The Son of Odin

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1986 studio album by Elixir

The Son of Odin

Studio album by

Elixir

Released| June 1986
Recorded| The Lodge, Clare, Suffolk, England
Genre| Heavy metal
Length| 40:28
Label| Elixir Records
Producer| Elixir
Elixir chronology
|  | The Son of Odin
(1986)  | Lethal Potion
(1990)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal| 6/10[2]
Kerrang!| [3]

The Son of Odin is the debut album of British heavy metal band Elixir, released in 1986 on 12" vinyl. Cult Metal Classics re-released the album on CD in 2001. The album also included 3 bonus tracks. The album was also released on CD by TPL records in 2004, Majestic Rock in 2006 and CTR in 2011 as a 25th Anniversary Edition. In issue 137 (November 2005) of Terrorizer magazine, the album was included in the top 20 power metal albums of all time, alongside Judas Priest's Painkiller, Helloween's Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II and Cirith Ungol's King of the Dead. In 2019, Metal Hammer ranked it as the 21st best power metal album of all time.[4]

## Track listing[edit]

Side oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "The Star of Beshaan"| Kevin Dobbs, Norman Gordon, Paul Taylor, Phil Denton| 5:30
2.| "Pandora's Box"| K. Dobbs, Nigel Dobbs, Gordon, Taylor, Denton| 4:35
3.| "Hold High the Flame"| Gordon, Taylor, Denton| 3:53
4.| "Children of Tomorrow"| Denton| 4:53

Side twoNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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5.| "Trial by Fire"| Denton| 3:53
6.| "Starflight"| Gordon, Taylor, Denton| 3:55
7.| "Dead Man's Gold"| Taylor, Denton| 4:21
8.| "Treachery"| Gordon, Taylor, Denton| 3:30
9.| "The Son of Odin"| Gordon, Taylor, Denton| 5:58

CD bonus tracks (Cult Metal Classics)No.| Title| Length

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10.| "Chariot of the Gods"| 2:31
11.| "Winds of Time" (originally released as a B-side for the "Treachery" single)| 5:10
12.| "Treachery (live)"| 4:39

CD bonus tracks (TPL and Majestic Rock)No.| Title| Length

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4.| "Chariot of the Gods"| 2:31

CD bonus tracks (25th Anniversary Edition)No.| Title| Length

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10.| "Chariot of the Gods"| 2:31
11.| "Winds of Time" (originally released as a B-side for the "Treachery" single)| 5:10
12.| "The Star of Beshaan" (Recorded for BBC Friday Rock Show session.)| 5:24
13.| "Pandora's Box" (Recorded for BBC Friday Rock Show session.)| 4:36
14.| "Hold High the Flame" (Recorded for BBC Friday Rock Show session.)| 4:04
15.| "The Son of Odin" (Recorded for BBC Friday Rock Show session.)| 5:53

## Personnel[edit]

Elixir

* Paul Taylor - vocals, keyboards on track 7
* Phil Denton - guitar, keyboards on track 7
* Norman Gordon - guitar
* Kevin Dobbs - bass
* Nigel Dobbs - drums

Production

* Martin Stansfield - engineer

## References[edit]

1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Elixir The Son of Odin review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 7 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. 106\. ISBN 978-1894959315.
3. ^ Miller, Paul (10 July 1986). "Elixir 'The Son of Odin'". Kerrang!. Vol. 124\. London, UK: United Magazines ltd. p. 14.
4. ^ Chantler, Chris (14 November 2019). "The 25 greatest power metal albums". Metal Hammer. Future plc. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Elixir official webpage

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* MusicBrainz release group

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