A Collection of Metal
Encyclopedia
A Collection of Metal is a compilation album
by the British heavy metal
band Saxon
released in 1996 (see 1996 in music
).
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
by the British heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Saxon
Saxon (band)
Saxon are an English heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. As front-runners of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, they had 8 UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s including 4 UK Top 10 albums. Saxon also had numerous singles in the Top 20 singles chart...
released in 1996 (see 1996 in music
1996 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact...
).
Track listing
- "747 (Strangers in the Night)" – 3:45
- "Rock n' Roll Gypsy" – 4:12
- "And the Bands Played OnAnd the Bands Played On"And the Bands Played On" is a single by heavy metal band Saxon from their 1981 album Denim and Leather. It peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart and is Saxon's most successful single to date....
" – 2:48 - "Back on the Streets" – 4:00
- "Ride Like the WindRide Like the WindIn 1991, the band East Side Beat a remix of the song Ride Like the Wind on. This is in contrast to the original version created the very style of the 1990s. There are also five remixes of the cover...
" – 4:22 - "Big Teaser" – 4:08
- "I Can't Wait Anymore" (remix) – 4:35
- "Broken Heroes" (live) – 6:05
- "Raise Some Hell" – 3:43
- "Denim and Leather" – 5:27
- "Rock the Nations" – 4:41
- "Motorcycle Man" – 3:58
- "Everybody Up" – 3:30
- "Rock City" – 3:16
- "Set Me Free" – 3:13
- "Play It Loud" – 4:21