True as Steel (album)
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| True as Steel | ||||
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| Studio album by Warlock | ||||
| Released | 18 August 1986 | |||
| Recorded | Country Lane Studios, Munich, Germany Hammerton A Studios, Düsseldorf, Germany, May-June 1986 |
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| Genre | Heavy metal, speed metal | |||
| Length | 38:57 | |||
| Label | Vertigo (Europe) Mercury (USA) |
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| Producer | Henry Staroste | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Martin Popoff |   [2] |
True as Steel is the third studio album by German heavy metal band Warlock, released in 1986.
The EP Fight for Rock, which contained many songs from this album, was Warlock's first success outside of Europe, charting on the US Billboard Hot 100; the music video for the song "Fight for Rock" was aired on MTV's Headbangers Ball.[citation needed]
Track listing
All lyrics written by Doro Pesch and René Maué.
| Side one | |||
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| No. | Title | Music | Length |
| 1. | "Mr. Gold" | Frank Rittel, Henri Staroste | 3:33 |
| 2. | "Fight for Rock" | Niko Arvanitis, Staroste | 3:06 |
| 3. | "Love in the Danger Zone" | Peter Szigeti, Staroste | 4:09 |
| 4. | "Speed of Sound" | Arvanitis, Staroste | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Midnite in China" | Arvanitis, Staroste | 4:30 |
| Side two | |||
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| No. | Title | Music | Length |
| 6. | "Vorwärts, All Right!" | Szigeti, Staroste | 3:45 |
| 7. | "True as Steel" | Arvanitis, Staroste | 3:20 |
| 8. | "Lady in a Rock 'n' Roll Hell" | Szigeti, Staroste | 3:42 |
| 9. | "Love Song" | Staroste, Pesch | 3:45 |
| 10. | "Igloo on the Moon (Reckless)" | Szigeti, Staroste | 3:10 |
| 11. | "T.O.L." (instrumental) | Szigeti, Staroste | 2:20 |
| 2011 CD edition bonus tracks | |||
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| No. | Title | Music | Length |
| 12. | "You Hurt My Soul (On and On)" | Pesch, Staroste | 5:29 |
| 13. | "Turn It On" | Rittel, Staroste, Pesch | 3:40 |
| 14. | "Evil" | Rudi Graf | 2:57 |
Personnel
Warlock
- Doro Pesch – vocals
- Niko Arvanitis – guitar
- Peter Szigeti – guitar
- Frank Rittel – bass guitar
- Michael Eurich – drums
Production
- Henry Staroste - producer, mixing
- Rainer Assmann - engineer
- Garth Richardson - assistant engineer
- Michael Wagener - mixing at Amigo Studios, Hollywood, California
- Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York
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