Babylon (W.A.S.P. album)

Babylon is the fourteenth studio album by American heavy metal band W.A.S.P., released on November 9, 2009. The album was inspired by biblical visions of "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse".[7] The album contains covers of Deep Purple's "Burn" (originally recorded for W.A.S.P's previous album Dominator, but not used for unknown reasons) and Chuck Berry's "Promised Land". "Promised Land" was also covered in 1973 by Elvis Presley, and it was Elvis' version that the band had in mind as demonstrated by the ending comment "How about one of them peanut butter & banana sandwiches."

Babylon
Studio album by W.A.S.P.
Released	October 13, 2009
Recorded	2009
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	43:30
Label	Demolition
Producer	Blackie Lawless
W.A.S.P. chronology
Dominator (2007) Babylon (2009) Golgotha (2015)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blabbermouth.net	7.5/10[2]
Classic Rock	[3]
Kerrang!	2/5[4]
Metal Storm	9.0/10[5]
Sleaze Roxx	[6]

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Blackie Lawless, except where noted.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Crazy"			5:10
2.	"Live to Die Another Day"			4:41
3.	"Babylon's Burning"			5:00
4.	"Burn"	David Coverdale	Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Coverdale, Ian Paice	4:50
5.	"Into the Fire"			5:54
6.	"Thunder Red"			4:20
7.	"Seas of Fire"			4:34
8.	"Godless Run"			5:43
9.	"Promised Land"	Chuck Berry	Berry	3:13

Personnel

W.A.S.P.

• Blackie Lawless – lead vocals, rhythm & lead guitars, keyboards, producer
• Doug Blair – lead & rhythm guitars
• Mike Duda – bass, vocals
• Mike Dupke – drums, mixing assistant

Production

• Marc Moreau - engineer
• Logan Mader - mixing and mastering

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
2009	UK Independent Albums Chart[8]	19
	Swedish Albums Chart[9]	24
	Finnish Albums Chart[10]	31
	Swiss Albums Top 100[11]	54
	German Albums Chart[12]	61

References

1. Prato, Greg. "W.A.S.P. - Babylon review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
2. Alisoglu, Scott (2009). "W.A.S.P. - "Babylon"". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
3. Lawson, Dom (November 2009). "W.A.S.P. - Babylon". Classic Rock. No. 138. pp. 88–89.
4. Winwood, Ian (October 10, 2009). "Blackie Lawless Returns with More Tales of Outlaws and Drinking". Kerrang!. No. 1282. p. 52.
5. "W.A.S.P. - Babylon review". Metal Storm. November 4, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
6. Mosqueda, Ruben (November 1, 2009). "W.A.S.P. - Babylon". Sleaze Roxx. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
7. "W.A.S.P.: New Album Details Revealed - Aug. 13, 2009". Archived from the original on August 17, 2009.
8. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 - 18 October 2009 - 24 October 2009". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
9. "W.A.S.P. – Babylon (Album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
10. "W.A.S.P. – Babylon (Album)". Finnishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
11. "W.A.S.P. – Babylon". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
12. "Album – W.A.S.P., Babylon". Charts.de (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 22, 2019.