Fighting for the Earth

Fighting for the Earth is the debut album by American heavy metal band Warrior. It was originally released in 1985 and was re-issued by Metal Blade in 1991 (North America), Toshiba-EMI in 1993 (Japan) as part of the Burrn! Legendary Masters series, and by NL Distribution in 2008 (Europe).

Fighting for the Earth
Studio album by
Released1985
RecordedCherokee Studios, Sunset Sound Recorders, Sound City Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreHeavy metal
Length37:26
Label10 Records, Metal Blade, Toshiba-EMI, NL Distribution
ProducerWarrior and Doug Rider
Warrior chronology
Fighting for the Earth
(1985)
Ancient Future
(1998)

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Kerrang![2]

Fighting for the Earth was ranked number 275 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time in 2005.[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Joe Floyd, except where noted:

No.TitleLength
1."Fighting for the Earth"5:23
2."Only the Strong Survive"4:47
3."Ruler" (Floyd, Bennett)3:29
4."Mind Over Matter" (Floyd, Bennett)3:47
5."Defenders of Creation"5:51
6."Day of the Evil... (Beware)"3:53
7."Cold Fire"5:04
8."PTM 1" (McCarty)0:35
9."Welcome Aboard" (Floyd, McCarty)4:37

Personnel

Band members
  • Parramore McCarty – vocals
  • Joe Floyd – guitars
  • Bruce Turgon - bass (credited, but does not play)
  • Tommy Asakawa – guitar
  • Jimmy Volpe - drums (credited, but does not play)
Additional musicians
  • Rick Bennett – bass, keyboards on all tracks
  • Liam Jason – drums on all tracks
Production
  • Doug Rider – producer, engineer
  • David Thoener – mixing
  • Brian Scheuble, Peggy McCreary, Ray Leonard – assistant engineers
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk, New York

References

  1. "Warrior Fighting for the Earth review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  2. Dome, Malcolm (April 4, 1985). "Warrior 'Fighting for the Earth'". Kerrang!. Vol. 91. London, UK: Morgan Grampian. p. 6.
  3. Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 104. ISBN 978-3-89880-517-9.
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