GIVE US THE STAGE
TURN ON THE LIGHTS
FIRE UP THE SOUND
WE'LL ROCK THE NATIONS
Rock the Nations
is the eighth
studio album
by English
Heavy Metal band
released in
September 1986.
Album notes
The album is the first
not to feature
original bassist
Steve Dawson,
who was fired f
rom the band earlier
in 1986.
For the recording
of this album,
vocalist
Biff Byford,
who had incidentally begun
his career as a
singer/bassist,
recorded all
the bass parts
in Dawson's place.
However,
Paul Johnson
joined the band
as bassist
before the album
was released
and is therefore
credited in
the liner notes
Reception
Rock the Nations
received
mixed reviews
from critics.
Eduardo Rivadavia
of AllMusic
gave the album
two stars
out of five
and said
in his review
for the band's
previous album
Innocence Is No Excuse
that "Saxon's
internal chemistry
was significantly
unbalanced by
the subsequent departure
of key songwriter
[Steve] Dawson
a loss from which
they would take years
to fully recover."
in his review for this album,
he said that although
the album was
"graced with a somewhat
rougher sound more
in line with the band's
New Wave of
British Heavy Metal
early years"
it was still
"arguably less heavy
than its predecessor"
TRACKLIST
Battle Cry
Waiting For The Night
We Came Here To Rock
You Ain't No Angel
Running Hot
Party 'til You Puke
Empty Promises
Northern Lady
Power and the Glory
(Live)
Never Surrender
(Live)
Rock the Nations
(Live)
Waiting for the Night
(Live)
Strong Arm Of The Law
(Live)
* Live Tracks From
Reading Festival,
August,23rd 1986
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