Walls of Jericho (album)

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Walls of Jericho
HelloweenWallsofjericho.jpg
Studio album by Helloween
Released October 1985
Recorded September – October 1985 at Musiclab Studio, Berlin, Germany
Genre Speed metal
Length 40:32
Label Noise
Producer Harris Johns and Helloween
Helloween chronology
Helloween
(1985)Helloween1985		 Walls of Jericho
(1985)		 Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I
(1987)Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[1]
Sputnikmusic 4/5 stars[2]

Walls of Jericho is the debut full-length studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1985 on LP by Noise Records.[3]

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, 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.

Track listings

Original Edition

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Walls of Jericho"   Michael Weikath/Kai 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
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
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 7:15

1987 CD Edition

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 4:00
13. "How Many Tears"   Weikath 7:15
14. "Judas"   Hansen 4:43
Total length:
 71:37
1989 Japanese Version Bonus Track
No. Title Writer(s) Length
15. "Don't Run For Cover"   Kiske 4:47

2006 Remastered & Expanded Edition

Disc one is the same as above.

Disc two
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"   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
Total length:
 34:34
  • Tracks 1 & 2 also appear on the album Treasure Chest.
  • Tracks 3 & 4 also appear on the Judas EP.
  • Tracks 5 & 6 also appear on the Death Metal compilation.
  • Track 7 also appears on the Helloween EP.

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Production

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

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Japanese Albums Chart[4][not in citation given] 75

Trivia

  • The titular entity in the song "Gorgar" is the first talking pinball machine ever produced.[5]
  • 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: Season of the Witch.
  • The song "Heavy Metal (Is the Law)" is not an official live recording. Rather, crowd noise was added.
  • 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. The actual live versions of the two songs appeared only on the original 12" vinyl edition of the "Judas" single.
  • Professional wrestler Chris Jericho chose his ring name from this album.

References

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External links

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