Victims of the Future

Victims of the Future is the fourth solo studio album by Irish guitarist Gary Moore, released in 1983. It was the first album to feature former UFO guitarist/keyboardist Neil Carter and bassist Bob Daisley. It was also the last to feature bassist Neil Murray, who rejoined Whitesnake, and drummer Ian Paice, who rejoined the reformed Deep Purple in 1984.

Victims of the Future
Studio album by Gary Moore
Released	December 1983
Recorded	October–November 1983
Studio	The Townhouse, London, UK
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	43:26
Label	10/Virgin (Europe and Japan) Mirage/Relativity (US) Virgin (Canada)
Producer	Jeff Glixman
Gary Moore chronology
Live (1983) Victims of the Future (1983) We Want Moore! (1984)
Singles from Dirty Fingers
"Hold On to Love" Released: December 1983 "Shapes of Things" Released: March 1984 (European release only) "Empty Rooms" Released: August 1984
Alternative cover
Original North American cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10[2]

Continuing Moore's path in the hard rock genre, Victims of the Future is a collection of straight-out rock n' roll anthems (such as "Teenage Idol" and "Hold On to Love"), a mournful love ballad ("Empty Rooms", which was later re-recorded by Moore for his 1985 album Run for Cover), a cover of the Yardbirds' "Shapes of Things", and two darker songs, featuring social and political commentary: "Victims of the Future" and "Murder in the Skies", the latter a protest against the Soviet Union's shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007.

The album was released in North America with a different cover and altered content. The guitar solo intro to "Murder in the Skies" was removed, and "Devil in Her Heart", a single B-side, was added. "All I Want", omitted from the LP, was included as a bonus track on the cassette version.

Moore later dismissed Victims of the Future as "just one of my feeble attempts at heavy rock".[3]

Track listing

Side one – UK release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Victims of the Future"	Moore, Neil Carter, Ian Paice, Neil Murray	6:13
2.	"Teenage Idol"	Moore	4:07
3.	"Shapes of Things" (The Yardbirds cover)	Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, Jim McCarty	4:14
4.	"Empty Rooms"	Moore, Neil Carter	6:36

Side two – UK release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Murder in the Skies"	Moore, Carter	7:17
6.	"All I Want"	Moore	4:17
7.	"Hold On to Love"	Moore	4:27
8.	"Law of the Jungle"	Moore	6:15

Side one – US release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Victims of the Future"	Moore, Carter, Paice, Murray	6:13
2.	"Teenage Idol"	Moore	4:07
3.	"Devil in Her Heart"	Moore	3:29
4.	"Empty Rooms"	Moore	6:36
5.	"All I Want" (Cassette only)	Moore	4:17

Side two – US release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Shapes of Things"	Samwell-Smith, Relf, McCarty	4:14
7.	"Murder in the Skies"	Moore	5:49
8.	"Hold On to Love"	Moore	4:27
9.	"Law of the Jungle"	Moore	6:15

CD release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Victims of the Future"	Moore, Carter, Paice, Murray	6:13
2.	"Teenage Idol"	Moore	4:07
3.	"Shapes of Things"	Samwell-Smith, Relf, McCarty	4:14
4.	"Empty Rooms"	Moore	6:36
5.	"Murder in the Skies"	Moore, Carter	7:17
6.	"All I Want"	Moore	4:17
7.	"Hold On to Love"	Moore	4:27
8.	"Law of the Jungle"	Moore	6:15

2002 remastered CD edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
9.	"Devil in Her Heart"	Moore	3:29
10.	"Blinder" (instrumental)	Craig Gruber	2:46
11.	"Empty Rooms" (1984 remix)	Moore, Carter	4:21

Personnel

• Gary Moore – guitar, vocals
• Neil Carter – keyboards, vocals
• Neil Murray – bass guitar on tracks 1, 3, 7, 8
• Mo Foster – bass guitar on tracks 4 and 6
• Bob Daisley – bass guitar on tracks 2 and 5
• Ian Paice – drums on tracks 1, 3, 4, 8
• Bobby "Prime Time" Chouinard – drums on tracks 2, 5, 6, 7
• Noddy Holder – additional backing vocals on "Shapes of Things"

Production

• Jeff Glixman – producer, engineer
• Steve Trevell – assistant engineer
• Nigel Mills – basic tracks recording engineer
• Dave Meegen – basic tracks recording assistant engineer
• Ian Cooper – mastering

Charts

Album Year Chart Position 1984 Finnish Albums Chart[4] 7 UK Albums Chart[5] 12 Swedish Albums Chart[6] 15 Dutch MegaCharts[7] 45 German Albums Chart[8] 53 Billboard 200 (US)[9] 172

Singles Year Single Chart Position 1984 "Hold On to love" UK Singles Chart[5] 65 "Shapes of Things" 77 "Empty Rooms" 51

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Victims of the Future at AllMusic
2. Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 229–230. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
3. Ling, Dave (July 2006). "Gimme More". Classic Rock. No. 94. p. 64.
4. "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1961: MOK - MOY > Garu Moore". Sisältää hitin / Timo Pennanen. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
5. "Gary Moore Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
6. "Gary Moore – Victims of the Future (Album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
7. "Gary Moore – Victims of the Future". Dutch Charts.nl (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
8. "Album – Gary Moore, Victims of the Future". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
9. "Gary Moore Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved 9 June 2018.