| Graceful Inheritance | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Heir Apparent |
| Cover: | Graceful Inheritance.jpg |
| Released: | January 1986 |
| Recorded: | Late 1985 at Triad studios, Redmond, Washington |
| Genre: | Heavy metal |
| Length: | 46:16 |
| Label: | Black Dragon (original) Hellion (2000 reissue) |
| Producer: | Tom Hall |
| Next Title: | One Small Voice |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
Graceful Inheritance is the debut album by an American metal band Heir Apparent, released in 1986 by French label Black Dragon Records.[1] [2] It was originally a vinyl-only release. Black Dragon re-released "Graceful Inheritance" on CD in October 1986, making it the first CD released by an independent label in Europe.