Better Than Raw

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Better Than Raw
Better Than Raw cover
Studio album by Helloween
Released 1998
Recorded Chateau du Pape Hamburg, Germany and Crazy Cat Studio Mi Sueno, Tenerife 1997
Genre Power metal
Length 52:58
Label Castle Commnunications
Producer(s) Tommy Hansen and Helloween
Professional reviews
Helloween chronology
The Time of the Oath
(1996)
Better Than Raw
(1998)
Metal Jukebox
(1999)


Better Than Raw is the eighth album by the German heavy metal band Helloween, released in 1998. The singles for the album were "I Can" and "Hey Lord".

Contents

  1. "Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude Period in Z" – 1:44 (M: Kusch)
  2. "Push" – 4:44 (M: Kusch L: Deris, Kusch, Weikath)
  3. "Falling Higher" – 4:45 (M: Weikath L: Deris, Weikath)
  4. "Hey Lord!" – 4:05 (M: Deris L: Deris)
  5. "Don't Spit on My Mind" – 4:23 (M: Deris, Grosskopf L: Deris)
  6. "Revelation" – 8:21 (M: Kusch L: Deris)
  7. "Time" – 5:41 (M: Deris L: Deris)
  8. "I Can" – 4:38 (M: Weikath L: Deris, Weikath)
  9. "A Handful of Pain" – 4:48 (M: Kusch L: Deris)
  10. "Laudate Dominum" – 5:09 (M: Weikath L: Weikath)
  11. "Midnight Sun" – 6:18 (M: Weikath L: Weikath)

  1. "Back On The Ground" (Previously Japan only bonus track) – 4:39 (Kusch/Deris)
  2. "A Game We Shouldn't Play" (taken from single "I Can") – 3:38 (Deris)
  3. "Perfect Gentleman" (Bootleg Live Version. Taken from single "Hey Lord!") – 3:27 (Kusch/Deris)
  4. "Moshi Moshi~Shiki No Uta" (Live Drum Solo. Taken from single "Hey Lord!") – 6:53 (Kusch/Grapow)


  • The album was recorded at Chateau du Pape & Crazy Cat studios in Hamburg and at Mi Sueno studio in Tenerife.
  • Mixed by Tommy Hansen at Chateau du Pape, Hamburg.
  • Mastered by Ian Cooper at Metropolis, London.
  • Produced by Tommy Hansen and Helloween.
  • Keyboards played by Jorn Ellerbrock and Tommy Hansen
  • Backing vocals sung by Jutta Weinhold, Ralf Maurer, Christina Hahne and Helloween.
Helloween
Andi Deris | Michael Weikath | Sascha Gerstner | Markus Grosskopf | Daniel Löble
Kai Hansen - Michael Kiske - Ingo Schwichtenberg - Roland Grapow - Uli Kusch - Mark Cross - Stefan Schwarzmann
Discography
Studio albums: Helloween | Walls of Jericho | Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1 | Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2 | Pink Bubbles Go Ape | Chameleon | Master of the Rings | The Time of the Oath | Better Than Raw | Metal Jukebox | The Dark Ride | Rabbit Don't Come Easy | Keeper of the Seven Keys – The Legacy
Live albums: I Want Out Live | Keepers Live | Live in the UK | High Live | Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006
Compilations: Pumpkin Tracks | The Best, The Rest, The Rare | Karaoke Album vol. 1 | Metal Jukebox | Treasure Chest
Singles: "Judas" | "Future World" | "Dr. Stein" | "I Want Out" | "Windmill" | "If I Could Fly" | "Just a Little Sign" | "Mrs. God" | "Light the Universe"
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