Album
Alice in Hell
Alice in Hell is the debut album from Annihilator, a Canadian thrash metal band, and it came out on 17 April 1989 through Roadrunner Records. It opens a catalogue that has grown to nineteen studio albums, running from this first record through to Metal II in 2022. For anyone tracing the band's story, this is where it begins.
It is also the only Annihilator record of its first decade to feature Randy Rampage on vocals. He did not return until Criteria for a Black Widow in 1999, which makes this album a snapshot of a line-up that stayed apart for ten years. If you want to hear where the band started before the long run of releases that followed, this is the place to begin.
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Alice in Hell: tracklist and credits
9 tracks · 37:49Tracklist
- 1Crystal AnnJeff Waters1:41
- 2Alison HellJeff Waters and Big John Bates5:01
- 3W.T.Y.D.Jeff Waters and Big John Bates3:56
- 4Wicked MysticJeff Waters and Jody Weil3:38
- 5Burns Like a Buzzsaw BladeWaters, Bates, Weil3:34
- 6Word SaladJeff Waters5:49
- 7Schizos (Are Never Alone), Parts I & IIJeff Waters4:32
- 8LigeiaJeff Waters4:47
- 9Human InsecticideJeff Waters and Big John Bates4:50
- Produced by
- Jeff Waters
- Recorded at
- Fiasco Bros. Studios (New Westminster, Canada), Live West Productions
- Recorded
- 1988
- Mixed by
- Jeff Waters
- Mixed at
- Fiasco Bros. Studios
- Engineered by
- Paul Blake, Frank D’Onofrio, Dan Morrow
- Labels
- Roadrunner Records, Roadrunner
- Length
- 37:49
Line-up
- Jeff Waters · guitar, bass guitar
- Ray Hartmann · drums (drum set)
- Wayne Darley · background vocals
- Paul Malek · background vocals
- Rolly Markwort · background vocals
- Randy Rampage · lead vocals, background vocals
- Petra Wilson · background vocals
Singles
- “Word Salad” · 1989
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 1989-04-17; musicbrainz + wikidata 1989-09-05 (141 days apart, likely another territory)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 5 September 1989 | ignored lone early release dated 1989-07-05 |
| Wikipedia infobox | 17 April 1989 | |
| Wikidata | 5 September 1989 | |
| UK / Europe release | 5 September 1989 | earliest UK or European date |
9 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | NL | Roadrunner Records | 016861948825 | other |
| 5 July 1989 | JP | APOLLON | 4988015023541 | original |
| 5 September 1989 | XE | Roadrunner Records | 016861948818 | other |
| 5 September 1989 | CA | Roadracer Records | 016861948825 | other |
| 1998 | US | Roadrunner Records | 016861872328 | other |
| 1998 | XE | Cargo Records | 4024572299088 | other |
| 2001 | PL | Metal Mind Records | 5907785019492 | other |
| 6 February 2007 | XW | Roadrunner Records | 016861948801 | other |
| 23 April 2008 | JP | Roadrunner Records | 4527583007494 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 500×498 | upscaled |