War of Words (Fight album)

1993 studio album by Fight

War of Words

Studio album by

Fight

Released| September 9, 1993[1]
Studio| Wisseloord, Hilversum
Genre|

* Heavy metal
* thrash metal
* groove metal[2]

Length| 59:18
Label| Epic
Producer| Attie Bauw and Rob Halford
Fight chronology
|  | War of Words
(1993)  | A Small Deadly Space
(1995)

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Alternative cover

2008 Remixed and Remastered edition cover

Singles from  War of Words

1. "Little Crazy"
Released: 1993
2. "Nailed to the Gun"
Released: April 22, 1993
3. "Immortal Sin"
Released: 1994

Rob Halford chronology
| Painkiller
(1990)  | War of Words
(1993)  | A Small Deadly Space
(1995)

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War of Words is the debut album by the American heavy metal band Fight, released on September 9, 1993, by Epic Records. This is the first release Rob Halford recorded after his departure from Judas Priest in 1992. He brought with him drummer Scott Travis from the band and recruited three new members. The music is a mixture between the heavy metal sound created by Judas Priest and a groove/thrash metal sound similar to that of Pantera. Halford is also credited with playing guitar but only recorded vocals for the album. Music videos were made for "Nailed to the Gun", "Immortal Sin" and "Little Crazy".

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal| 6/10[4]
Rock Hard| 9/10[5]

The Philadelphia Inquirer called War of Words "a solid album of thrashing mosh-pit rock".[6]

In 2005, War of Words was ranked number 386 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[7]

## Track listing

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All tracks are written by Rob Halford.

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Into the Pit"| 4:13
2.| "Nailed to the Gun"| 3:38
3.| "Life in Black"| 4:34
4.| "Immortal Sin"| 4:39
5.| "War of Words"| 4:29
6.| "Laid to Rest"| 4:40
7.| "For All Eternity"| 4:42
8.| "Little Crazy"| 3:49
9.| "Contortion"| 4:35
10.| "Kill It"| 3:30
11.| "Vicious"| 3:11
12.| "Reality, a New Beginning

* I. "(no audio)" – 5:00
* II. "Jesus Saves" (Hidden Track) – 3:38"

| 13:18

Japanese edition bonus trackNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Kill It (Dutch Death Mix)"| 3:36

## Note

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"Reality, a New Beginning" is a 4:40 song. A 5-minute silence occurs before a hidden track titled "Jesus Saves" is played only on the CD release not on the cassette version. The remixed and remastered edition includes the song as a bonus track

## Personnel

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Fight

* Rob Halford – vocals, guitar
* Brian Tilse – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
* Russ Parrish – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
* Jay Jay – bass, backing vocals
* Scott Travis – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Production

* Produced by Attie Bauw and Rob Halford
* Executive producer – John Baxter
* Recorded by Attie Bauw

2008 Remixed and Remastered Edition

* Remixed by Roy Z
* Remastered by Andy Horn
* Art design – Marc Sasso

## Charts

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Chart (1993)  | Peak
position

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German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] | 56
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] | 49
US Billboard 200[10] | 83

## References

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1. ^ War of Words (Japanese release) (booklet). Fight. Epic, Epic Japan, Sony. September 9, 1993. 4 988010 581923.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
2. ^ Usenick, Mike (June 15, 2022). "Wayback Wednesday: "War of Words" – Fight (1993)". AudioVein Entertainment. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
3. ^ Hill, Gary. War of Words at AllMusic
4. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 155\. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
5. ^ Kühnemund, Götz. "Rock Hard review". issue 77. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
6. ^ Stark, Karl (November 9, 1993). "War of Words". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. E3.
7. ^ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 54\. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
8. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Fight – War of Words" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
9. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Fight – War of Words". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
10. ^ "Fight Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2024.

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Fight

* Rob Halford
* Mark Chaussee
* Brian Tilse
* Jack "Jay Jay" Brown
* Scott Travis
* Russ Parrish
* Robby Lochner
* Tim Radziwill
* Don Tinsley

Studio albums|

* War of Words (1993)
* A Small Deadly Space (1995)

Compilations|

* Mutations (1994)
* K5 – The War of Words Demos (2007)

Box sets|

* Into the Pit  (2008)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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