Perfect Man (Rage album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Perfect Man

| type = studio

| artist = Rage

| cover = Rage perfect man.jpg

| alt =

| released = 6 June 1988

| recorded = February–March 1988

| studio = Sky Trak Studios Berlin, Germany

| genre = Speed metal, power metal

| length = 43:46

| label = Noise

| producer = Armin Sabol

| prev_title = Execution Guaranteed

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = Secrets in a Weird World

| next_year = 1989

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 =AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web | url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/perfect-man-r16039/review | title = Rage Perfect Man review | accessdate = 11 September 2011 | last=Rivadavia | first= Eduardo | publisher = AllMusic }}

| rev2 =Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev2Score = 9/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = November 1, 2005 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1-894959-31-5|page=278}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Perfect Man is the fourth full-length album released by German heavy metal band Rage in 1988. This album introduces the Refuge years line-up, with the new members Manni Schmidt and Chris Efthimiadis, and the band's mascot, the "Soundchaser", which would feature in most other Rage cover arts. The album was remastered by Noise/Sanctuary in 2002 with slightly altered cover art, and five bonus tracks.{{cite web | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Rage/Perfect_Man/2471 | title = Rage – Perfect Man | accessdate = 11 September 2011 | publisher = Encyclopaedia Metallum}}

Track listing

{{Tracklisting

| all_lyrics = Peter Wagner

| all_music = Peter Wagner, except where noted

| title1 = Wasteland

| length1 = 3:26

| title2 = In the Darkest Hour

| length2 = 3:17

| title3 = Animal Instinct

| music3 = Manni Schmidt, Wagner

| length3 = 3:48

| title4 = Perfect Man

| length4 = 3:35

| title5 = Sinister Thinking

| music5 = Schmidt, Wagner

| length5 = 3:18

| title6 = Supersonic Hydromatic

| music6 = Schmidt, Wagner

| length6 = 3:34

| title7 = Don't Fear the Winter

| length7 = 3:27

| title8 = Death in the Afternoon

| length8 = 3:56

| title9 = A Pilgrim's Path

| length9 = 4:27

| title10 = Time and Place

| music10 = Schmidt, Wagner

| length10 = 4:15

| title11 = Round Trip

| music11 = Schmidt, Wagner

| length11 = 3:25

| title12 = Between the Lines

| music12 = Schmidt, Wagner

| length12 = 3:18

}}

{{Tracklisting

| headline = Remastered CD edition bonus tracks

| title13 = Symbols of Our Fear

| length13 = 3:36

| title14 = Neurotic

| length14 = 3:02

| title15 = Shame on You

| note15 = Live; Originally released on Power of Metal in 1994

| music15 = Schmidt, Wagner

| length15 = 4:30

| title16 = Don't Fear the Winter

| note16 = Live; Originally released on Power of Metal in 1994

| length16 = 3:56

| title17 = Certain Days

| note17 = Live; Originally released on Power of Metal in 1994

| length17 = 5:32

| title18 = Last Goodbye

| length18 = 4:22

| title19 = Not Forever

| note19 = Previously Unreleased Acoustic Version

| length19 = 4:06

}}

Personnel

; Rage

  • Peavy Wagner – vocals, bass
  • Manni Schmidt – guitars
  • Chris Efthimiadis – drums

; Production

  • Armin Sabol – producer, arrangements
  • Rage – arrangements
  • Will Reid-Dick – engineer, mixing
  • Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer

References

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Category:1988 albums

Category:Rage (German band) albums

Category:Noise Records albums

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