Heading for a Storm explained

Heading for a Storm
Type:Album
Artist:Vandenberg
Cover:Vandenberg Heading for a storm.jpg
Released:October 28, 1983
Recorded:1983
Studio:Sol Studios, Cookham, England
Genre:Hard rock, heavy metal
Length:36:25
Label:ATCO
Producer:Stuart Epps & Adrian Vandenberg
Prev Title:Vandenberg
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:Alibi
Next Year:1985

Heading for a Storm is the second studio album by the Dutch hard rock band Vandenberg, released in 1983 on Atco Records.

Cover art

This cover art has a highway in a desolate desert and large sharks flying on the road. The painting on the album cover was made by guitarist Adrian Vandenberg.[1]

Commercial performance

In the Netherlands, the preceding single "Different Worlds" ranked 17th on the singles chart,[2] and the album entered the top 50 in the eighth week of the album chart and ranked 14th for two weeks. In addition, it spent six weeks the on Japan's Oricon Top 100 LP chart rising to 71.

On the other hand, in the U.S., it was not as successful as its previous work, ranked 169th on the Billboard 200, and when it comes to singles, "Friday Night" ranked 29th on the Billboard mainstream rock chart.

Track listing

Music and lyrics by Adrian Vandenberg

Side one
  1. "Friday Night" - 3:37
  2. "Welcome to the Club" - 3:30
  3. "Time Will Tell" - 3:48
  4. "Different Worlds" - 4:36
Side two
  1. "This Is War" - 4:01
  2. "I'm on Fire" - 4:18
  3. "Heading for a Storm" - 4:03
  4. "Rock On" - 4:05
  5. "Waiting for the Night" - 4:27

Personnel

Band members

Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r20999|pure_url=yes}} Heading for a Storm ]. 2010-04-05 . .
  2. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Vandenberg&titel=Different+Worlds&cat=s Vandenberg - Different World - dutchcharts.nl