Rock until You Drop is the first full-length album by the British heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band Raven

Raven (band)

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, released in 1981. The album was the first of many heavy metal studio albums issued by British independent label Neat Records

Neat Records

Neat Records was a record label based near Newcastle, England. The label was established in 1979 by David Wood, who was the owner of Impulse Studios in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England. The establishment of Neat coincided with the arrival at Impulse of Songwriter/Producer Steve Thompson who guided...

. It reached position No. 63 in the UK Albums Chart

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.

The song "Lambs to the Slaughter" was covered by German thrash band Kreator

Kreator

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 on their Out of the Dark ... Into the Light

Out of the Dark ... Into the Light

Tracks 6-8, marked with an asterisk, are European CD bonus tracks.The American vinyl version swaps the order of the studio tracks and the live tracks , and adds a sixth track: "Gangland", a Tygers of Pan Tang cover.-Personnel:Kreator...

EP, added to the re-mastered Terrible Certainty

Terrible Certainty

Tracks 9-13 are bonus tracks from the remastered version. They are taken from the Out of the Dark ... Into the Light EP.-Personnel:Kreator* Mille Petrozza – vocals, guitar* Jörg "Tritze" Trzebiatowski – guitar* Roberto "Rob" Fioretti – bass guitar...

CD in 2000.

Track listing

• All songs written by Gallagher and Hunter, except where indicated.

1. "Hard Ride" – 3:10
2. "Hell Patrol" – 4:43
3. "Don't Need Your Money" – 3:22
4. "Over the Top" – 3:51
5. "39-40" – 0:51
6. "For the Future" – 4:04
7. "Rock until You Drop" – 4:02
8. "Nobody's Hero" – 3:50
9. "Hellraiser / Action" (Chinn
   Nicky Chinn
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   , Chapman, Scott
   Andy Scott (guitarist)
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   , Connolly
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   , Priest, Tucker) – 4:21 (Sweet
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    cover)
10. "Lambs to the Slaughter" – 3:51
11. "Tyrant of the Airways" – 7:16

CD reissue bonus tracks

12. "Wiped Out" - 4:30
13. "Crazy World" - 3:57
14. "Inquisitor" - 3:53

Band members

• John Gallagher - bass
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals
• Mark Gallagher - guitar
  Guitar
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• Rob Hunter - drums
  Drum kit
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