Victims of the Future [Import, Original recording remastered]

Gary Moore | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 5, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B000093OU5
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,644 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #60 in Music > Imports > Classic Rock

Track Listings

1. Victims Of The Future

2. Teenage Idol

3. Shapes Of Things

4. Empty Rooms

5. Murder In The Skies

6. All I Want

7. Hold On To Love

8. The Law Of The Jungle

9. Devil In Her Heart

10. Blinder

11. Empty Rooms ('84 Remix)

Editorial Reviews

UK remastered reissue of the Irish guitarist's 1983 album, that's unavailable domestically, includes three bonus tracks, 'Devil In Her Heart', 'Blinder', & 'Empty Rooms' (1984 Remix). Virgin. 2003.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS is Gary Moore!, October 13, 2006

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Chris "takethekman" (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Victims of the Future (Audio CD)

No offense to his blues stuff, but to me this guitar work stands up with the greatest; His '80's lead style evokes strong mixture of Van Halen, Schenker, Jeff Beck, and Vivian Campbell. The leads in the title track, Devil in her Heart, Empty Rooms, and Murder in the Skies are still hard to fathom, and Shapes of Things still remains one of the greatest rock/metal solos to come from this era. Moore displays an incredible balance of technique and spine chilling emotion...Rock/metal guitar fans will be pleasantly(if now overwelmingly)surprised at how much he shreds here; Those who have the album already know what I'm talking about...His most shining moment as far as I'm concerned.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some of 80's Metal's Finest!, September 16, 2006

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PROBLEM CHILD (Henderson, NV) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Victims of the Future (Audio CD)

The title and opening track sets the mood for the CD, putting great 80's metal with nuclear anxiety right on the table. "Shapes of Things" will take you back to the Summer of '83, when GM dominated even US rock radio with this track. Maybe you've forgotten this fantastic rocker and maybe you didn't even know at the time who it was. It's actually a cover of an old Yardbirds song, but you've never heard a makeover like this! The ferocious, galloping rocker "Murder in the Skies" relays the true tale of a commercial passenger jet shot down by communist fighter planes during some of the most intense moments of the cold war. It begins with a stellar solo where you'll find darker metal's answer to Van Halen's Eruption.
My 4-star rating picks up anything from pretty good right up to just about a 5-star rating. And I stop at a 4 here for a few reasons. Empty Rooms does beat most other ballads. Even so, calling it the '84 Remix really doesn't even justify the repetition of the song as a "bonus" track. Also the instrumental, Blinder, just doesn't go anywhere, which distinctly disappoints--especially with what GM does everywhere else on "Victims". Aside from these things, you've got tons of solid 5 star material here.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A heavy hitter full of substance- fierce yet down to earth, June 23, 2011

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Nikiforos V. Skoumas (Athens Greece, Cambridge UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Victims of the Future (Audio CD)

"Victims of the future" is the fourth* solo album by legendary Gary Moore originally released in 1984; "Victims..." as its title suggests turned out to be the darkest in Moore's lengthy catalogue. By the songs titles alone, one can easily make out that this album is indeed an unconventional perhaps anti-popular offering. Songs like "Murder in the skies", "Shapes of things" and "Victims of the future" are totally indicative of the lyrical direction of the album carrying mighty protestant choruses but also an underlying pessimism-even the ballad "Empty Rooms" is sad in essence. "Hold on to love" is perhaps the only ray of light on "Victims of the future".

It is therefore ironic that "Victims of the future" solidified Moore's status in Europe as one a leading artist in the hard & heavy genres receiving credit from both classic rockers and metal-heads alike. One also notes that, on "Victims...", Moore began to move away from the band format, using a number of musicians as session players: bass is contributed by Neil Murray, Bob Daisley and Mo Foster while drums tracks are split between Ian Paice and Bobby Chouinard, finally keyboards are performed by Neil Carter.

Overall, it would be fair to say that idiosyncratically "Victims of the future" is a genuine heavy metal album, in the sense that it is provocative, challenging, and intense while daring to address sensitive issues. By 1984 it should have become clear to fans that Gary Moore was an artist committed in pushing the creative barriers (if there were any such) of his music delivering landmark after landmark.


*Counting from 1980 onwards, his fourth solo album in the style of `80s rock.