Masterpieces (HammerFall album)

Masterpieces
Compilation album by HammerFall
Released June 27, 2008
Genre Heavy metal
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Jens Bogren
HammerFall chronology
Steel Meets Steel - Ten Years of Glory
(2007)
Masterpieces
(2008)
No Sacrifice, No Victory
(2009)

Masterpieces is a compilation album by power metal band, HammerFall.

The CD consists of all the cover versions recorded by HammerFall to date, plus three new unreleased songs (marked with asterisks in the track listing below).
The album cover makes references to the bands being covered by HammerFall, including a Twisted Sister logo spray painted on the wall, a shield with the Warlord logo on it, a stone with the Pretty Maids logo, a pumpkin (Helloween), a Japanese Rising Sun Flag (Loudness), an arm holding a guitar buried on the ground (Rising Force) an 'E' logo of Europe, a razor with Swedish steel written on it (Judas Priest) and a sign indicating Detroit referencing Kiss's Detroit Rock City. The Park Av. sign is in reference to Skid Row's "Youth Gone Wild," which contains the lyrics "I tell ya Park Avenue leads to Skid Row." The green-haired zombie is from the cover of Picture's album "Eternal Dark", and the Swedish flag refers to Roger Pontare's representation of Sweden in the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest.

Tracking list

No. TitleWriter(s)Original artist Length
1. "Child of the Damned"  Bill TsamisWarlord 3:42
2. "Ravenlord"  Harald SpenglerStormwitch 3:31
3. "Eternal Dark"  Laurens Bakker-Chriz Van Jaarsveld-Pete Lovell-Henry Van Manen-Rinus VreugdenhilPicture 3:07
4. "Back to Back"  Ronnie Atkins, Ken Hammer, Alan OwenPretty Maids 3:39
5. "I Want Out"  Kai HansenHelloween 4:36
6. "Man on the Silver Mountain"  Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James DioRainbow 5:55
7. "Head Over Heels"  Peter Baltes, Deaffy, Udo Dirkschneider, Herman Frank, Wolf Hoffmann, Stefan KaufmannAccept 4:35
8. "Run with the Devil"  Styrbjörn WahlquistHeavy Load 5:13
9. "We're Gonna Make It"  Dee SniderTwisted Sister 3:33
10. "Breaking the Law"  Rob Halford, K. K. Downing, Glenn TiptonJudas Priest 2:48
11. "Angel of Mercy"  David T. ChastainChastain 5:38
12. "Rising Force"  Joe Lynn Turner, Yngwie J. MalmsteenYngwie Malmsteen 4:31
13. "Detroit Rock City"  Paul Stanley, Bob EzrinKiss 3:53
14. "Crazy Nights"  Minoru Niihara, Akira TakasakiLoudness 3:38
15. "När vindarna viskar mitt namn"  Peter Dahl, Linda Jansson, Thomas HolmstrandRoger Pontare 3:11
16. "Flight of the Warrior*"  Tony Moore, Mark Reale, Don Van StavernRiot 4:24
17. "Youth Gone Wild*"  Rachel Bolan, Dave SaboSkid Row 3:22
18. "Aphasia*"  John NorumEurope 2:35

Chart positions[1]

Country Position
Sweden 15
Switzerland 38
Germany 69

Personnel

References

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