"All We Are" is a song composed by the German heavy metal band

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, from their 1987 album ''

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''. It was released as the band's fourth single and published by

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. A music video for the song was shot by director

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in the Los Angeles river basin and was on heavy rotation on

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's heavy metal program '' Headbangers' Ball''. The song was published again in every compilation of Warlock songs and is a staple of Doro's live shows to this day.

Track listings

;7" # "All We Are" – 3:19 # "Three Minutes Warning" – 2:30 ;12" # "All We Are" – 3:19 # "I Rule the Ruins" – 4:03 # "Cold, Cold World" – 4:01

Warlock line-up

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– vocals *Niko Arvanitis – guitar *Tommy Bolan – guitar *

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– bass *Michael Eurich – drums

''All We Are – The Fight''

''All We Are – The Fight'' is an EP by German

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singer

, released in 2007 by

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. It is an

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containing both musical tracks and live videos and videoclips. The title track was released as a single by Doro's former band

in 1987. The EP shows the subtitle ''A Tribute to

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'', because this version of the title track "All We Are" was originally performed on 30 March 2006 on German TV as the entrance song for Doro’s best friend, German boxing champion Regina Halmich. The musicians who performed the song live,

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leader

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guitarist Bas Maas and drummer Tim Hsung, later recorded this new version in studio for this EP. Other songs of the EP come from the recording sessions for the album ''

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'', while the duet with Krokus singer

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comes from the soundtrack of the movie ''Anuk - Der Weg des Kriegers'' and also features the director and main star of the movie Luke Gasser on guitar and production. The song "

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" is a cover of the 1969

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single from the album ''

''.

Track listing

#"All We Are" (2007 version) ''(Doro Pesch, Joey Balin)'' - 3:02 #"Thunderspell" ''(D. Pesch, Chris Lietz)'' - 4:39 #"Everything's Lost" ''(D. Pesch, Gary Scruggs)'' - 3:52 #"On My Own" ''(Luke Gasser,

)'' - 3:41 #"

" ''(

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)'' - 7:11

Video tracks listing

#"All We Are" (live 2006) - 7:31 #"Above the Ashes" - 4:16 #"Warrior Soul" - 2:44 #"You're My Family" (live at

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) - 3:54 #"On My Own" - 3:41

Personnel

Band members

*Doro Pesch - vocals *

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- bass, keyboards, backing vocals *Joe Taylor - guitars, backing vocals *

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- drums, backing vocals *

Oliver Palotai Oliver Palotai (born 17 March 1974) is a classically trained German musician of Hungarian ancestry, husband of Simone Simons from Epica, best known as a member of the power metal band Kamelot and of Doro Pesch's touring band. Career He made his n ...

- keyboards, guitars, backing vocals

Additional musicians

- bass, vocals on track 1 *Bas Maas - guitars on track 1 *

- vocals on track 5 *Klaus Vanscheidt - guitars *Steve ‘Hef’ Häflinger - guitars *Oli Häller - drums *Tim Husung - drums on track 1 *Thomi Imhof - bass *Chris Lietz - guitars, keyboards, producer, engineer, mixing *Torsten Sickert: guitars, keyboards, bass, producer *Luke Gasser - guitar and associate producer on track 5

Production

*Deezl Imhof - associate producer, engineer, mixing *Tobi Gmür - associate producer on track 5

Video production

*Ronald Mattes (Roaxfilms.de) - tracks 1 and 2 * SwedenRock team - track 4 *Reinhard Steiner, Luke Gasser - tracks 3 and 5

References

External links

"All We Are" video clip
{{DEFAULTSORT:All We Are - The Fight 1987 singles Warlock (band) songs Vertigo Records singles