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Killer Elite (album)

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Killer Elite
Studio album by
Released1985
RecordedImpulse Studios, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England
GenreHeavy metal
Length37:56
LabelNeat
ProducerKeith Nichol
Avenger chronology
Blood Sports
(1984)
Killer Elite
(1985)
Alternative cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal4/10[2]
Kerrang![3]

Killer Elite is a 1985 album released by the British heavy metal band Avenger.[4] It was released by Neat Records.[4]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Ian Swift, except where indicated

Side one
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Revenge Attack"Mick Moore, Gary Young, Swift4:11
2."Run for Your Life"Greg Reiter, Swift2:59
3."Brand of Torture"Reiter, Swift2:14
4."Steel on Steel"Reiter, Swift4:44
5."(Fight for the) Right to Rock"Moore, Swift4:11
Side two
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
6."Hard Times" Reiter, Swift1:59
7."Under the Hammer" Moore, Swift2:33
8."Face to the Ground"Swift, YoungMoore, Swift, Young2:47
9."Dangerous Games" Reiter, Swift1:49
10."Yesterday's Heroes" Reiter, Swift4:40
11."M.M. 85" Reiter, Moore, Swift, Young2:10
12."Sawmill" Reiter, Swift3:39

Personnel

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Avenger
  • Ian Davison Swift - lead vocals
  • Greg Reiter - guitars
  • Mick Moore - bass guitar
  • Gary Young - drums
Production
  • Keith Nichol - producer, engineer

References

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  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Avenger Killer Elite review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 32. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  3. ^ Russell, Xavier (6 March 1986). "London 'Non-Stop Rock'". Kerrang!. Vol. 115. London, UK: Morgan Grampian. p. 26.
  4. ^ a b "Encyclopaedia Metallum - Avenger (Gbr) - Killer Elite". Metal-archives.com. Retrieved 24 December 2010.