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Released
  
February 9, 1981

Fire Down Under (1981)
  
Restless Breed (1982)

Release date
  
9 February 1981

Label
  
Elektra Records

Length
  
37:35

Artist
  
Riot V

Producer
  
Steve Loeb

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Recorded
  
Greene St. Recording, New York City, November - December 1980

Genres
  
Heavy metal, Hard rock, Speed metal

Similar
  
Riot V albums, Heavy metal albums

Fire Down Under is the third album by American heavy metal band Riot, released in 1981, and the last with original vocalist Guy Speranza. The song "Flashbacks" is dedicated to Neal Kay, the British DJ who supported heavy metal in the UK during the new wave of British heavy metal.

Contents

The album was re-issued on CD in 1997 by the German-based High Vaultage label, utilizing a new, controversial remix by former Riot producer Steve Loeb, and in 1999 by Metal Blade Records in the U.S., this time featuring the original Elektra mix. Both versions contain various bonus tracks recorded for the original Capitol Records version of Fire Down Under which the band were unhappy with. Capitol dropped the band for being "too heavy" after hearing the final version subsequently released by Elektra Records.

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Track listing

Side one
  1. "Swords and Tequila" (Guy Speranza, Mark Reale) - 3:15
  2. "Fire Down Under" (Speranza, Kip Leming) - 2:34
  3. "Feel the Same" (Rick Ventura) - 4:30
  4. "Outlaw" (Speranza, Reale) - 4:50
  5. "Don't Bring Me Down" (Speranza, Reale, Leming, Ventura, Sandy Slavin) - 2:57
Side two
  1. "Don't Hold Back" (Speranza, Reale) - 3:15
  2. "Altar of the King" (Speranza, Reale) - 4:46
  3. "No Lies" (Ventura) - 4:10
  4. "Run for Your Life" (Speranza, Reale) - 3:16
  5. "Flashbacks" (Speranza, Reale, Leming, Ventura, Slavin) - 4:02

1997 CD edition bonus tracks

  1. "Struck by Lightning" (Speranza, Reale) - 3:39
  2. "Misty Morning Rain" (Speranza) - 3:09
  3. "You're All I Needed Tonight" (Speranza, Ventura) - 2:59
  4. "One Step Closer" (Ventura) - 2:12
  5. "Hot Life" (Ventura) - 0:25

1999 CD edition bonus tracks

  1. "Misty Morning Rain" - 3:09
  2. "You're All I Needed Tonight" - 2:59

Band members

  • Guy Speranza - vocals
  • Mark Reale - guitar
  • Rick Ventura - guitar
  • Kip Leming - bass
  • Sandy Slavin - drums

    • Production

  • Steve Loeb, Billy Arnell - producers
  • Rod Hui - engineer, mixing
  • Howie Weinberg - mastering

    • Cover versions and appearances

  • The song "Swords and Tequila" is featured in the video game Brütal Legend.

    • Songs

    1Swords and Tequila3:15
    2Fire Down Under2:34
    3Feel the Same4:30

    References

    Fire Down Under Wikipedia
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