Never, Neverland

Never, Neverland is the second album by heavy metal band Annihilator. It was released on September 12, 1990 under the label Roadrunner. The album was re-released twice: 1998 with 3 demo tracks as bonus tracks and again on September 9, 2003 in a two-disc compilation set along with Alice in Hell, entitled Alice in Hell/Never Neverland (as part of Roadrunner Records Two from the Vault series).[1]

Never, Neverland
Studio album by Annihilator
Released	September 12, 1990
Recorded	February–April 1990
Studio	Vancouver Studios, Vancouver, Canada
Genre	Thrash metal, speed metal
Length	43:59
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Glen Robinson, Jeff Waters
Annihilator chronology
Alice in Hell (1989) Never, Neverland (1990) Set the World on Fire (1993)
Singles from Never, Neverland
"The Fun Palace" Released: 1990 "Never, Neverland" Released: 1991 "Stonewall" Released: 1991

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Rock Hard	[3]
Select	[4]

Nick Griffiths of Select gave the album a two out of five rating, described the album as a "patchwork of half-fulfilled promises, it threatens more than it delivers." noting that "only when the lead axe spits caterwauling speedplay and the trash rhythm do Annihilator finally wash their true colours in public." and that "Elsewhere there's a tendency to steer into formularised ruts, escaping occasionally like on the ghoulish riffs of 'Sixes and Sevens'."[4]

Alex Henderson of Allmusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it "... one of 1990's strongest metal releases."[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jeff Waters.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Fun Palace"	5:51
2.	"Road to Ruin"	3:42
3.	"Sixes and Sevens"	5:20
4.	"Stonewall"	4:50
5.	"Never, Neverland"	5:29
6.	"Imperiled Eyes"	5:27
7.	"Kraf Dinner"	2:41
8.	"Phantasmagoria"	3:59
9.	"Reduced to Ash"	3:09
10.	"I Am in Command"	3:34

1998 and 2003 bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Kraf Dinner" (Demo)	2:32
12.	"Mayhem" (Demo of Reduced to Ash)	2:54
13.	"Freed from the Pit" (Demo of Road to Ruin)	3:45

Credits

Band members

• Coburn Pharr – vocals
• Jeff Waters – guitars, bass, drum writing and arrangements
• Wayne Darley – bass
• Ray Hartmann – drums

Production

• Glen Robinson – co-producer, engineer, mixing
• Jeff Waters co-producer
• Steve Royea – engineer
• George Marino – mastering
• Victor Dezso, Mark Van Der Wielen – photography
• Nick Gilman – artwork, cover design
• Len Rooney – cover design
• Monte Conner – executive producer
• Recorded February–April, 1990 at Vancouver Studios, Vancouver, Canada
• Mixed in April, 1990 at Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec, Canada
• Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City, U.S.
• Chris Gehringer – remastering
• Satoshi Kobayashi – reissue design

References

1. "Annihilator - Never, Neverland". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
2. Henderson, Alex. "Annihilator Never, Neverland review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
3. Holger, Stratmann. "RockHard: Review anzeigen" (in German). Rock Hard.
4. Griffiths, Nick (July 1990). "Reviews - The New Discs". Select. p. 86.