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1981 studio album by Raven

Rock Until You Drop

Studio album by Raven

Released

January 1981

Recorded

1980

Studio

Impulse Studios (Wallsend, England)

Genre

Heavy metal

Length

46:36

Label

Neat

Producer

Steve Thompson and Raven

Raven chronology

Rock Until You Drop
(1981)

Wiped Out
(1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10

Rock Until You Drop is the first full-length album by British heavy metal band Raven, released in 1981. The album was the first of many heavy metal studio albums issued by British independent label Neat Records. It reached position No. 63 in the UK Albums Chart.

The song "Lambs to the Slaughter" was covered by German thrash metal band Kreator on their Out of the Dark... Into the Light EP, added to the re-mastered Terrible Certainty CD in 2000.

Track listing

All songs written by Gallagher, Gallagher and Hunter, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hard Ride"	3:10
2.	"Hell Patrol"	4:43
3.	"Don't Need Your Money"	3:22
4.	"Over the Top"	3:51
5.	"39-40"	0:51
6.	"For the Future"	4:04

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Rock Until You Drop"		4:02
8.	"Nobody's Hero"		3:50
9.	"Hellraiser / Action" (Sweet cover)	Chinn, Chapman, Scott, Connolly, Priest, Tucker	4:21
10.	"Lambs to the Slaughter"		3:51
11.	"Tyrant of the Airways"		7:16

CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Wiped Out"	4:30
13.	"Crazy World"	3:57
14.	"Inquisitor"	3:53

Personnel

Raven

John Gallagher – lead vocals, bass, classical guitar
Mark Gallagher – electric guitar, backing vocals
Rob Hunter – drums, backing vocals

Production

Steve Thompson – producer
Mickey Sweeney – engineer

References

"Metal Archives". 21 November 2022.
Henderson, Alex. "Raven Rock Until You Drop review". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 283. ISBN 978-1894959315.
"Raven (Gbr) - Rock Until You Drop". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
"Rock Until You Drop The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 March 2011.

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John Gallagher Mark Gallagher Mike Heller Paul Bowden Paul Sherrif Mike "Mick" Kenworthy Sean Taylor Pete Shore Rob "Wacko" Hunter Joe Hasselvander
Studio albums	Rock Until You Drop (1981) Wiped Out (1982) All for One (1983) Stay Hard (1985) The Pack Is Back (1986) Life's a Bitch (1987) Nothing Exceeds Like Excess (1988) Architect of Fear (1991) Glow (1994) Everything Louder (1997) One for All (2000) Walk Through Fire (2009) ExtermiNation (2015)
Live albums	Live at the Inferno (1984) Destroy All Monsters/Live in Japan (1996)
EPs	Mad (1986)
Related articles	Discography New wave of British heavy metal Neat Records

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