Resurrection is the debut album by the American heavy metal band Halford, released on August 8, 2000. It features the song "The One You Love to Hate", featuring Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson. "Silent Screams" is a re-recorded song that was originally written by Halford's previous band 2wo.

In 2006, the album was remastered and re-released on iTunes containing the two bonus tracks from the original Japanese edition. It was packaged on the digipak DVD release of Resurrection World Tour – Live at Rock in Rio III in 2008 containing two more tracks and as a stand alone CD re-release in 2009 with the same content.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Rock Hard9/10[3]

In September 2003, Resurrection was ranked number 54 on a list of "The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums" by online magazine Metal-Rules.com.[4] In 2005, Resurrection was ranked number 320 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Resurrection"Rob Halford, Patrick Lachman, Roy Z, John Baxter3:58
2."Made in Hell"Halford, Z, Baxter4:12
3."Locked and Loaded"Halford, Lachman, Z3:18
4."Night Fall"Halford, Lachman, Mike Chlasciak3:41
5."Silent Screams"Halford, Bob Marlette7:06
6."The One You Love to Hate" (feat. Bruce Dickinson)Halford, Z, Bruce Dickinson3:11
7."Cyberworld"Halford, Z, Chlasciak3:08
8."Slow Down"Halford, Z, Marlette4:51
9."Twist"Bob Halligan Jr.4:08
10."Temptation"Halford, Lachman, Z, Chlasciak3:32
11."Drive"Halford, Z, Marlette, John 54:30
12."Saviour"Halford, Lachman, Z2:57
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Sad Wings"Halford, Lachman, Chlasciak3:38
14."Hell's Last Survivor"Halford, Chlasciak3:24
2009 bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."God Bringer of Death"Halford, Lachman, Chlasciak2:45
16."Fetish"Halford, Lachman, Chlasciak, Baxter3:12

Personnel

Halford
Additional performers
  • Roy Z – guitar
  • Bruce Dickinson – additional lead vocals on "The One You Love to Hate"
  • Pete Parada – drums on "The One You Love to Hate"
  • Ed Roth – keyboards on "Silent Screams" and "Twist"
Production
  • Produced by Roy Z
  • Executive producer/A&R – John Baxter
  • Drums recorded by Billy Bowers, assisted by Mike Terry
  • Guitars, bass, and other instrumentation recorded by Joe Floyd and Roy Z, with digital editing by Richard "The Guru" Carrette
  • Vocals and additional instrumentation recorded by Bill Cooper and Attie Bauw
  • Mixed by Attie Bauw and Charlie Baurfeind
  • Mastered by Tom Baker (2006 edition)
  • Photography by John Eder and Fin Costello
  • Art and design by Marc Sasso (2009 CD release)

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 42
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 12
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[8] 9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 21
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 90
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[11] 24
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[12] 6
US Billboard 200[13] 140
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[14] 5

References

  1. ^ "Interview: Rob Halford, Metal God And Judas Priest Vocalist | Blogcritics". blogcritics.org. January 8, 2009. Archived from the original on September 18, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  2. ^ Adams, Bret. "Allmusic". AllMusic. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  3. ^ Kühnemund, Götz. "Rock Hard review". issue 160. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  4. ^ "The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums". Metal-Rules.com. September 2003. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
  5. ^ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 82. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
  6. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Halford – Resurrection" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  7. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Halford – Resurrection" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  8. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  9. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Halford – Resurrection". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  10. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Halford – Resurrection". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  11. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  12. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  13. ^ "Halford Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  14. ^ "Halford Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
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