Land of Broken Hearts

Royal Hunt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rondel Records
• ASIN: B000003DFN
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #412,299 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Running Wild

2. Easy Rider

3. Flight

4. Age Gone Wild

5. Martial Arts [Instrumental]

6. One by One

7. Heart of the City

8. Land of Broken Hearts

9. Freeway Jam [Instrumental]

10. Kingdom Dark

11. Stranded

12. Day in Day Out [*]

Editorial Reviews

Japanese pressing includes one bonus track. Victor. 2008. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Impressive Debut, July 10, 2006

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Land of Broken Hearts (Audio CD)

While it's true that the early Royal Hunt albums pale in comparison to the DC Cooper-era releases, they are still good albums that are unfairly looked over.

Land of Broken Hearts was the band's debut album. If nothing else, you have to admire Royal Hunt for debuting with a keyboard-heavy, melodic metal sound at a time when that style was not very well received. The songs on Land of Broken Hearts are a bit uneven. There are some filler tracks on the album, but it also features some of the band's all-time classics, such as Flight, Age Gone Wild, Kingdom Dark, Stranded, and the title track, which is a personal favorite of mine.

Vocalist Henrik Brockmann does an admirable job, but it's hard to see him as anything more than a placeholder for DC Cooper, whose all too brief tenure with Royal Hunt would take the band to new heights of success. Fortunately we got to hear DC Cooper perform some of the album's better songs on the double-live set "1996".

Overall, Land of Broken Hearts was an impressive debut from a band that would continue to improve, and is worth checking out if you're a Royal Hunt fan.

NOTE: There are a number of different versions of Land of Broken Hearts. The best is the 1999 SVP reissue, which adds three bonus tracks (acoustic versions of Stranded, Land of Broken Hearts, and Age Gone Wild) for a total of 15 tracks.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good start., October 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Land of Broken Hearts (Audio CD)

Royal Hunt has evolved over the years. The band's original vocalist, Henrik Brockmann, sounded like your typical metal guy with a foreign accent. It's amazing how much better Paradox is.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty dam GOOD!!!, October 6, 1999

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Pirage Forsi ([e-mail]) (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Land of Broken Hearts (Audio CD)

This is the first RH album and it is a great debut which they would go on to surpass on later releases. However as a beginning this is great melodic metal with a neo-classical feel. nice melodic choruses invade most songs which will have you raising your voice in no time. There are two neo-classical instrumental pieces which also sound great. I bought the Cd in a used shop for £3 in London and unfortunately it is the only RH Cd I've got. but I do know that they became way better after this with a world class vocalist called DC Cooper. If you find it cheap somewhere get it!!!!