- Better Than Raw
Infobox Album | Name = Better Than Raw
Type = studio
Artist =Helloween
Released =April 24 ,1998
Recorded = 1997 atChateau du Pape andCrazy Cat Studios ,Hamburg ,Germany andMi Sueno studio ,Tenerife
Genre =Power metal
Length = 52:58
Label =Castle Communications
Producer = Tommy Hansen andHelloween
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5guw6j3o7190 link]
Last album = "High Live " (1996)
This album = "Better Than Raw" (1998)
Next album = "Metal Jukebox " (1999)"Better Than Raw" is the eighth studio album by German
power metal bandHelloween , released in 1998. The album contains two singles, which are "I Can" and "Hey Lord! ".The album was recorded at
Chateau du Pape andCrazy Cat studios inHamburg and atMi Sueno studio inTenerife . It was produced and mixed by Tommy Hansen at Chateau du Pape and mastered by Ian Cooper at Metropolis,London .Track listing
#"Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude Period in Z" – 1:44 (M: Kusch)
#"Push" – 4:44 (M: Kusch L: Deris, Kusch, Weikath)
#"Falling Higher" – 4:45 (M: Weikath L: Deris, Weikath)
#"Hey Lord! " – 4:05 (M: Deris L: Deris)
#"Don't Spit on My Mind" – 4:23 (M: Deris, Grosskopf L: Deris)
#"Revelation" – 8:21 (M: Kusch L: Deris)
#"Time" – 5:41 (M: Deris L: Deris)
#"I Can" – 4:38 (M: Weikath L: Deris, Weikath)
#"A Handful of Pain" – 4:48 (M: Kusch L: Deris)
#"Laudate Dominum" – 5:09 (M: Weikath L: Weikath)
#"Back On The Ground" – 4:39 (Kusch/Deris) - Japanese Bonus Track
#- "Midnight Sun" – 6:18 (M: Weikath L: Weikath)
Expanded Edition bonus tracks
#"Back On The Ground" – 4:39 (Kusch/Deris)
#"A Game We Shouldn't Play" – 3:38 (Deris)
#"Perfect Gentleman" (Live Bootleg Version) – 3:27 (Kusch/Deris)
#"Moshi Moshi~Shiki No Uta" (Live Drum Solo") – 6:53 (Kusch/Grapow)*M - 2 also appears on the I Can single.
*M - 3,4 also appears on theHey Lord! single.Personnel
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Andi Deris - vocals
*Michael Weikath -guitar
*Roland Grapow - guitar
*Markus Grosskopf - bass
*Uli Kusch - drums*
Jorn Ellerbrock - keyboards
*Tommy Hansen - keyboards
*Jutta Weinhold, Ralf Maurer, Christina Hahne, and Helloween members - backing vocals- "Midnight Sun" – 6:18 (M: Weikath L: Weikath)
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