''Alibi'' is the third studio album by Dutch

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...

band Vandenberg, released on 29 August 1985 by

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. This was Vandenberg's final studio album for 35 years until their reunion in 2020.

Background

It was recorded in the Netherlands for the first time on a Vandenberg album. Following the previous album,

Adrian Vandenberg Adrian Vandenberg (born 31 January 1954 as Adriaan van den Berg) is a Dutch rock guitarist, best known for his tenure as one of the guitarists in Whitesnake during their successful late 1980s period and the band Vandenberg which he started in ...

painted cover art, and in 2007, 75 artwork graphs of this work were released in commemoration of Adrian's individual painting exhibition, Stuck Between Rock and an Art Place, in

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. Bert Heerink has since emphasized vocals in ''Alibi'' regarding the sound production of this work. The two early albums say that for me, the production of the opening of the song seems to be emphasized.

Cover art

The cover art featured

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and

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from the ground in the red sunset. Like its predecessor, its artwork was created by guitarist

himself.

Track listing

Music and lyrics by

;Side one # "All the Way" – 3:50 # "Pedal to the Metal" – 4:31 # "Once in a Lifetime" – 3:54 # "Voodoo" – 3:21 # "Dressed to Kill" – 3:36 ;Side two #

"Fighting Against the World" – 4:17 # "How Long" – 4:12 # "Prelude Mortale" – 0:38 # "Alibi" – 4:23 # "Kamikaze" – 5:03

Personnel

Band members

* Bert Heerink – lead vocals, harmony vocals *

– guitars, synthesizers, harmony vocals, cover painting * Dick Kemper – bass guitar, bass pedals, harmony vocals * Jos Zoomer – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

* Peter Schön – keyboards * Piet Souer, Omar Dupree – background vocals

Production

Jaap Eggermont Jacobus Johannes "Jaap" Eggermont (born 31 October 1946, The Hague) is a Dutch record producer, best known for his Stars on 45 project. Eggermont's first job in the musical profession was from 1965 until 1969 as the drummer of the band Golden Ea ...

– producer, engineer, remix on "Once in a Lifetime" * John Smit – engineer * Stephen Benben – remix on "Once in a Lifetime" * Dan Nash – remix assistant on "Once in a Lifetime" *

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– mastering at

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, New York

References

External links

* Vandenberg (band) albums 1985 albums Atco Records albums {{1980s-hard-rock-album-stub