- heavy metal
- 40 min
- 7 tracks
- GWR Records
This Means War is the third album by English heavy metal band Tank, released in 1983. On this album, the line-up expanded to a four-piece, with the addition of second guitarist Mick Tucker, former member of the NWOBHM band White Spirit.
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Character
Classical in form, spare, grave and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10
- Sounds4.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Just Like Something from Hell8:30
- 2Hot Lead Cold Steel5:47
- 3This Means War5:19
- 4Laughing in the Face of Death5:17
- 5(If We Go) We Go Down Fighting5:27
- 6I (Won't Ever Let You Down)4:40
- 7Echoes of a Distant Battle5:02
7 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Tank
- Label
- GWR Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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