Resurrection is the debut album by the American heavy metal band Halford, released on August 8, 2000. It features the song "The One You Love to Hate", featuring Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson. "Silent Screams" is a re-recorded song that was originally written by Halford's previous band 2wo.
In 2006, the album was remastered and re-released on iTunes containing the two bonus tracks from the original Japanese edition. It was packaged on the digipak DVD release of Resurrection World Tour – Live at Rock in Rio III in 2008 containing two more tracks and as a stand alone CD re-release in 2009 with the same content.
Critical reception
In September 2003, Resurrection was ranked number 54 on a list of "The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums" by online magazine Metal-Rules.com. In 2005, Resurrection was ranked number 320 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.
Track listing
Personnel Halford Rob Halford – vocals Patrick Lachman – guitar Mike Chlasciak – guitar Ray Riendeau – bass Bobby Jarzombek – drums
Additional performers Roy Z – guitar Bruce Dickinson – additional lead vocals on "The One You Love to Hate" Pete Parada – drums on "The One You Love to Hate" Ed Roth – keyboards on "Silent Screams" and "Twist"
Production Produced by Roy Z Executive producer/A&R – John Baxter Drums recorded by Billy Bowers, assisted by Mike Terry Guitars, bass, and other instrumentation recorded by Joe Floyd and Roy Z, with digital editing by Richard "The Guru" Carrette Vocals and additional instrumentation recorded by Bill Cooper and Attie Bauw Mixed by Attie Bauw and Charlie Baurfeind Mastered by Tom Baker (2006 edition) Photography by John Eder and Fin Costello Art and design by Marc Sasso (2009 CD release)
Charts Chart (2000) PeakpositionJapanese Albums (Oricon) 9
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