Rock Until You Drop

Rock Until You Drop
Studio album by
Raven
ReleasedJanuary 1981[1]
Recorded1980
StudioImpulse Studios (Wallsend, England)
GenreHeavy metal
Length46:36
LabelNeat
ProducerSteve Thompson and Raven
Raven chronology
Rock Until You Drop
(1981) 		Wiped Out
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[3]

Rock Until You Drop is the first full-length album by British heavy metal band Raven, released in 1981. The album was the first of many heavy metal studio albums issued by British independent label Neat Records.[4] It reached position No. 63 in the UK Albums Chart.[5]

The song "Lambs to the Slaughter" was covered by German thrash metal band Kreator on their Out of the Dark... Into the Light EP, added to the re-mastered Terrible Certainty CD in 2000.

Track listing

All songs written by Gallagher, Gallagher and Hunter, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Hard Ride"3:10
2."Hell Patrol"4:43
3."Don't Need Your Money"3:22
4."Over the Top"3:51
5."39-40"0:51
6."For the Future"4:04
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Rock Until You Drop" 4:02
8."Nobody's Hero" 3:50
9."Hellraiser / Action" (Sweet cover)Chinn, Chapman, Scott, Connolly, Priest, Tucker4:21
10."Lambs to the Slaughter" 3:51
11."Tyrant of the Airways" 7:16
CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Wiped Out"4:30
13."Crazy World"3:57
14."Inquisitor"3:53

Personnel

Raven

  • John Gallagher – lead vocals, bass, classical guitar
  • Mark Gallagher – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Rob Hunter – drums, backing vocals

Production

References

  1. ^ "Metal Archives". 21 November 2022.
  2. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Raven Rock Until You Drop review". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 283. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  4. ^ "Raven (Gbr) - Rock Until You Drop". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Rock Until You Drop The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 March 2011.


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