The Missing Link (Rage album)

The Missing Link
Studio album by
Rage
Released1 August 1993
RecordedMay–June 1993
StudioRocktech Studio, Berlin
GenrePower metal, speed metal
Length45:46
LabelNoise
ProducerSven Conquest
Rage chronology
Beyond the Wall
(1992) 		The Missing Link
(1993) 		Refuge
(1994)
Singles from The Missing Link
  1. "Refuge"
    Released: 24 March 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]

The Missing Link is the eighth full-length album released by the heavy metal band Rage in 1993. The album was remastered by Noise/Sanctuary in 2002 with five bonus tracks, three of them are from the EP Refuge.[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Wagner, except where indicated

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Firestorm"Manni Schmidt, Peter Wagner4:56
2."Nevermore" 4:28
3."Refuge" 3:38
4."The Pit and the Pendulum"Chris Ephthimiadis, Wagner4:18
5."From the Underworld"Schmidt, Wagner3:10
6."Certain Days" 5:46
7."Who Dares?"Ephthimiadis, Wagner4:29
8."Wake Me When I'm Dead" 5:22
9."Lost in the Ice" 9:50
10."Her Diary's Black Pages" 3:34
11."The Missing Link"Ephthimiadis, Schmidt, Wagner4:24
12."Raw Caress" 5:26
Remastered CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Another Kind of Madness" 5:11
14."Truth Hits Everybody" (The Police cover)Sting2:26
15."I Can't Control Myself" (The Troggs cover)Reg Presley2:48
16."Beyond the Pale" (The Mission cover)Craig Adams, Mick Brown, Simon Hinkler, Wayne Hussey6:34
17."Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover; Demo Version)Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward2:40

Personnel

Band members
  • Peavy Wagner – vocals, bass, arrangements
  • Manni Schmidt – guitars
  • Chris Ephthimiadis – drums
Production
  • Sven Conquest – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Bernd Steinwedel – mastering
  • Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer

References

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Rage The Missing Link review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 359. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ "Rage - The Missing Link". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 15 September 2011.