Shock Waves (Vow Wow album)

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Shock Waves (album)
Compilation album by
Released1986
RecordedFebruary-April and October-November, 1985
GenreHeavy metal
Length43:26
LabelCapitol ST-12541
ProducerTony Platt, Vow Wow
Vow Wow chronology
III
(1986)
Shock Waves (album)
(1986)
Hard Rock Nights
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal4/10[1]

Shock Waves is a compilation album by Japanese heavy metal band Vow Wow. The album was released in 1986 in the USA and contains most of the songs from the Tony Platt-produced album III (1986), with the addition of "Beat of Metal Motion" and "You Know What I Mean" from the albums of 1984 and 1985 respectively.

Track listing[edit]

Side one
  1. "Nightless City" - 4:55
  2. "Shot in the Dark" - 3:41
  3. "Running Wild" - 4:28
  4. "Signs of the Times" - 4:05
  5. "Go Insane" - 4:22
Side two
  1. "Beat of Metal Motion" - 4:46
  2. "Stay Close Tonight" - 4:29
  3. "Shock Waves" - 4:58
  4. "You Know What I Mean" - 4:10
  5. "Doncha Wanna Cum (Hangar 15)" - 3:32

Personnel[edit]

  • Kyoji Yamamoto - lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Genki Hitomi - vocals
  • Rei Atsumi - keyboards, backing vocals
  • Kenji Sano - bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Toshihiro Niimi - drums

References[edit]

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 402. ISBN 978-1894959315.