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, originally released in 1984 through Passport Records in the US. A 30-year anniversary edition was issued by German label

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in early 2014. The song "False Messiah" was covered by American power metal band

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on their ''

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'' album in 1998.

Track listing

All songs by

# "Concrete Warrior" – 4:17 # "False Messiah" – 5:40 # "Scorcher" – 1:52 # "Wild in the Streets" – 2:34 # "Can't Let You Walk Away" – 4:52 # "Chains of Love" – 3:30 # "Eyes of Fire" – 2:46 # "Odile" (instrumental) – 4:44 # "Let's Get Crazy Again" – 3:26 # "Amazing Grace" – 1:31 (CD bonus track) Odile is the name of Jack Starr's wife at the time of recording the album.

Personnel

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*Gary Bordonaro - bass *Carl Canedy - drums ;Guest musicians *

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- drums on track 9 *Emma Zale - additional vocals on track 2, piano and strings on tracks 5, 8 *Paul Kane - guitar on track 5 *Laura Kyle - backing vocals on tracks 5, 7 *Ned Meloni - bass on track 8 * David DeFeis - backing vocals (uncredited) ;Technical personnel *Chris Bubacz, Denny McNerney - engineers

References

1984 albums Music for Nations albums Roadrunner Records albums Passport Records albums {{1980s-metal-album-stub