Welcome to the Ball explained

Welcome to the Ball
Type:Album
Artist:Vicious Rumors
Cover:Welcometotheball.JPG
Released:1991
Genre:Heavy metal, power metal
Length:45:04
Label:Atlantic[1]
Producer:Michael Rosen, Geoff Thorpe
Prev Title:Vicious Rumors
Prev Year:1990
Next Year:1992

Welcome to the Ball is the fourth album by the American heavy metal band Vicious Rumors, released in 1991.[2] It was produced by Michael Rosen and Geoff Thorpe.[3]

The band supported the album with a North American tour.[4] Welcome to the Ball was nominated for a Bammie Award.[5] A remastered CD version was released by Rock Candy Records in 2024.

Critical reception

The Chicago Tribune wrote: "By combining the best of two worlds—the anger and energy of thrash with the harmony and intricate guitar work of more commercial metal—Vicious Rumors sets itself apart from the scores of bands doing one or the other." The Washington Post noted that the band "takes its musical marching orders from such aging British headbangers as Judas Priest... Every once in a while, though, the Vicious ones sound like Kansas."[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Carl Albert, Geoff Thorpe and Mark McGee, except where noted.

  1. "Abandoned" - 4:15
  2. "You Only Live Twice" - 3:38
  3. "Savior from Anger" - 4:08
  4. "Children" (Thorpe, Albert, Andre Pessis, McGee) - 4:56
  5. "Dust to Dust" (McGee, Thorpe) - 4:20
  6. "Raise Your Hands" (McGee, Thorpe) - 4:02
  7. "Strange Behavior" (Thorpe, McGee) - 4:08
  8. "Six Stepsisters" - 3:31
  9. "Mastermind" - 3:55
  10. "When Love Comes Down" - 4:58
  11. "Ends of the Earth" - 3:13

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. News: Selvin . Joel . What's Up . San Francisco Chronicle . August 4, 1991 . Sunday Datebook . 45.
  2. Book: Sharpe-Young . Garry . Metal: The Definitive Guide: Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death, Black, Gothic, Doom, Nu . 2007 . Jawbone Press . 323.
  3. Welcome to the Ball by Vicious Rumors . Billboard . July 27, 1991 . 103 . 30 . 66.
  4. News: Rumors' group to play in city . The Patriot-News . December 1, 1991 . G4.
  5. News: Sumrall . Harry . Metallica, Huey Lewis Dominate Bammie List . San Jose Mercury News . November 22, 1991 . Eye . 22.
  6. News: Jenkins . Mark . Vicious Rumors Not Worth Retelling . The Washington Post . September 13, 1991 . N18.

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