''Stronger Than Ever'' is the fourth studio album by German
heavy metal band
Grave Digger
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. However, they changed their name to just "Digger" for this release. Retrospect Records, a little-known record label, very briefly issued a re-release of the album on CD in 2005. The CD was released with presumably no involvement from the band and is considered a
bootleg
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The CD is no longer available and the only official versions of the album that were released by the band are the vinyl and cassette versions. To this day it remains the only album in Grave Digger's catalog to not receive an official CD release. "Shadows of the Past" borrows two lyrical lines from "Yesterday", a song released on their 1984 album ''
Heavy Metal Breakdown
''Heavy Metal Breakdown'' is the debut studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger, released on 20 October 1984 via Noise Records. The music in this album is strongly influenced by German heavy metal band Accept and its then-vocalist ...
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Track listing
Notes
* The 1987 cassette release contains an exclusive untitled intro before "Shadows of the Past", which is not listed
* The track listing is erroneously printed on the back cover as:
* Stand Up and Rock
* Wanna Get Close
* Lay It On
* Don't Leave Me Lonely
* Stronger than Ever
* I Don't Need Your Love
* Moonriders
* Stay till the Morning
* Listen to the Music
* Shadows of the Past
Personnel
* Chris Boltendahl –
vocals
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Uwe Lulis
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guitars
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* C. F. Brank –
bass
* Albert Eckardt –
drums
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;Additional musicians
* Bodo Schopf – drum programming
* Matthias "Matz" Ulmer – keyboards
* Armin Sabol – lead guitars on "Stand Up and Rock"
;Production
* Karl-U. Walterbach – executive producer
* Mick Jackson – producer
* Steven Begg – cover art, photography
* Jan Němec – engineering, mixing, mastering
References
1986 albums
Grave Digger (band) albums
Noise Records albums
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