Better Than Raw

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Released 14 April 1998 Length 52:58 Artist Helloween Producer Tommy Hansen		Recorded 1997 Better Than Raw(1998) Metal Jukebox(1999) Release date 4 March 1998 Genres Power metal, Speed metal

Studio Chateau du Pape and Crazy Cat Studios, Hamburg, Germany and Mi Sueño Studio, Tenerife, Spain Label Victor Talking Machine Company Similar Helloween albums, Power metal albums

Better Than Raw is the eighth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1998. The album spawned the singles "I Can" and "Hey Lord!".

The album was recorded at Chateau du Pape and Crazy Cat Studios in Hamburg and at Mi Sueño Studio in Tenerife. It was produced and mixed by Tommy Hansen at Chateau du Pape and mastered by Ian Cooper at Metropolis, London.

Track listing

M - 2 also appears on the "I Can" single.

M - 3,4 also appears on the "Hey Lord!" single.

Helloween

Andi Deris - Vocals

Michael Weikath - Guitar

Roland Grapow - Guitar

Markus Grosskopf - Bass

Uli Kusch - Drums

Others

Jorn Ellerbrock - keyboards

Tommy Hansen (producer) - keyboards

Jutta Weinhold, Ralf Maurer, Christina Hahne and Helloween members - Backing vocals

Trivia

Hanson have been known to use the album introduction as an entrance to their concerts.

Laudate Dominum was written as a tribute for the band's dedicated fans in Spain, South America and other Christians countries.

Midnight Sun is about the ending of a bad relationship.

The cover was inspired by The Smurfs, with Gargamel changed for the witch and the Smurfs for pumpkins.

As opposed to the more benign-looking pumpkin used on previous albums, a sinister-looking pumpkin is used to represent the "o" in the "Helloween" logo. Albeit with a few minor tweaks, it is still currently in use.

Songs

1Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude Period in Z1:45
2Push4:48
3Falling Higher4:48

References

Better Than Raw Wikipedia

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