Riot "Fire Down Under (1997 Reissue, High Vaultage Records)"

Fire Down Under is the third album by American heavy metal band Riot, released in 1981, and the last with original vocalist Guy Speranza. The song "Flashbacks" is dedicated to Neal Kay, the British DJ who supported heavy metal in the UK during the new wave of British heavy metal.

The album was re-issued on CD in 1997 by the German-based High Vaultage label, utilizing a new, controversial remix by former Riot producer Steve Loeb, and in 1999 by Metal Blade Records in the U.S., this time featuring the original Elektra mix. The latest re-issue came in 2014 courtesy of Varese Sarabande. All 3 versions contain various bonus tracks recorded for the original Capitol Records version of Fire Down Under which the band were unhappy with. Capitol dropped the band for being "too heavy" after hearing the final version subsequently released by Elektra Records.

There is a song called "Run for Your Life" on 'Thundersteel', but it is unrelated to the song of that name on this album.

Track listing

1. "Swords and Tequila" Guy Speranza, Mark Reale 3:18
2. "Fire Down Under" Speranza, Kip Leming 2:31
3. "Feel the Same" Rick Ventura 4:52
4. "Outlaw" Speranza, Reale 4:19
5. "Don't Bring Me Down" Speranza, Reale, Leming, Ventura, Sandy Slavin 3:00
6. "Don't Hold Back" Speranza, Reale 3:14
7. "Altar of the King" Speranza, Reale 4:44
8. "No Lies" Ventura 4:19
9. "Run for Your Life" Speranza, Reale 3:16
10. "Flashbacks" Speranza, Reale, Leming, Ventura, Slavin 4:00
11. "Struck by Lightning"  03:38   
12. "Misty Morning Rain"  03:07
13. "You're All I Needed Tonight"  02:58   
14. "One Step Closer"  02:12   
15. "Hot Life"  00:23   

Time:  49:53

 

Recording information:

Recorded in New York City at Greene Street Recording, Inc., November through December 1980.

Remixed in New York City at Greene Street Recording, Inc., March 1997

Remastered in Mörfelden, Germany, at Dolpghin Studios, July 1997