Banshee (3) – Race Against Time + Cry In The Night
Label: |
Divebomb Records – DIVE115 |
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Format: |
CD
, Album, Reissue
CD
, EP, Reissue
All Media
, Compilation, Limited Edition, Remastered
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Country: |
US |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Heavy Metal |
Tracklist
| Race Against Time | |||
| 1-1 | Shoot Down The Night | 3:51 | |
| 1-2 | All Alone | 4:25 | |
| 1-3 | Race Against Time | 3:33 | |
| 1-4 | Circular Flight Of The One Winged Sparrow | 1:38 | |
| 1-5 | Call Of The Wild | 3:31 | |
| 1-6 | Precious Metal | 3:34 | |
| 1-7 | Desire | 3:15 | |
| 1-8 | Get It On The Run | 3:18 | |
| 1-9 | Missing You | 5:38 | |
| 1-10 | Drive Like Hell | 3:20 | |
| 1-11 | Desert Moon | 1:04 | |
| Cry In The Night | |||
| 2-1 | We Want You | 3:09 | |
| 2-2 | Back Your Way | 4:14 | |
| 2-3 | I Believe | 4:36 | |
| 2-4 | The Stranger | 7:34 | |
| 2-5 | Cry In The Night | 4:48 | |
| Bonus Track | |||
| 2-6 | We Want You (Metal Massacre 9 Version) | 3:09 |
Companies, etc.
- Glass Mastered At – CDA ImPressing Solutions, USA – 2948286
- Glass Mastered At – CDA ImPressing Solutions, USA – 2948297
Credits
- Bass, Keyboards, Vocals – Bill Westfall
- Drums – Kent Burnham
- Guitar, Vocals – Terry Dunn
- Producer – Jon "The Messiah" Mathias*
- Vocals – Tommy Lee Flood
Notes
Limited edition of 500 copies. First 100 copies come with a logo magnet.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 711576011528
- Matrix / Runout (CD1): 04/24/2016 09:40:39PM #159111 2948286 01
- Matrix / Runout (CD2): 04/24/2016 10:30:47PM #159112 2948297 01
- Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI LN08
- Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI LN08
- Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI J106
- Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI J103
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Reviews
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Originally released in 1989, Race Against Time was the second release (and first full-length album) from American heavy metal band Banshee. The band had a sound that straddled the line between melodic rock and heavy metal, combining accessible melodies and hard rock song structures with some very metal guitar work and driving rhythms.
Banshee's sound was along the same lines as Leatherwolf, Icon and Fifth Angel, and had some similarities to Armored Saint and Lizzy Borden at times. They had that great combination of metal heaviness and catchy melodies, with some absolutely dazzling guitar solos and strong, powerful vocals. Banshee was at their best knocking out pounding metal anthems like "Call of the Wild," "Precious Metal" and the title track, but even the slower, balladesque “Missing You” was perfect for that era (and really should have been an MTV staple).
Race Against Time is a fantastic album front to back, with the potential to satisfy metal fans as well as fans of the Hollywood “hair metal” style. That it didn’t make Banshee a much higher profile act at the time is a real shame. It’s one more sad case of label mismanagement. It may not have been a huge hit, but Race Against Time remains one of the better hard rock/heavy metal albums of the late ‘90s, and is one that any serious fan and collector of bands like Leatherwolf, Icon and Fifth Angel needs to hear, especially now that it has been reissued.
Edition Notes: After way too many years out of print and fetching collectors’ prices, Race Against Time finally saw a proper reissue in 2016 with Divebomb’s deluxe Race Against Time/Cry in the Night release. Not only do we get a newly remastered version of Race Against Time, but the second disc features the band’s heavier, more metallic 1986 Cry in the Night EP, also remastered, plus the Metal Massacre version of “We Want You” and a bonus track. It also features a nice booklet loaded with vintage photos, lyrics and a new interview with guitarist Terry Dunn. Waiting so long for a proper reissue is worth it for a reissue that looks and sounds as good as this one.
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