Original Cover Art for Stryper to Hell With the Devil Album
| To Hell with the Devil | ||||
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| Studio album past Stryper | ||||
| Released | Oct 24, 1986 | |||
| Genre | Glam metal,[1] Christian metallic[1] | |||
| Length | 41:10 | |||
| Label | Enigma | |||
| Producer | Stephan Galfas and Stryper | |||
| Stryper chronology | ||||
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| Alternative Cover | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [ii] |
| Jesus Freak Hideout | [iii] |
To Hell with the Devil is the 3rd studio album, past the Christian metal ring Stryper, released in 1986.[4] It was the first Christian metallic album to attain platinum status, selling over one 1000000 copies. It remained the best-selling Christian metal anthology until P.O.D.'s Satellite in 2001.[5] [6] [7]
The album was listed at No. 88 in the 2001 book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music. The anthology was the only heavy metal album on the list. Ian Christe, writer of the heavy metallic history book Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal (2003), mentions To Hell with the Devil in his volume as one of the landmarks of the glam metal motility.[8] Throughout 1987, both music videos for "Gratis" and "Honestly" ranked No. 1 on Dial MTV, the daily MTV listing of well-nigh requested videos. The commencement unmarried/video video for "Calling on You" also reached No. 2 on the show. "Honestly" was the biggest single from the record peaking at #23 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Nautical chart.
The original artwork depicted four long haired angels throwing the devil into a fiery pit. The cover was then changed on later pressings to a basic black cover with the Stryper logo and the album title in the eye.[9]
According to Michael Sweet'due south autobiography, equally the ring started to record the album, Michael felt Tim Gaines wasn't the right bassist for the tape. He was replaced by bassist Matt Hurich, who somewhen ended upward not working out. So session bassist Brad Cobb took Gaines' place while recording the album. However, before the tour began, Sweet asked Gaines to rejoin as he felt it wasn't right performing as "Stryper" without him.
In 2010, HM Magazine listed To Hell with the Devil No. 3 on its Top 100 Christian Rock Albums of All Time listing stating that "when this anthology broke, it went multi-platinum, forever raising the ceiling of what heavy Christian music could practise."[ten] Heaven'due south Metal fanzine ranked information technology No. 6 on its Top 100 Christian metal albums of all-time list.[11]
Runway listing [edit]
All songs written by Michael Sweet except every bit noted
- "Abyss (To Hell with the Devil)" – i:21
- "To Hell with the Devil" (One thousand. Sweetness, Robert Sweet) – 4:08
- "Calling on You" – 3:59
- "Complimentary" (M. Sweet, R. Sweetness) – three:44
- "Honestly" – four:10
- "The Way" (Oz Play a trick on) – 3:37
- "Sing-Forth Song" – 4:21
- "Belongings On" – 4:xvi
- "Rockin' the Earth" – iii:thirty
- "All of Me" – 3:11
- "More than Than a Human" – four:35
Personnel [edit]
Stryper
- Michael Sugariness - lead vocals, guitar, arranger
- Robert Sweet - drums
- Oz Pull a fast one on - lead guitar, background vocals
- Tim Gaines - bass, background vocals
Additional musicians
- John Van Tongeren - keyboards
- Brad Cobb - session bassist
Production
- Stephan Galfas – producer, engineer, arranger
- Stryper - producers
- Dan Nebanzal - engineer
- Eddy Schreyer - mastering
- Robert Sweet - encompass design
- Brian Ayuso - art direction
- Ray Brownish - costume design
Singles [edit]
- "Free"/"Calling on Y'all" - released February 10, 1987 (Enigma Records 75001)
- "Honestly"/"Sing-Forth Song" - released August ten, 1987 (Enigma 75009)
Videos [edit]
- "Calling On You"
- "Gratis"
- "Honestly"
- "All of Me" (on the documentary Stryper: In the Beginning')
References [edit]
- ^ a b "50 Greatest Pilus Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. October 13, 2015. Retrieved October nine, 2019.
- ^ To Hell with the Devil at AllMusic
- ^ Keel, Fred (March one, 2009). "Stryper, "To Hell with the Devil" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. John DiBiase. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
- ^ Thompson, John J. (2000), Raised by Wolves: The Story of Christian Stone & Gyre (Start printing ed.), Ottawa, Ontario Canada: ECW Press, ISBN 1-55022-421-2 Pages 152-155.
- ^ "BLABBERMOUTH.Cyberspace - P.O.D. Rejoined By Guitarist MARCOS CURIEL; First Photograph Bachelor". Legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on February one, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
- ^ "Eminem, Nelly, Lavigne Notch New Platinum Marks". Billboard.com. Retrieved Baronial 25, 2012.
- ^ "Jesus Climbs the Charts: The concern of Contemporary Christian Music". Religion-online.org. Archived from the original on January 8, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
- ^ Christe, Ian (2003), Audio of the Creature: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metallic (First press ed.), "ten: Glambangers of Hollywood", p. 154. HarperCollins., ISBN 0-380-81127-viii
- ^ Brett Christensen. "Enigma Vinyl Pressing". stryper.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2008. Retrieved January eighteen, 2008.
- ^ HM Staff. "Elevation 100 Christian stone albums". HM Mag. Open Publishing. Archived from the original on July 20, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
- ^ Heaven's Metallic Staff. "Top 100 Christian metal albums of all fourth dimension". HM Mag. Noise Creep. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Hell_with_the_Devil
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