The Missing Link is the eighth full-length album released by the heavy metal band Rage in 1993. The album was remastered by Noise/Sanctuary in 2002 with five bonus tracks, three of them are from the EP Refuge.[3]
| The Missing Link | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1 August 1993 | |||
| Recorded | May–June 1993 | |||
| Studio | Rocktech Studio, Berlin | |||
| Genre | Power metal, speed metal | |||
| Length | 45:46 | |||
| Label | Noise | |||
| Producer | Sven Conquest | |||
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| Singles from The Missing Link | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[2] |
Track listing edit
All tracks are written by Peter Wagner, except where indicated
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Firestorm" | Manni Schmidt, Peter Wagner | 4:56 |
| 2. | "Nevermore" | 4:28 | |
| 3. | "Refuge" | 3:38 | |
| 4. | "The Pit and the Pendulum" | Chris Ephthimiadis, Wagner | 4:18 |
| 5. | "From the Underworld" | Schmidt, Wagner | 3:10 |
| 6. | "Certain Days" | 5:46 | |
| 7. | "Who Dares?" | Ephthimiadis, Wagner | 4:29 |
| 8. | "Wake Me When I'm Dead" | 5:22 | |
| 9. | "Lost in the Ice" | 9:50 | |
| 10. | "Her Diary's Black Pages" | 3:34 | |
| 11. | "The Missing Link" | Ephthimiadis, Schmidt, Wagner | 4:24 |
| 12. | "Raw Caress" | 5:26 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Another Kind of Madness" | 5:11 | |
| 14. | "Truth Hits Everybody" (The Police cover) | Sting | 2:26 |
| 15. | "I Can't Control Myself" (The Troggs cover) | Reg Presley | 2:48 |
| 16. | "Beyond the Pale" (The Mission cover) | Craig Adams, Mick Brown, Simon Hinkler, Wayne Hussey | 6:34 |
| 17. | "Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover; Demo Version) | Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward | 2:40 |
Personnel edit
- Band members
- Peavy Wagner – vocals, bass, arrangements
- Manni Schmidt – guitars
- Chris Ephthimiadis – drums
- Production
- Sven Conquest – producer, engineer, mixing
- Bernd Steinwedel – mastering
- Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer
References edit
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Rage The Missing Link review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 359. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ "Rage - The Missing Link". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 15 September 2011.