Album · 25 years old this year
Killing Ground
Killing Ground: tracklist, credits and charts
11 tracks · 49:49Tracklist
- 1Prelude to War (intro)1:37
- 2Killing Ground5:47
- 3Court of the Crimson KingIan McDonald and Peter Sinfield6:02
- 4Coming Home3:40
- 5Hell Freezes Over4:45
- 6Dragon's Lair3:41
- 7You Don't Know What You've Got5:01
- 8Deeds of Glory4:37
- 9Running for the Border4:27
- 10Shadows on the Wall6:17
- 11Rock Is Our Life3:56
- Produced by
- Biff Byford, Saxon
- Executive producer
- Rainer Hänsel
- Recorded at
- Karo Studios (Brackel, Germany)
- Recorded
- 2001
- Mixed by
- Herman Frank, Rainer Hänsel
- Engineered by
- Nikolo Kotzev
- Artwork
- Paul Raymond Gregory
- Photography
- Nicola Rübenberg
- Labels
- Steamhammer, SPV/Steamhammer
- Length
- 49:49
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| German Albums · 2001 | 26 |
| French Albums · 2001 | 141 |
From MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Only what the sources record is shown.
29.6
Popularity (0–100, vs the whole vault)
307
ListenBrainz listeners
8.7k
Wikipedia views, last 12 months
95
Deezer fans (all editions)
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 2001-09-25 vs 2001-10-09 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 9 October 2001 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 25 September 2001 | |
| Wikidata | 2001 | |
| US release | 9 October 2001 | earliest US date |
5 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | DE | Steamhammer | 4001617725603 | other |
| 2001 | DE | Steamhammer | 4001617725627 | other |
| 2001 | DE | Steamhammer | 460216362424 | other |
| 9 October 2001 | US | Steamhammer | 693723725628 | original |
| 2010 | IT | Night of the Vinyl Dead | other |
Cover art sources
itunes · upscaled: minor: best source 1441x1441, upscaled to 1500 (x1.04)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| itunes ✓ | 1441×1441 | upscaled: minor: best source 1441x1441, upscaled to 1500 (x1.04) |
| coverartarchive | 1428×1414 | upscaled |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |