Victims of the Future

Victims of the Future is an album by Northern Irish blues-rock guitarist, Gary Moore, released in 1983. Continuing his path in the hard rock genre, Victims of the Future was a collection of straight-out rock 'n' roll anthems (such as "Teenage Idol" and "Hold on to Love"), a mournful love ballad ("Empty Rooms", which then was redone by Moore for his 1985 Run for Cover album), a cover of the Yardbirds' "Shapes of Things", and two darker songs, with some social and political commentary: "Victims of the Future" and "Murder in the Skies", the latter being a protest against the Soviet Union's shooting down of Korean Air Flight 007.

The album was released in the US with a different cover and some changes to the content: The guitar intro for "Murder in the Skies" was removed, and "Devil in Her Heart" was added. "All I Want" was omitted from the LP, but included as a bonus track on the cassette version.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Track listing

Side one – UK release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Victims of the Future"	Moore, Neil Carter, Ian Paice, Neil Murray	6:13
2.	"Teenage Idol"	Moore	4:07
3.	"Shapes of Things"	Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, Jim McCarty	4:14
4.	"Empty Rooms"	Moore, Neil Carter	6:36

Side two – UK release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Murder in the Skies"	Moore, Carter	7:17
2.	"All I Want"	Moore	4:17
3.	"Hold on to Love"	Moore	4:27
4.	"Law of the Jungle"	Moore	6:15

Side one – US release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Victims of the Future"	Moore, Carter, Paice, Murray	6:13
2.	"Teenage Idol"	Moore	4:07
3.	"Devil in Her Heart"	Moore	3:29
4.	"Empty Rooms"	Moore	6:36
5.	"All I Want" (Cassette only)	Moore	4:17

Side two – US release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shapes of Things"	Samwell-Smith, Relf, McCarty	4:14
2.	"Murder in the Skies"	Moore	5:49
3.	"Hold on to Love"	Moore	4:27
4.	"Law of the Jungle"	Moore	6:15

CD release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Victims of the Future"	Moore, Carter, Paice, Murray	6:13
2.	"Teenage Idol"	Moore	4:07
3.	"Shapes of Things"	Samwell-Smith, Relf, McCarty	4:14
4.	"Empty Rooms"	Moore	6:36
5.	"Murder in the Skies"	Moore, Carter	7:17
6.	"All I Want"	Moore	4:17
7.	"Hold on to Love"	Moore	4:27
8.	"Law of the Jungle"	Moore	6:15

2002 remastered CD bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
9.	"Devil in Her Heart"	Moore	3:29
10.	"Blinder" (Instrumental)	Craig Gruber	2:46
11.	"Empty Rooms" (1984 remix)	Moore, Carter	4:21

Singles

Hold on to Love (January 1984)
Shapes of Things To Come (March 1984)
Teenage Idol (1984)
Empty Rooms (August 1984)

Personnel

Gary Moore - guitar, vocals
Ian Paice - drums
Neil Carter - keyboards, vocals
Neil Murray, Mo Foster, Bob Daisley - bass guitar
Bobby "Prime Time" Chouinard - additional drums
Noddy Holder - additional backing vocals on "Shapes of Things"

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1984	UK	12

References

↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Victims of the Future at AllMusic

Gary Moore

Gary Moore Neil Carter Jonathan Noyce Darrin Mooney

Studio albums	Grinding Stone Back on the Streets G-Force (w/ G-Force) Corridors of Power Dirty Fingers Victims of the Future Run for Cover Wild Frontier After the War Still Got the Blues After Hours Blues for Greeny Dark Days in Paradise A Different Beat Back to the Blues Scars (w/ Scars) Power of the Blues Old New Ballads Blues Close as You Get Bad for You Baby

Live albums	Rockin' Every Night: Live in Japan Live at the Marquee / Live We Want Moore! Blues Alive Live at Monsters of Rock Essential Montreux Live at Montreux 2010 Blues for Jimi

Compilation albums	Gary Moore Ballads & Blues 1982–1994 Out in the Fields Blood of Emeralds Best of the Blues Have Some Moore Parisienne Walkways: The Blues Collection Back on the Streets: The Rock Collection The Essential Gary Moore The Platinum Collection

Videography	Emerald Isles: Live in Ireland Live in Stockholm: Wild Frontier Tour Blues for Greeny Live Live at Montreux 1990 One Night in Dublin: A Tribute to Phil Lynott Live at Monsters of Rock The Definitive Montreux Collection Live at Montreux

Notable songs	"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" "Out in the Fields" (w/ Phil Lynott) "Parisienne Walkways" "Still Got the Blues"

Related articles	Discography Skid Row (Irish band) Thin Lizzy Phil Lynott Colosseum II Greg Lake BBM

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