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Virgin Steele is the eponymous debut album by New York heavy metal band Virgin Steele, released independently in 1982. This was the first album released by Music for Nations in Europe and was subsequently released by Mongol Horde Records and Maze Records in Canada.[4] Music for Nations pressed 5,000 copies of the original LP.[1] Sanctuary Records reissued the album on CD in 2002, with bonus tracks and some previously unreleased demos.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Minuet in G Minor / Danger Zone" (David DeFeis, Jack Starr) – 4:29
  2. "American Girl" (Starr) – 2:51
  3. "Dead End Kids" (DeFeis, Starr) – 3:25
  4. "Drive On Thru" (Starr) – 3:11
  5. "Still in Love with You" (DeFeis, Starr) – 6:17
Side two
  2. "Children of the Storm" (DeFeis, Starr) – 6:26
  3. "Pictures on You (DeFeis, Starr, Joe O'Reilly, Joey Ayvazian) – 3:29
  4. "Pulverizer" (Starr) – 2:10
  5. "Living in Sin" (DeFeis, Starr) – 3:49
  6. "Virgin Steele" (DeFeis, Starr) – 4:39

2002 CD reissue bonus tracks

  2. "Lothlorien" (DeFeis) - 2:08
  3. "The Lesson" – 5:58 (Demo)
  4. "Life of Crime" – 4:29 (Demo)
  5. "Burn the Sun" – 4:06 (Demo)
  6. "American Girl" – 2:52
  7. "Dead End Kids" – 3:28 (New Mix)
  8. "Drive On Thru" – 3:12
  9. "Living in Sin" – 3:46

Personnel

Virgin Steele

Production

  • Alvaro Falcon - engineer
  • Steve Young - engineer, remastering

References

  1. ^ a b Henderson, Alex. "Virgin Steele Virgin Steele review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
  2. ^ Kimmo Jaramo (2003-01-15). "Levyarviot: Virgin Steele - Virgin Steele". Imperiumi. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  4. ^ "Virgin Steele - Virgin Steele". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
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