Riot "Inishmore (Japan, Zero Corporation, XRCN-2005)"

Inishmore is the tenth studio album by American heavy metal band Riot. It was released in Japan only on November 11, 1997 two months before it was eventually released in the USA on January 27, 1998. 

The album is based on conceptual sagas of Celtic & Irish myths.

Has an extended version of the beautiful "Inishmore Suite" that ends with an interpretation of the Irish folk song "Danny Boy" that is not available anywhere else. It is, however, missing the song "Turning the Hands of Time" that is on the American Metal Blade version, is available on the Angel Eyes EP.

Track listing

All tracks by Mark Reale and Mike DiMeo, except where indicated.

1. "Black Water" (instrumental) Reale 2:42
2. "Angel Eyes" Reale, DiMeo, Mike Flyntz 4:27
3. "Liberty" 5:08
4. "Kings Are Falling" 4:33
5. "The Man" 3:52
6. "Watching the Signs" 4:35
7. "Should I Run" Flyntz, DiMeo 4:40
8. "Cry for the Dying" 4:39
9. "Gypsy" 5:20
10. "Irish Trilogy - Inishmore (Forsaken Heart)" Reale 1:45
11. "Irish Trilogy - Inishmore" (instrumental) Reale 4:32
12. "Irish Trilogy - Danny Boy" 03:39   

Time: 49:52

The album is based on conceptual sagas of Celtic & Irish myths.

Has an extended version of the "Inishmore Suite" that ends with an interpretation of the Irish folk song "Danny Boy" that is not available anywhere else. It is, however, missing the song "Turning the Hands of Time" that is on the American Metal Blade version, is available on the Angel Eyes EP.

Tracks 1, 11 and 12 by Reale.

Track 2 by DiMeo, Reale, and Flyntz.

Tracks 3-8 and 10 by DiMeo and Reale.

Track 9 by DiMeo and Flyntz.

A video was made for the song "Angel Eyes".

Recording information:

Recorded at Millbrook Sound Studios, Millbrook, NY.

Rhythm section recorded at Studio M, San Antonio, TX.

Strings & acoustic guitars recorded at "Drumstick" Sound Productions, Dix Hills, NY.

Mastered at Sterling Sound.