Gambling with the Devil

Studio album by Helloween

Released

23 October 2007

Recorded

2007 at Mi Sueño Studio, Tenerife, Spain

Genre

Power metal

Length

57:33

Helloween chronology

Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006
(2007)

Gambling with the Devil
(2007)

Unarmed – Best of 25th Anniversary
(2009)

Singles from Gambling with the Devil

"As Long as I Fall"
Released: 28 September 2007

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Sputnikmusic	^[2]
About.com	^[3]

Gambling with the Devil is the twelfth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 2007. The single "As Long as I Fall" is download-only and was released in late September. When asked about the album, bassist Markus Grosskopf commented:^[4]

“

It was an album without any concept, but still we had that concept with that little game on it, that little "Crack the Riddle". [...] And then, that was nice, it was a great piece of work and when you do such an output like Keeper III it's like you've got to open your head and empty it at first, close it and then start thinking new for Keeper thing you know, but then it's very, very hard work. You've got to think very different from what you do when you just write the songs so to say, just like writing a normal metal song or rock song, it's very different. But that's what we did with the Gambling with the Devil and I feel very good just doing proper decent songs. You cannot do always like this concept thing. [...] It's never easy, but once you got an idea you don't have to think about "Oh, that's five minutes missing" you know. What do I put in to make it fit for the concept? Fit it to make it fit in the concept of something, it's just like if there's a song of five minutes or four minutes and it's cool, you don't have to think about how is it fitting in the concept, if the song's good the song's good, it goes on the record.

”

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Crack the Riddle (intro)"	Deris, Weikath, Gerstner, Loble, Grosskopf	Deris, Weikath, Gerstner, Loble, Grosskopf	0:56
2.	"Kill It"	Deris	Deris	4:13
3.	"The Saints"	Weikath	Weikath	7:06
4.	"As Long As I Fall"	Deris	Deris	3:41
5.	"Paint a New World"	Gerstner/Weikath	Gerstner	4:27
6.	"Final Fortune"	Grosskopf	Grosskopf	4:46
7.	"The Bells of the 7 Hells"	Deris	Deris	5:22
8.	"Fallen to Pieces"	Deris	Deris	5:52
9.	"I.M.E."	Deris	Deris	3:46
10.	"Can Do It"	Weikath	Weikath	4:30
11.	"Dreambound"	Gerstner/Weikath	Gerstner	5:57
12.	"Heaven Tells No Lies"	Grosskopf	Grosskopf	6:56

Bonus Track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We Unite" (japanese bonus track)	Grosskopf	4:34

Disc 2 (Special Edition Only)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Find My Freedom" (European Version)	Grosskopf	6:30
2.	"See the Night"	Grosskopf	6:04
3.	"Never Surrender'" (USA Tour Special Edition)	Gerstner	4:50
4.	"As Long As I Fall (Radio Edit)" (Japanese Version)	Deris	3:45
5.	"As Long As I Fall (Enhanced Video)"
6.	"Trailer" (Enhanced)"

Critical reception

The album has received mostly positive reviews, with critics hailing it as one of the band's strongest efforts in quite a while.^[5] Andi Deris' vocals on the album also got praise for their power, range and emotion.^[6]

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Czech Republic Albums Chart ^[7]	10
Greek Albums Chart	16
Japanese Albums Chart ^[8]	17
Hungarian Albums Chart ^[9]	18
Finnish Albums Chart ^[10]	34
Swedish Albums Chart ^[11]	34
German Albums Chart ^[12]^[13]	38
Norwegian Albums Chart ^[14]	44
Italian Albums Chart ^[15]^[16]	49
Swiss Albums Chart ^[17]	88
French Albums Chart ^[18]	103

Personnel

Band members

Andi Deris – lead vocals
Michael Weikath – guitar
Sascha Gerstner – guitar, backing vocals
Markus Grosskopf – bass
Dani Löble – drums

Guests

Biff Byford - spoken vocals on "Crack the Riddle"
Matthias Ulmer - keyboards

References

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Helloween
Kai Hansen Michael Weikath Markus Grosskopf Michael Kiske Andi Deris Sascha Gerstner Daniel Löble Ingo Schwichtenberg Roland Grapow Uli Kusch Mark Cross Stefan Schwarzmann
Studio albums	Walls of Jericho Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II Pink Bubbles Go Ape Chameleon Master of the Rings The Time of the Oath Better Than Raw The Dark Ride Rabbit Don't Come Easy Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy Gambling with the Devil 7 Sinners Straight Out of Hell My God-Given Right
Extended plays	Helloween Mr. Ego (Take Me Down) Burning Sun
Live albums	Live in the U.K. High Live Keeper of the Seven Keys – The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006
Compilations	The Best, The Rest, The Rare Karaoke Remix Vol.1 Karaoke Remix Vol.2 Metal Jukebox Treasure Chest Unarmed – Best of 25th Anniversary
Singles	"Future World" "Dr. Stein" "I Want Out" "Kids of the Century" "When the Sinner" "I Don't Wanna Cry No More" "Windmill" "Perfect Gentleman" "Sole Survivor" "Power" "The Time of the Oath" "Forever and One" "Lay All Your Love on Me" "If I Could Fly" "Just a Little Sign" "Mrs. God" "Light the Universe" "As Long as I Fall" "Are You Metal?"
Videos	The Pumpkin Video High Live Hellish Videos Live on 3 Continents
Related articles	Discography Band members Keeper of the Seven Keys Headbangers Ball Tour

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