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    Digital Dictator

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    Digital Dictator
    Cover art by Guy Aitchison
    Studio album by
    Vicious Rumors
    ReleasedFebruary 9, 1988 (1988-02-09)
    Recorded1987 at Prairie Sun Recording Studios in Cotati, California
    GenreHeavy metal[1]
    Length38:57
    LabelShrapnel
    ProducerSteve Fontano, Geoff Thorpe
    Vicious Rumors chronology
    Soldiers of the Night
    (1985)     		Digital Dictator
    (1988)     		Vicious Rumors
    (1990)

    Digital Dictator is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Vicious Rumors, released in 1988 through Shrapnel Records (United States) and Roadrunner Records (Europe);[2] a remastered edition was reissued in 2009. The is the first Vicious Rumors album to feature vocalist Carl Albert, who would stay in the band until his death in 1995.

    Track listing

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    "Western Front" (side one)
    No.TitleWriter(s)Length
    1."Replicant" (Instrumental)Dave Starr, Mark McGee1:04
    2."Digital Dictator"Starr, Geoff Thorpe, McGee, Carl Albert3:17
    3."Minute to Kill"Thorpe, Albert, Larry Howe3:34
    4."Towns on Fire"Thorpe, Howe4:23
    5."Lady Took a Chance"Thorpe6:11
    "Eastern Front" (side two)
    No.TitleWriter(s)Length
    6."Worlds and Machines"Thorpe, McGee, Howe5:30
    7."The Crest"Thorpe2:56
    8."R.L.H."Thorpe, Starr, McGee4:00
    9."Condemned"Thorpe, Albert, McGee3:53
    10."Out of the Shadows"Thorpe, McGee, Albert4:09
    Total length:38:57

    Personnel

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    Vicious Rumors
    • Carl Albert – lead vocals
    • Geoff Thorpe – guitars, backing vocals
    • Mark McGee – guitars, backing vocals, mandolin
    • Dave Starr – bass, backing vocals
    • Larry Howe – drums, backing vocals
    Additional musicians
    • John Lavaysse – backing vocals
    • Dino Alden – backing vocals
    Production
    • Steve Fontano – production, engineering, mixing
    • Geoff Thorpe – cover concept, mixing, production
    • Mark McGee – mixing
    • Dave Starr – mixing
    • George Horn – mastering
    • Dino Alden – assistant engineering
    • Guy Aitchison – cover art
    • Steve Pollutro – logo
    • Rocky Ball – photography
    • Doug Troxell – photography, production management, sleeve design
    • Rick Likong – photography
    • John Umphrey – photography
    • Stephanie Ball – photography
    • Tim Gennert – remastering (reissue)

    References

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    1. ^ "Digital Dictator - Vicious Rumors" Archived 2015-07-12 at the Wayback Machine. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
    2. ^ "Vicious Rumors - Digital Dictator" Archived 2012-06-30 at the Wayback Machine. Discogs. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
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