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Cloven Hoof (album)

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Cloven Hoof
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 12th 1984
RecordedImpulse Studios, Wallsend, 1983
GenreNWOBHM
Length36:09
LabelNeat
ProducerKeith Nichol
Cloven Hoof chronology
The Opening Ritual
(1982)
Cloven Hoof
(1984)
Fighting Back
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[2]

Cloven Hoof, released in 1984, is the first full-length studio album by the British heavy metal band Cloven Hoof. The track "Gates Of Gehenna" from the band's debut E.P., The Opening Ritual, was re-recorded in this album. Neat Records re-released this album on CD in 2002 and included 3 bonus tracks that were recorded on 10 June 1983 for the BBC Friday Rock Show.

Track listing

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All songs written by Lee Payne, unless indicated otherwise.

Side one
  1. "Cloven Hoof" - 6:51
  2. "Nightstalker" (Payne, Stephen Rounds) - 3:52
  3. "March of the Damned" - 1:49
  4. "Gates of Gehenna" - 5:27
Side two
  1. "Crack the Whip" - 4:36
  2. "Laying Down the Law" (Payne, Rounds) - 4:33
  3. "Return of the Passover" (Payne, Kevin Poutney) - 9:01

2002 Edition bonus tracks

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  1. "Laying Down the Law" (Payne, Rounds) - 4:51
  2. "Crack the Whip" - 4:36
  3. "Road of Eagles" - 6:08

Personnel

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Cloven Hoof
  • David Potter - vocals
  • Steve Rounds - guitar
  • Lee Payne - bass
  • Kevin Poutney - drums
Production
  • Keith Nichol - producer, engineer

References

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  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Cloven Hoof - Cloven Hoof review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 978-1894959315.