Better Than Raw

Infobox Album | Name = Better Than Raw
Type = studio
Artist = Helloween


Released = April 24, 1998
Recorded = 1997 at Chateau du Pape and Crazy Cat Studios, Hamburg, Germany and Mi Sueno studio, Tenerife
Genre = Power metal
Length = 52:58
Label = Castle Communications
Producer = Tommy Hansen and Helloween
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5guw6j3o7190 link]
Last album = "High Live" (1996)
This album = "Better Than Raw" (1998)
Next album = "Metal Jukebox" (1999)

"Better Than Raw" is the eighth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1998. The album contains two singles, which are "I Can" and "Hey Lord!".

The album was recorded at Chateau du Pape and Crazy Cat studios in Hamburg and at Mi Sueno studio in Tenerife. It was produced and mixed by Tommy Hansen at Chateau du Pape and mastered by Ian Cooper at Metropolis, London.

Track listing

#"Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude Period in Z" – 1:44 (M: Kusch)
#"Push" – 4:44 (M: Kusch L: Deris, Kusch, Weikath)
#"Falling Higher" – 4:45 (M: Weikath L: Deris, Weikath)
#"Hey Lord!" – 4:05 (M: Deris L: Deris)
#"Don't Spit on My Mind" – 4:23 (M: Deris, Grosskopf L: Deris)
#"Revelation" – 8:21 (M: Kusch L: Deris)
#"Time" – 5:41 (M: Deris L: Deris)
#"I Can" – 4:38 (M: Weikath L: Deris, Weikath)
#"A Handful of Pain" – 4:48 (M: Kusch L: Deris)
#"Laudate Dominum" – 5:09 (M: Weikath L: Weikath)
#"Back On The Ground" – 4:39 (Kusch/Deris) - Japanese Bonus Track
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"Midnight Sun" – 6:18 (M: Weikath L: Weikath)

Expanded Edition bonus tracks

#"Back On The Ground" – 4:39 (Kusch/Deris)
#"A Game We Shouldn't Play" – 3:38 (Deris)
#"Perfect Gentleman" (Live Bootleg Version) – 3:27 (Kusch/Deris)
#"Moshi Moshi~Shiki No Uta" (Live Drum Solo") – 6:53 (Kusch/Grapow)

*M - 2 also appears on the I Can single.
*M - 3,4 also appears on the Hey Lord! single.

Personnel

*Andi Deris - vocals
*Michael Weikath - guitar
*Roland Grapow - guitar
*Markus Grosskopf - bass
*Uli Kusch - drums

*Jorn Ellerbrock - keyboards
*Tommy Hansen - keyboards
*Jutta Weinhold, Ralf Maurer, Christina Hahne, and Helloween members - backing vocals