A Sultan's Ransom

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Released 1989 Producer Cloven Hoof Artist Cloven Hoof Label High Roller Records		Length 44:08 A Sultan's Ransom(1989) Eye of the Sun(2006) Release date 1989

Studio Mad Hat Studios, Wolverhampton, UK Genres Heavy metal, New wave of British heavy metal, Power metal Similar Cloven Hoof albums, Heavy metal albums

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).

Cloven hoof astral rider a sultan s ransom 1989

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.

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

Songs

1Astral Rider5:15
2Forgotten Heroes4:41
3DVR2:50

References

A Sultan's Ransom Wikipedia

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