded Edition bonus tracks
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Back On The Ground"  Kusch/Deris 4:38
2. "A Game We Shouldn't Play"  Deris 3:38
3. "Perfect Gentleman" (live bootleg version)Deris/Weikath 3:27
4. "Moshi Moshi~Shiki No Uta" (live drum solo)Kusch/Grapow 6:53
  • M - 2 also appears on the I Can single.
  • M - 3,4 also appears on the Hey Lord! single.

Personnel

Helloween

Others

  • Jorn Ellerbrock - keyboards
  • Tommy Hansen (producer) - keyboards
  • Jutta Weinhold, Ralf Maurer, Christina Hahne and Helloween members - Backing vocals

Trivia

  • Hanson have been known to use the album introduction as an entrance to their concerts.
  • Lavdate Dominum was written as a tribute for the band's dedicated fans in Spain, South America and other Catholic countries.
  • Midnight Sun is about the ending of a bad relationship.
  • The cover was inspired by The Smurfs, with Gargamel changed for the witch and the Smurfs for pumpkins.
  • As opposed to the more benign-looking pumpkin used on previous albums, a sinister-looking pumpkin is used to represent the "o" in the "Helloween" logo. Albeit with a few minor tweaks, it is still currently in use.

References

  1. ↑ Better Than Raw at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
  2. ↑ "Helloween - Better Than Raw". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-22. 
  3. ↑ "Helloween: Better Than Raw-Expanded Edition (remaster) review". Sea of Tranquility. 2006-07-04. Retrieved 2012-11-11. 
  4. ↑ "Review: Helloween - Better Than Raw". Metal Crypt. 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2012-11-11. 
  5. ↑ "Better than Raw". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2012-11-11. 
  6. ↑ "Helloween – Better Than Raw (tracklist and versions)". Discogs. Retrieved 2012-11-11. 

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