Welcome to the World
{{about|the album|other uses|Welcome to the World (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Welcome to the World
| type = studio
| artist = Psycho Motel
| cover = Psycho Motel WtW.JPG
| alt =
| released = 24 November 1997
| recorded =
| studio = Matrix Studios, London
| genre =
| length = 65:47
| label = Castle/Sanctuary
| producer = Simon Hanhart
| prev_title = State of Mind
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
| rev1score = 6/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = 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=352|isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Welcome to the World is the second and final Psycho Motel album, released in 1997.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Psycho-Motel-Welcome-To-The-World/release/2776703|title=Psycho Motel - Welcome To The World (CD, Album)|publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=26 March 2014}} It features a different vocalist from the band's first album, 1995's State of Mind. In place of Hans Olav Solli is Andy Makin, whose "dark lyrics and distinctive vocal delivery" differentiate the album from its predecessor.{{cite web|url=http://www.ironmaiden.com/adrian-smiths-psycho-motel.html|title=Adrian Smith's Psycho Motel|publisher=Iron Maiden|date=23 January 2007|accessdate=26 March 2014}} It also features Scott Gorham of Thin Lizzy and Dave Murray of Iron Maiden as guest guitarists.
In 2006, Welcome to the World was re-released with two bonus tracks.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Psycho-Motel-Welcome-To-The-World-Remastered/release/4433445|title=Psycho Motel - Welcome To The World (Remastered) (CD, Album)|publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=26 March 2014}} These tracks contain Solli from the first album on vocals,{{cite web|url=http://maidenrelations.webs.com/smith-mcbrain-gers|title=Smith-McBrain-Gers|publisher=maidenrelations.webs.com|accessdate=26 March 2014}} and were probably recorded just before he left the band in 1997.
The bonus track "Wait" is the same released in the Japanese version of State of Mind (1995) named "(Can't) Wait". There is a demo track called "Winter's Child" that was recorded during the Welcome to the World sessions but was never released.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 65:47
| title1 = The Last Chain
| writer1 = Adrian Smith, Andy Makin
| length1 = 5:02
| title2 = A Quarter to Heaven
| writer2 = Smith, Makin
| length2 = 5:22
| title3 = Rain
| writer3 = Smith
| length3 = 4:29
| title4 = Believe
| writer4 = Smith, Makin
| length4 = 5:00
| title5 = With You Again
| note5 = featuring Dave Murray
| writer5 = Smith, Makin
| length5 = 4:28
| title6 = Into the Black
| writer6 = Smith, Makin
| length6 = 5:57
| title7 = Underground
| writer7 = Smith
| length7 = 5:19
| title8 = Welcome to the World
| writer8 = Smith
| length8 = 5:25
| title9 = Something Real
| writer9 = Smith, Makin
| length9 = 5:43
| title10 = No Loss to Me
| writer10 = Smith, Makin
| length10 = 4:41
| title11 = Innocence
| writer11 = Mike Sturgis
| length11 = 4:22
| title12 = I'm Alive
| note12 = featuring Scott Gorham
| writer12 = Smith, Makin
| length12 = 5:34
| title13 = Hypocrisy
| writer13 = Smith, Makin, Gary Liedeman
| length13 = 4:25
}}
{{Track listing
| total_length = 75:45
| headline = 2006 edition bonus tracks
| title14 = Wait
| writer14 = Smith
| length14 = 4:37
| title15 = Just Like a Woman
| note15 = Bob Dylan cover
| writer15 = Bob Dylan
| length15 = 5:21
}}
Personnel
- Andy Makin – vocals
- Adrian Smith – guitar, backing vocals
- Gary Liedeman – bass guitar
- Mike Sturgis – drums
- (Hans Olav) Solli – vocals on "Wait" and "Just Like a Woman"
Additional musicians
- Dave Murray – guitars on "With You Again"
- Scott Gorham – guitars on "I'm Alive"
- Richard Cottle – keyboards
- Martin Ditcham – percussion
Production
- Simon Hanhart – producer, engineer, mixing
- Ray Staff – mastering at Whitfield Street Studios, London
- Tom Girling – assistant engineer
Other
- Phil Nicholls – photography
References
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