''Ostatni wojownik'' is the fourth studio album by the

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heavy metal band

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. It was released in 1987 in Poland through

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. The album was recorded in May–September 1987 at Giełda studio,

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. The cover art was created by Jerzy Kurczak. The album was also issued as a cassette by

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, with different cover artwork. The 2001 rerelease of ''Ostatni wojownik'' has a bonus track and a different song order. The English version of the album entitled ''Last Warrior'' was released in 1988 in

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through

Noise Records Noise Records is a German heavy metal record label founded in 1983 by German music industry personality Karl-Ulrich Walterbach as an expansion of his company Modern Music Records. It was sold to the Sanctuary Records Group in 2001 and ceased any ...

. The album was recorded in March 1988 at Musiclab Studio in Germany. The cover art was created by

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, and photos by Maciej Głowaczewski.

Track listing

Personnel

; Turbo *Grzegorz Kupczyk -

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*Wojciech Hoffmann -

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backing vocal A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are used ...

*Bogusz Rutkiewicz -

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*Andrzej Łysów - guitar,

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*Tomasz Goehs -

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, backing vocals ; Production (Polish edit.) * Zbigniew Suchański - engineer assistant * Piotr Madziar - engineer * Tomasz Dziubiński - producer * Jerzy Kurczak - cover art ; Production (English edit.) * Harris Johns - producer, engineer, mixing * Don Maitz - cover art

Release history

References

{{Authority control 1987 albums Turbo (Polish band) albums Polish-language albums Noise Records albums