''Waking the Dead'' is the eighth

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album. Released in 2002, it would be the last album featuring band founder

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, until he reunited with the band in 2017. It is also the first with bass guitarist

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. The album includes "OK, Let's Roll" - dedicated to

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and those who rushed the cockpit of

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during the events of

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. Though slated to be included, the Japanese edition was never officially released, leaving "Call of the Wild" unavailable.

Track listing

#"Don't Look at Me That Way" – 4:00 #"OK, Let's Roll" – 3:54 #"Waking the Dead" – 3:23 #"Revolution" – 3:26 #"The Ballad" – 5:21 #"Frequency" – 4:38 #"Psychopathic Eyes" – 3:04 #"Hellraisers Ball" – 3:23 #"City of Angels" – 3:39 #"Don't You Cry" – 4:22 #"Call of the Wild" – 3:51 (Japanese unreleased bonus track)

Personnel

* Phil Lewis –

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–

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

–

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Steve Riley –

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;Additional personnel * Ricky Beck Mahler - additional guitar on "The Ballad" and "Call of the Wild"

Production

*Producer –

Andy Johns Jeremy Andrew "Andy" Johns (20 May 1950 – 7 April 2013) was a British sound engineer and record producer who worked on several well-known rock albums, including the Rolling Stones' ''Exile on Main St.'' (1972), Television's ''Marquee Moon'' (19 ...

*Engineer –

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*Mastering – Dave Schultz *Crew – Brad Nelson *Photography – Glen LaFerman *Cover design – Maxine Miller *Design, layout design – Vinny Cimino

References

{{Authority control L.A. Guns albums 2002 albums Albums produced by Andy Johns