Barbed Wire Soul

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Barbed Wire Soul
Studio album by Blackstar
Released 1997
Genre Heavy metal
Length 43:33
Label Prosthetic Records

Barbed Wire Soul is the debut and, to date, only album released by Blackstar in 1997. (Also called "Blackstar Rising" in the USA). Album was recorded at Parr Street Studios, March 1997.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Game Over (4:04)
  2. Smile (3:39)
  3. Sound of Silence (3:46)
  4. Rock 'n' Roll Circus (4:14)
  5. New Song (3:55)
  6. Give up the Ghost (3:09)
  7. Revolution of the Heart (4:02)
  8. Waste of Space (3:52)
  9. Deep Wound (3:10)
  10. Better the Devil (4:42)
  11. Instrumental (5:00)

Japanese release contains 8 extra tracks: "Peacedog" (The Cult cover), "The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill" (Hüsker Dü cover), "Running Back" (Thin Lizzy cover), and demo versions of "Revolution of the Heart", "New Song" (under the name "Don't Want to Talk Anymore"), "Sound Of Silence", "Waste of Space" and "Instrumental".

[edit] Personnel

  • Jenny "Yeah" Lamb – Saxophone on tracks 4 & 8
  • Martin Smith – Brass on track 8
  • Dave Buchanan – Tambourine and Сowbell
  • Colin Richardson – additional laughter on track 2

Produced by Colin Richardson.