A Sultan's Ransom
| A Sultan's Ransom | ||||
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| Studio album by Cloven Hoof | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Studio | Mad Hat Studios, Wolverhampton, UK | |||
| Genre | Power metal, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 44:08 | |||
| Label | FM Revolver | |||
| Producer | Cloven Hoof | |||
| Cloven Hoof chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[1] |
A Sultan's Ransom, released in 1989, is the third full-length studio album released by the British heavy metal band Cloven Hoof. It is also the last Cloven Hoof album to feature Andy Wood on guitar, due to contractual difficulties that forced the whole band itself to split up from 1990 to 2001. Music videos were made for the songs "Mad, Mad World" and "Highlander" (which are now included on the band's debut DVD release, A Sultan's Ransom – Video Archive, which also contains live footage of the band playing in 1989 at Lichfield Art Centre).
Reception
In 2005, A Sultan's Ransom was ranked number 442 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[2]
Track listing
- "Astral Rider" (Lee Payne, Russ North) – 5:15
- "Forgotten Heroes" (Payne) – 4:41
- "D.V.R." (Payne, Andy Wood) – 2:49
- "Jekyll and Hyde" (Wood) – 3:28
- "1001 Nights" (Payne, Wood, North, Jon Brown) – 5:28
- "Silver Surfer" (Wood) – 3:43
- "Notre Dame" (Payne) – 5:45
- "Mad, Mad World" (Payne, Wood) – 2:29
- "Highlander" (Payne) – 3:40
- "Mistress of the Forest" (Payne) – 6:50
- Note: The track "D.V.R." is an acronym which stands for "Death Valley Racer".
Personnel
- Cloven Hoof
- Russ North – vocals
- Andy Wood – guitar
- Lee Payne – bass
- Jon Brown – drums
- Additional musicians
- Mil Gacic - guitar
- Paul Hodson - keyboards
- Production
- Mark Stuart, Paul Hodson - engineers
References
- ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- ↑ [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 32. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
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