Fighting for the Earth

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Fighting for the Earth

Studio album by

Warrior

Released

1985

Studio

Cherokee Studios, Sunset Sound Recorders, Sound City Studios, Los Angeles, California

Genre

Heavy metal

Length

37:26

Label

10 Records, Metal Blade, Toshiba-EMI, NL Distribution

Producer

Warrior and Doug Rider

Warrior chronology

Fighting for the Earth
(1985)

Ancient Future
(1998)

Fighting for the Earth is the debut album by American heavy metal band Warrior. It was originally released in 1985 and was re-issued by Metal Blade in 1991 (North America), Toshiba-EMI in 1993 (Japan) as part of the Burrn! Legendary Masters series, and by NL Distribution in 2008 (Europe).

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Kerrang!	^[2]

Fighting for the Earth was ranked number 275 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time in 2005.^[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Joe Floyd, except where noted:

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fighting for the Earth"	5:23
2.	"Only the Strong Survive"	4:47
3.	"Ruler" (Floyd, Bennett)	3:29
4.	"Mind Over Matter" (Floyd, Bennett)	3:47
5.	"Defenders of Creation"	5:51
6.	"Day of the Evil... (Beware)"	3:53
7.	"Cold Fire"	5:04
8.	"PTM 1" (McCarty)	0:35
9.	"Welcome Aboard" (Floyd, McCarty)	4:37

Personnel

Band members

Parramore McCarty – vocals
Joe Floyd – guitars
Bruce Turgon - bass (credited, but does not play)
Tommy Asakawa – guitar
Jimmy Volpe - drums (credited, but does not play)

Additional musicians

Rick Bennett – bass, keyboards on all tracks
Liam Jason – drums on all tracks

Production

Doug Rider – producer, engineer
David Thoener – mixing
Brian Scheuble, Peggy McCreary, Ray Leonard – assistant engineers
Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk, New York

References

^ "Warrior Fighting for the Earth review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
^ Dome, Malcolm (April 4, 1985). "Warrior 'Fighting for the Earth'". Kerrang!. Vol. 91. London, UK: Morgan Grampian. p. 6.
^ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 104. ISBN 978-3-89880-517-9.

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Michael Paulenito Parramore McCarty Joe Floyd AC Alexander Rob Farr Dave DuCey Rick Bennett Liam Jason Bruce Turgon Jimmy Volpe Tommy Asakawa Shawn Carvin Kelly Magee Roy Z Kelly Pattrik Dave Imondi Jorge Miguel Palacios Kenny Chaisson Ray Burke Mick Perez Sam Simon Oliver Rob Rock Marc Storace
Studio albums	Fighting for the Earth Ancient Future The Code of Life The Wars of Gods and Men

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