The Missing Link (Rage album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Missing Link
| type = Album
| artist = Rage
| cover = Rage the missing link.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1 August 1993
| recorded = May–June 1993
| studio = Rocktech Studio, Berlin
| genre = Power metal, heavy metal, speed metal
| length = 45:46
| label = Noise
| producer = Sven Conquest
| prev_title = Beyond the Wall
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Refuge
| next_year = 1994
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Missing Link
| type = Studio
| single1 = Refuge
| single1date = 24 March 1994
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web | url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-missing-link-r498357/review | title = Rage The Missing Link review | accessdate = 15 September 2011 | last=Rivadavia | first= Eduardo | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}
| rev2 =Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
| rev2Score = 8/10{{cite book | last = Popoff | first = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = 1 August 2007 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | page=359|isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}
| noprose = yes
}}
The Missing Link is the eighth full-length album released by the heavy metal band Rage in 1993. The album was remastered by Noise/Sanctuary in 2002 with five bonus tracks, three of them are from the EP Refuge.{{cite web | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Rage/The_Missing_Link/2477 | title = Rage - The Missing Link | accessdate = 15 September 2011 | publisher = Encyclopaedia Metallum}}
Track listing
{{Tracklisting
| all_writing = Peter Wagner, except where indicated
| title1 = Firestorm
| writer1 = Manni Schmidt, Peter Wagner
| length1 = 4:56
| title2 = Nevermore
| length2 = 4:28
| title3 = Refuge
| length3 = 3:38
| title4 = The Pit and the Pendulum
| writer4 = Chris Ephthimiadis, Wagner
| length4 = 4:18
| title5 = From the Underworld
| writer5 = Schmidt, Wagner
| length5 = 3:10
| title6 = Certain Days
| length6 = 5:46
| title7 = Who Dares?
| writer7 = Ephthimiadis, Wagner
| length7 = 4:29
| title8 = Wake Me When I'm Dead
| length8 = 5:22
| title9 = Lost in the Ice
| length9 = 9:50
| title10 = Her Diary's Black Pages
| length10 = 3:34
| title11 = The Missing Link
| writer11 = Ephthimiadis, Schmidt, Wagner
| length11 = 4:24
| title12 = Raw Caress
| length12 = 5:26
}}
{{Tracklisting
| headline = Remastered CD edition bonus tracks
| title13 = Another Kind of Madness
| length13 = 5:11
| title14 = Truth Hits Everybody
| writer14 = Sting
| note14 = The Police cover
| length14 = 2:26
| title15 = I Can't Control Myself
| writer15 = Reg Presley
| note15 = The Troggs cover
| length15 = 2:48
| title16 = Beyond the Pale
| writer16 = Craig Adams, Mick Brown, Simon Hinkler, Wayne Hussey
| note16 = The Mission cover
| length16 = 6:34
| title17 = Paranoid
| note17 = Black Sabbath cover; Demo Version
| writer17 = Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward
| length17 = 2:40
}}
Personnel
;Band members
- Peavy Wagner – vocals, bass, arrangements
- Manni Schmidt – guitars
- Chris Ephthimiadis – drums
;Production
- Sven Conquest – producer, engineer, mixing
- Bernd Steinwedel – mastering
- Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Rage}}
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