Digital Dictator
| Digital Dictator | ||||
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 Cover art by Guy Aitchison | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 9, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 at Prairie Sun Recording Studios in Cotati, California | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal[1] | |||
| Length | 38:57 | |||
| Label | Shrapnel | |||
| Producer | Steve Fontano, Geoff Thorpe | |||
| Vicious Rumors chronology | ||||
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Digital Dictator is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Vicious Rumors, released in 1988 through Shrapnel Records (United States) and Roadrunner Records (Europe);[2] a remastered edition was reissued in 2009.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Replicant" (Instrumental) | Dave Starr, Mark McGee | 1:04 |
| 2. | "Digital Dictator" | Starr, Geoff Thorpe, McGee, Carl Albert | 3:17 |
| 3. | "Minute to Kill" | Thorpe, Albert, Larry Howe | 3:34 |
| 4. | "Towns on Fire" | Thorpe, Howe | 4:23 |
| 5. | "Lady Took a Chance" | Thorpe | 6:11 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Worlds and Machines" | Thorpe, McGee, Howe | 5:30 |
| 7. | "The Crest" | Thorpe | 2:56 |
| 8. | "R.L.H." | Thorpe, Starr, McGee | 4:00 |
| 9. | "Condemned" | Thorpe, Albert, McGee | 3:53 |
| 10. | "Out of the Shadows" | Thorpe, McGee, Albert | 4:09 |
| Total length: | 38:57 | ||
Personnel
- Vicious Rumors
- Carl Albert – lead vocals
- Geoff Thorpe – guitar, background vocals
- Mark McGee – guitar, mandolin, background vocals
- Dave Starr – bass, background vocals
- Larry Howe – drums, background vocals
- Additional musicians
- John Lavaysse – background vocals
- Dino Alden – background vocals, assistant engineer
- Production
- Dave Starr – mixing
- Dino Alden – engineer (assistant)
- Guy Aitchison – cover art
- Steve Pollutro – logo
- George Horn – mastering at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California
- Rocky Ball – photography
- Geoff Thorpe – cover concept, mixing, producer
- Mark McGee – mixing
- Doug Troxell – photography, production manager, sleeve design
- Steve Fontano – producer, engineer, mixing
- Rick Likong – photography
- John Umphrey – photography
- Stephanie Ball – photography
- Tim Gennert – remastering (reissue)
References
- ^ "Digital Dictator - Vicious Rumors" Archived 2015-07-12 at the Wayback Machine. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
- ^ "Vicious Rumors - Digital Dictator" Archived 2012-06-30 at the Wayback Machine. Discogs. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
