Victims of the Future
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{{Infobox album
| name = Victims of the Future
| type = studio
| artist = Gary Moore
| cover = VictimsoftheFuture.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1984|01|30|df=y}}{{cite news|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/84/Record-Mirror-1984-01-14-OCR.pdf|title=News|newspaper=Record Mirror|page=7|via=World Radio History|date=14 January 1984|access-date=21 December 2023|quote=Rock guitarist Gary Moore releases his new album 'Victims of the Future' on January 30.}}
| recorded = October–November 1983
| studio = Townhouse (London)
| genre = Hard rock,
| length = 40:55
| producer = Jeff Glixman
| prev_title = Live
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = We Want Moore!
| next_year = 1984
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Victims of the Future
| type = studio
| single1 = Hold On to Love
| single1date = 9 January 1984{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1984/Music-Week-1984-01-07-I.pdf |title=Music Week}}
| single2 = Shapes of Things
| single2date = 19 March 1984{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1984/Music-Week-1984-03-17-I.pdf |title=Music Week}}
| single3 = Empty Rooms
| single3date = 30 July 1984{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1984/Music-Week-1984-07-28.pdf|title=Music Week|page=20}}
}}
{{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = Studio album
| cover = Gmoore-victims.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Original North American cover
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r13406|first=Eduardo|last=Rivadavia}}
| rev2 =Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
| rev2Score = 6/10{{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 | pages=229–230}}
| noprose = yes
| rev3 = Record Mirror
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Smith |first=Robin |date=11 February 1984 |title=Albums |magazine=Record Mirror |page=18 |issn=0144-5804}}
}}
Victims of the Future is the fourth solo studio album by Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore, released on 30 January 1984. It was the first album to feature former UFO guitarist/
keyboardist Neil Carter and bassist Bob Daisley. It was also the last to feature bassist Neil Murray, who rejoined Whitesnake, and drummer Ian Paice, who rejoined the reformed Deep Purple in 1984.
Background
Continuing Moore's path in the hard rock genre, Victims of the Future is a collection of straight-out rock n' roll anthems (such as "Teenage Idol" and "Hold On to Love"), a mournful love ballad ("Empty Rooms", which was later re-recorded by Moore for his 1985 album Run for Cover), a cover of the Yardbirds' "Shapes of Things", and two darker songs, featuring social and political commentary: "Victims of the Future" and "Murder in the Skies", the latter a protest against the Soviet Union's shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007.
The album was released in North America with a different cover and altered content. The guitar solo intro to "Murder in the Skies" was removed, and "Devil in Her Heart", a single B-side, was added. "All I Want", omitted from the LP, was included as a bonus track on the cassette version.
Moore later dismissed Victims of the Future as "just one of my feeble attempts at heavy rock".{{cite magazine|first=Dave|last=Ling|title=Gimme More|magazine=Classic Rock |issue=94|date=July 2006|page=64}}
Track listing
=UK release=
{{track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Victims of the Future
| writer1 = Moore, Neil Carter, Ian Paice, Neil Murray
| length1 = 6:11
| title2 = Teenage Idol
| writer2 = Moore
| length2 = 4:05
| title3 = Shapes of Things
| note3 = The Yardbirds cover
| writer3 = Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, Jim McCarty
| length3 = 4:10
| title4 = Empty Rooms
| writer4 = Moore, Neil Carter
| length4 = 6:31
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side two
| title5 = Murder in the Skies
| writer5 = Moore, Carter
| length5 = 5:15
| title6 = All I Want
| writer6 = Moore
| length6 = 4:07
| title7 = Hold On to Love
| writer7 = Moore
| length7 = 4:23
| title8 = Law of the Jungle
| writer8 = Moore
| length8 = 6:13
}}
=US release=
{{track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Victims of the Future
| writer1 = Moore, Carter, Paice, Murray
| length1 = 6:13
| title2 = Teenage Idol
| writer2 = Moore
| length2 = 4:07
| title3 = Devil in Her Heart
| writer3 = Moore
| length3 = 3:29
| title4 = Empty Rooms
| writer4 = Moore
| length4 = 6:36
| title5 = All I Want
| note5 = Cassette only
| writer5 = Moore
| length5 = 4:17
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = Shapes of Things
| writer6 = Samwell-Smith, Relf, McCarty
| length6 = 4:14
| title7 = Murder in the Skies
| writer7 = Moore
| length7 = 5:49
| title8 = Hold On to Love
| writer8 = Moore
| length8 = 4:27
| title9 = Law of the Jungle
| writer9 = Moore
| length9 = 6:15
}}
=CD release=
{{track listing
| headline =
| title1 = Victims of the Future
| writer1 = Moore, Carter, Paice, Murray
| length1 = 6:13
| title2 = Teenage Idol
| writer2 = Moore
| length2 = 4:07
| title3 = Shapes of Things
| writer3 = Samwell-Smith, Relf, McCarty
| length3 = 4:14
| title4 = Empty Rooms
| writer4 = Moore
| length4 = 6:36
| title5 = Murder in the Skies
| writer5 = Moore, Carter
| length5 = 7:17
| title6 = All I Want
| writer6 = Moore
| length6 = 4:17
| title7 = Hold On to Love
| writer7 = Moore
| length7 = 4:27
| title8 = Law of the Jungle
| writer8 = Moore
| length8 = 6:15
}}
{{track listing
| headline = 2002 remastered CD edition bonus tracks
| title9 = Devil in Her Heart
| writer9 = Moore
| length9 = 3:29
| title10 = Blinder
| note10 = instrumental
| writer10 = Craig Gruber
| length10 = 2:46
| title11 = Empty Rooms
| note11 = 1984 remix
| writer11 = Moore, Carter
| length11 = 4:21
}}
Personnel
- Gary Moore – guitar, vocals
- Neil Carter – keyboards, vocals
- Neil Murray – bass guitar on tracks 1, 3, 7, 8
- Mo Foster – bass guitar on tracks 4 and 6
- Bob Daisley – bass guitar on tracks 2 and 5
- Ian Paice – drums on tracks 1, 3, 4, 8
- Bobby "Prime Time" Chouinard – drums on tracks 2, 5, 6, 7
- Noddy Holder – additional backing vocals on "Shapes of Things"
;Production
- Jeff Glixman – producer, engineer
- Steve Trevell – assistant engineer
- Nigel Mills – basic tracks recording engineer
- Dave Meegen – basic tracks recording assistant engineer
- Ian Cooper – mastering
- Martyn Atkins - artwork
- Part Rock management - management
Charts
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=Singles=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
!Single !Chart !Position |
|---|
| align="center" rowspan="3"|1984
|align="center"|"Hold On to love" |align="center" rowspan="3"|UK Singles Chart |align="center"|65 |
| align="center"|"Shapes of Things"
|align="center"|77 |
| align="center"|"Empty Rooms"
|align="center"|51 |
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References
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