Walls of Jericho (album)

Walls of Jericho
Studio album by Helloween
Released	December 1985
Recorded	September – October 1985 at Musiclab Studio, Berlin, Germany
Genre	Speed metal, power metal
Length	40:32 (original) 106:19 (remaster w/ bonus tracks)
Label	Noise
Producer	Harris Johns and Helloween
Helloween chronology
Helloween (1985) Walls of Jericho (1985) Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1 (1987)

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Walls of Jericho is the debut full length studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1985 on LP by Noise Records.

In 1988 Walls of Jericho was released on CD. Due to the enhanced capacity of the CD the Helloween EP/mini-LP and the song Judas from the Judas EP were added to the Walls of Jericho track listing; they are now released as a compilation. In the late 1980s, due to a manufacturing error, on side one of several cassette copies of Walls of Jericho accidentally contained the music of Celtic Frost's To Mega Therion, confusing many first-time Helloween listeners.

Original Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Walls of Jericho"	Weikath/Hansen	0:53
2.	"Ride the Sky"	Hansen	5:54
3.	"Reptile"	Weikath	3:45
4.	"Guardians"	Weikath	4:19
5.	"Phantoms of Death"	Hansen	6:33
6.	"Metal Invaders"	Hansen	4:10
7.	"Gorgar"	Weikath/Hansen	3:57
8.	"Heavy Metal (Is the Law)"	Weikath/Hansen	4:08
9.	"How Many Tears"	Weikath	7:11

1988 CD Edition

Disc 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Starlight"	Weikath/Hansen	5:17
2.	"Murderer"	Hansen	4:26
3.	"Warrior"	Hansen	4:00
4.	"Victim of Fate"	Hansen	6:37
5.	"Cry for Freedom"	Weikath/Hansen	6:02
6.	"Walls of Jericho / Ride the Sky"	Weikath/Hansen	6:45
7.	"Reptile"	Weikath	3:45
8.	"Guardians"	Weikath	4:19
9.	"Phantoms of Death"	Hansen	6:33
10.	"Metal Invaders"	Hansen	4:10
11.	"Gorgar"	Weikath/Hansen	3:57
12.	"Heavy Metal (Is the Law)"	Weikath/Hansen	4:08
13.	"How Many Tears"	Weikath	7:11
14.	"Judas"	Hansen	4:43

2006 Remastered / Expanded Edition

Disc 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Starlight"	Weikath/Hansen	5:17
2.	"Murderer"	Hansen	4:26
3.	"Warrior"	Hansen	4:00
4.	"Victim of Fate"	Hansen	6:37
5.	"Cry for Freedom"	Weikath/Hansen	6:02
6.	"Walls of Jericho"	Weikath/Hansen	0:48
7.	"Ride the Sky"	Hansen	5:55
8.	"Reptile"	Weikath	3:45
9.	"Guardians"	Weikath	4:19
10.	"Phantoms of Death"	Hansen	6:33
11.	"Metal Invaders"	Hansen	4:10
12.	"Gorgar"	Weikath/Hansen	3:57
13.	"Heavy Metal (Is the Law)"	Weikath/Hansen	4:08
14.	"How Many Tears"	Weikath	7:11
15.	"Judas"	Hansen	4:43

Disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Murderer (remix)"	Hansen	4:34
2.	"Ride the Sky (remix)"	Hansen	6:46
3.	"Intro / Ride the Sky (live)"	Hansen	7:17
4.	"Guardians (live)"	Weikath	4:26
5.	"Oernst of Life (demo version)"	Weikath	4:46
6.	"Metal Invaders (demo version)"	Hansen	4:37
7.	"Surprise Track (White Christmas - I'll Be Your Santa Claus)"	Traditional	2:08

• M - 1,2 also appears on the album Treasure Chest.
• M - 3,4 also appears on the Judas EP.
• M - 5,6 also appears on the Death Metal compilation.
• M - 7 also appears on the Helloween EP.

Credits

Band members

• Kai Hansen – vocals, guitar
• Michael Weikath – guitar, cover concept
• Markus Grosskopf – bass
• Ingo Schwichtenberg – drums

Additional musicians

• James Hardaway – E-mu Emulator II

Production

• Produced, engineered and mixed by Harris Johns
• Edda and Uwe Karczewski – cover design
• Peter Vahlefeld – layout, typography

Trivia

• The titular entity in the song "Gorgar" is the first talking pinball machine ever produced.
• The main theme of Edvard Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King" is used in the song "Gorgar".
• The intro to "Starlight" is taken from a commercial in the movie "Halloween III".
• The live versions of "Ride The Sky" and "Guardians" are not live recordings; they are the same songs as found on Walls of Jericho but with crowd noise mixed in.
• Professional Wrestler Chris Jericho chose his ring name from this album.

External links

• Helloween's official website