Blood Sports (album)
| Blood Sports | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1984 | |||
| Studio | Impulse Studios, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 31:33 | |||
| Label | Neat | |||
| Producer | Martin Smith | |||
| Avenger chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 4/10[2] |
| Hit Parader | [3] |
Blood Sports is a 1984 album released by the British heavy metal band Avenger. It was reissued in 2002 by Frontline Records.[4]
Track listing
[edit]- Side one
- "Enforcer" (Mick Moore, Ian Davison Swift) - 3:52
- "You'll Never Take Me (Alive)" (Les Cheetam, Moore, Swift, Gary Young) - 3:22
- "Matriarch" (Bob James, Ronnie Montrose, Jim Alcivar, Alan Fitzgerald, Denny Carmassi) - 3:51 (Montrose cover)
- "Warfare" (Moore, Swift, Young) - 5:26
- Side two
- "On the Rocks" (Moore, Young, Brian Ross, Steve Bird) - 2:50
- "Rough Ride" (Moore, Swift) - 3:28
- "Victims of Force" (Moore, Swift) - 3:30
- "Death Race 2000" (Moore, Young) - 3:06
- "N.O.T.J." (Moore, Swift) - 5:32
Personnel
[edit]- Avenger
- Ian Davison Swift - lead vocals
- Les Cheetham - guitars
- Mick Moore - bass guitar
- Gary Young - drums
- Production
- Martin Smith - producer, engineer
References
[edit]- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Avenger – Blood Sports review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 32. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- ^ Secher, Andy (May 1985). "Import Albums: Avenger – Blood Sports". Hit Parader. No. 248. Derby, Connecticut: Charlton Publications, Inc. p. 58. ISSN 0162-0266. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ "Avenger (Gbr) - Blood Sports". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
