Vicious Rumors CD

Vicious Rumors Music

List Price	$9.99 (You save $0.30)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Pop, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Enhanced CD
Label	Wounded Bird
Orig Year	1990
All Time Sales Rank	25638
CD Universe Part number	6826836
Catalog number	2075
Discs	1
Release Date	Feb 15, 2005
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Personnel	Geoff Thorpe - guitar Larry Howe - drums Mark McGee - guitar, mandolin, vocals Carl Albert - vocals Dave Starr - bass

Vicious Rumors Songs

1.	Ship of Fools
2.	On the Edge
3.	World Church
4.	Ship of Fools	$0.99
5.	Can You Hear It	$0.99
6.	Thrill of the Hunt
7.	Down to the Temple
8.	Hellraiser
9.	Electric Twilight
10.	Thrill of the Hunt
11.	Axe and Smash

Vicious Rumors Music Review

Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) 5 stars

5 stars review
one of the best heavy metal album with the mastermind vocals of carl albert rip
Submitted by herman34 (israel)
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5 stars THE Quintessential Vicious Rumors album!!!
The best album from way back in their early days! This is a must have "Desert Island" cd, check it out! All songs ROCK!!!
Submitted by Rockin' Rigger (Mountain View, Northern California)
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5 stars This album changed the way I looked at music!
I remember seeing the video for "Don't Wait For Me" for the first time on Headbanger's Ball and I was blown away by how good these guys were and Carl Alberts voice was like nothing I had ever heard before. I bought the CD and it was amazing and a great piece of work.
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