The Best, the Rest, the Rare
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{{Infobox album
|name = The Best, the Rest, the Rare
|type = compilation
|artist = Helloween
|cover = 1991bestrestrare.jpg
|alt =
|released = 21 August 1991
|genre = Power metal
|length = 77:10
|label = Noise Futurist
|producer = Bernd Steinwedel
|prev_title = Keepers Live
|prev_year = 1989
|next_title = Pink Bubbles Go Ape
|next_year = 1992
}}
The Best, the Rest, the Rare is the first compilation album by German power metal band Helloween. It was released in 1991 on the label Noise Records.
Reception
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r9183|accessdate=19 July 2019}}
}}
The album received praise from Encyclopaedia Metallum who called it "A great compilation", despite the fact that the album did not include songs "Phantoms of Death" and "Eagle Fly Free".{{cite web|url=https://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Helloween/The_Best_%E2%80%A2_The_Rest_%E2%80%A2_The_Rare/598324/|title=The Best, The Rest, The Rare|publisher=Encyclopaedia Metallum|date=12 May 2009|accessdate=19 July 2019}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
|all_writing = Kai Hansen, except where noted
|title1 = I Want Out
|writer1 =
|length1 = 4:38
|title2 = Dr. Stein
|writer2 = Michael Weikath
|length2 = 5:01
|title3 = Future World
|writer3 =
|length3 = 4:02
|title4 = Judas
|writer4 =
|length4 = 4:39
|title5 = Walls of Jericho
|writer5 = Weikath
|length5 = 0:48
|title6 = Ride the Sky
|writer6 =
|length6 = 5:55
|title7 = Halloween
|writer7 =
|length7 = 13:16
|title8 = Livin' Ain't No Crime
|writer8 = Weikath
|length8 = 4:40
|title9 = Save Us
|writer9 =
|length9 = 5:11
|title10 = Victim of Fate
|writer10 =
|length10 = 6:58
|title11 = Savage
|writer11 = Michael Kiske
|length11 = 3:22
|title12 = Don't Run for Cover
|writer12 = Kiske
|length12 = 4:43
|title13 = Keeper of the Seven Keys
|writer13 = Weikath
|length13 = 13:37
}}
Personnel
- Michael Kiske – vocals
- Kai Hansen – guitars; vocals on "Ride the Sky" and "Judas"
- Michael Weikath – guitars
- Markus Grosskopf – bass guitar
- Ingo Schwichtenberg – drums
- Alasdair Lincoln – tambourine
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Chart (1991) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Germany4|50|id=1269|artist= Helloween|album=The Best, The Rest, The Rare|rowheader=true|access-date=12 September 2020}} |
| scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}
| align="center"| 15 |
|---|
| {{album chart|Switzerland|28|artist= Helloween|album=The Best, The Rest, The Rare|rowheader=true|access-date=12 September 2020}} |
References
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External links
- [http://www.helloween.org/ Official artist website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070305090435/http://www.noiserecords.com/labels/noise.shtml Official record label website]
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