Branded and Exiled
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{{Infobox album
| name = Branded and Exiled
| type = studio
| artist = Running Wild
| cover = 1985-Branded And Exiled.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1985
| recorded = 1985
| studio = Casablanca Studios, Berlin
| genre = Speed metal, heavy metal
| length = 35:45
| label = Noise (Germany)
Combat (US)
| producer = Running Wild and Horst Müller
| prev_title = Gates to Purgatory
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Under Jolly Roger
| next_year = 1987
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r316807}}
| rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
| rev2Score = 5/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = 1 November 2005 | isbn = 978-1-894959-31-5 | page= 297}}
| rev3 = Rock Hard
| rev3Score = 8.0/10{{cite web|url=http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen/5782-branded-and-exiled.html|title=Running Wild 'Branded and Exiled'|author=Holger Stratmann|date=1985|publisher=Rock Hard |accessdate=13 May 2015}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Branded and Exiled is the second studio album by German heavy metal band Running Wild, released in 1985.
Track listing
All music and lyrics by Rolf Kasparek except where noted
{{track_listing
| headline = Side A
| title1 = Branded and Exiled
| length1 = 3:54
| title2 = Gods of Iron
| length2 = 4:00
| title3 = Realm of Shades
| writer3 = Kasparek, Stephan Boriss
| length3 = 4:28
| title4 = Mordor
| length4 = 4:49
}}
{{track_listing
| total_length = 35:45
| headline = Side B
| title5 = Fight the Oppression
| length5 = 4:55
| title6 = Evil Spirit
| writer6 = Boriss
| length6 = 3:19
| title7 = Marching to Die
| length7 = 4:35
| title8 = Chains and Leather
| length8 = 5:45
}}
{{track_listing
| total_length = 57:48
| headline = 2017 remastered edition bonus tracks
| title1 = Branded and Exiled
| note1 = 1991 re-recorded version
| length1= 3:50
| title2 = Fight the Oppression
| note2 = 1991 re-recorded version
| length2 = 4:53
| title3 = Marching to Die
| note3 = 1991 re-recorded version
| length3 = 4:37
| title4 = Branded and Exiled
| note4 = 2003 re-recorded version
| length4 = 3:54
| title5 = Mordor
| note5 = 2003 re-recorded version
| length5 = 4:49
}}
Note
- Some CD versions feature a different version of "Chains and Leather" with notably different vocals
Personnel
- Rolf Kasparek – guitar, vocals
- Michael Kupper – guitars, backing vocals
- Stephan Boriss – bass, backing vocals
- Wolfgang Hagemann – drums, backing vocals
;Production
- Horst Müller – co-producer, recording, mixing
- Karl-U. Walterbach – executive producer
- Thomas Stiegler – mixing
- Running Wild – artwork
- D. Magnussen – photography
- Thotsten Hanl – management
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Running Wild}}
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Category:Running Wild (band) albums
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