Never, Neverland
Never, Neverland is the second album by Annihilator, released in August 1990 on Roadrunner Records. It followed Alice in Hell, the band's first record, and arrived at a time when the group was still settling into its thrash metal identity. The label issued it in the US and across the UK and Europe on the same day, 12 September 1990.
The record has since been reissued twice. A 1998 edition added three demo tracks as bonus material, and in 2003 it was paired with Alice in Hell on a two-disc set in Roadrunner's Two from the Vault series. That pairing makes a neat way into the band's earliest chapter, with both opening albums sitting side by side. Riffology has also looked at it as a hidden gem of thrash metal, which is reason enough to give it a proper listen.
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Never, Neverland: tracklist and credits
10 tracks · 44:09Tracklist
- 1The Fun PalaceJeff Waters and Coburn Pharr5:52
- 2Road to RuinJeff Waters3:43
- 3Sixes and SevensJeff Waters5:21
- 4StonewallJeff Waters4:51
- 5Never, NeverlandJeff Waters and Coburn Pharr5:30
- 6Imperiled EyesJeff Waters and Jody Weil5:28
- 7Kraf DinnerJeff Waters2:41
- 8PhantasmagoriaJeff Waters4:00
- 9Reduced to AshJeff Waters and Jody Weil3:09
- 10I Am in CommandWaters, Bates, Weil3:35
- Produced by
- Glen Robinson, Jeff Waters
- Recorded at
- Vancouver Studios, Vancouver Studios (Vancouver, Canada)
- Recorded
- February–April 1990
- Mixed by
- Glen Robinson
- Mixed at
- Le Studio
- Engineered by
- Glen Robinson, Steve Royea
- Labels
- Roadrunner Records, Roadrunner
- Length
- 44:09
Line-up
- Wayne Darley · bass guitar
- Dave Scott Davis · guitar
- Ray Hartmann · membranophone
- Jeff Waters · guitar
- Coburn Pharr · lead vocals
Singles
- “Stonewall”
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How we know the release date wikipedia 1990-08-07 vs 1990-09-12 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 12 September 1990 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 7 August 1990 | |
| Wikidata | September 1990 | |
| US release | 12 September 1990 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 12 September 1990 | earliest UK or European date |
9 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | NL | Roadrunner Records | 016861937423 | other |
| 1990 | US | Roadracer Records | 016861937416 | other |
| 12 September 1990 | US | Roadracer Records | 016861937423 | original |
| 12 September 1990 | XE | Roadrunner Records | 016861937416 | original |
| 21 October 1990 | JP | Far East Metal Syndicate | 4988015034332 | other |
| 1998 | CA | Roadrunner Records | 016861872229 | other |
| 2001 | PL | Metal Mind Productions | 5907785019508 | other |
| 6 February 2007 | XW | Roadrunner Records | 016861937409 | other |
| 23 April 2008 | JP | Roadrunner Records | 4527583007500 | 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 | 600×600 | upscaled |