Execution Guaranteed

1987 studio album by Rage

Execution Guaranteed

Studio album by

Rage

Released| 11 May 1987
Recorded| 1987
Studio| Hartmann Digital Studios, Germany
Genre|

* Speed metal
* heavy metal

Length| 45:46
Label| Noise
Producer| Rage
Rage chronology
| Reign of Fear
(1986)  | Execution Guaranteed
(1987)  | Perfect Man
(1988)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal| 7/10[2]
Metal Forces| 9.2/10[3]

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.

## Track listing

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

Side oneNo.| Title| Length

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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 twoNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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5.| "Deadly Error"| Wagner| 5:06
6.| "Hatred"| Wagner| 3:57
7.| "Grapes of Wrath"|  | 5:12
8.| "Mental Decay"|  | 5:53
9.| "When You're Dead"| Wagner| 4:30

Remastered CD edition bonus tracksNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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10.| "Down by Law" (Live)|  | 3:37
11.| "Nevermore" (Live)| Wagner| 4:25
12.| "Firestorm" (Live)| Manni Schmidt, Wagner| 5:06
13.| "On the Edge"| Wagner| 4:13
14.| "Dust" (Acoustic Version)|  | 4:15
15.| "The Body Talks" (Previously Unreleased Acoustic Version)| Wagner| 4:41

## 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.

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Rage

* Peavy Wagner
* Jean Bormann
* Stefan Weber
* Vassilios "Lucky" Maniatopoulos

* Alf Meyerratken
* Thomas Grüning
* Jochen Schroeder
* Jörg Michael
* Rudy Graf
* Manni Schmidt
* Chris Efthimiadis
* Spiros Efthimiadis
* Sven Fischer
* Mike Terrana
* Victor Smolski
* André Hilgers
* Marcos Rodriguez

Studio albums|

* Prayers of Steel (as Avenger)
* Reign of Fear
* Execution Guaranteed
* Perfect Man
* Secrets in a Weird World
* Reflections of a Shadow
* Trapped!
* The Missing Link
* 10 Years in Rage
* Black in Mind
* Lingua Mortis
* End of All Days
* XIII
* Ghosts
* Welcome to the Other Side
* Unity
* Soundchaser
* Speak of the Dead
* Carved in Stone
* Strings to a Web
* 21
* LMO (with Lingua Mortis Orchestra)
* The Devil Strikes Again
* Seasons of the Black
* Wings of Rage
* Resurrection Day

EPs|

* Depraved to Black (as Avenger)
* Extended Power
* Beyond the Wall
* Refuge

Live albums|

* Full Moon in St. Petersburg
* Live in Tokyo

Compilations and box sets|

* The Best from the Noise Years
* The Lingua Mortis Trilogy (The Classic Collection)

Video releases|

* The Video Link
* Metal Meets Classic Live
* Full Moon in St. Petersburg

Related articles|

* Lingua Mortis Orchestra
* Nuclear Blast All-Stars: Into the Light
* A Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal
* A Tribute to the Beast
* A Tribute to the Four Horsemen

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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