Execution Guaranteed is the third full-length album released by the heavy metal band Rage in 1987. The album was remastered by Noise/Sanctuary in 2002 with slightly altered cover art, and six bonus tracks.[4] Rudy Graf had been a member of the German heavy metal band Warlock until 1985.

Execution Guaranteed
Studio album by
Released11 May 1987
Recorded1987
StudioHartmann Digital Studios, Germany
Genre
Length45:46
LabelNoise
ProducerRage
Rage chronology
Reign of Fear
(1986)
Execution Guaranteed
(1987)
Perfect Man
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[2]
Metal Forces9.2/10[3]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Jochen Schroeder and Peter Wagner, except where indicated

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Down by Law"3:23
2."Execution Guaranteed"6:49
3."Before the Storm (The Secret Affair)"4:49
4."Streetwolf"6:07
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Deadly Error"Wagner5:06
6."Hatred"Wagner3:57
7."Grapes of Wrath" 5:12
8."Mental Decay" 5:53
9."When You're Dead"Wagner4:30
Remastered CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Down by Law" (Live) 3:37
11."Nevermore" (Live)Wagner4:25
12."Firestorm" (Live)Manni Schmidt, Wagner5:06
13."On the Edge"Wagner4:13
14."Dust" (Acoustic Version) 4:15
15."The Body Talks" (Previously Unreleased Acoustic Version)Wagner4:41

Personnel

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Rage
  • Peavy Wagner – vocals, bass
  • Jochen Schroeder – guitars
  • Rudy Graf – guitars
  • Jörg Michael – drums
Production
  • Rage – producer
  • Andi Musolf – engineer, mixing at Hartmann Digital Studios
  • DEF – mixing, samples
  • Tommy Hansen – remixing at Horus Sound Studio

References

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  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Rage - Execution Guaranteed review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  3. ^ Exley, Mike (1987). "Rage - Execution Guaranteed". Metal Forces. No. 24. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Rage - Execution Guaranteed". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 10 September 2011.