''Babylon A.D.'' is the debut album by the American

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band of the same name, released in 1989. It contains the metal hits "Bang Go The Bells", "Hammer Swings Down" and "The Kid Goes Wild" which was also featured in the film '' RoboCop 2''.

Music Videos

In the music video for "The Kid Goes Wild",

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attends a performance of

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and targets them for arrest. Interestingly, just two years later in 1991, the music video for the

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song " You Could Be Mine" featured the

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attending a performance of

and targeting them for termination.

Track listing

Personnel

;Band members *Derek Davis - vocals, acoustic guitar *Dan De La Rosa - guitars *Ron Freschi - guitars, backing vocals *Robb Reid - bass, backing vocals *Jamey Pacheco - drums ;Additional musicians *John Matthews - guitars *Jimmy Wood - harmonica * Sam Kinison - vocals on "The Kid Goes Wild" ;Production *Simon Hanhart - producer, engineer, mixing *Clark Germain, Eric Rudd, Julie Last, Scott Ralston, Guy Snider, Thom Roberts, Micajah Ryan, Chris Fuhrman - assistant engineers *Chris Bellman - mastering *

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- art direction *John Scarpati - photography

Charts

Album -

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(North America)

References

{{Authority control Babylon A.D. albums 1989 debut albums Arista Records albums