Digital Dictator

Digital Dictator
Digital Dictator
	Cover art by Guy Aitchison
Studio album by Vicious Rumors
Released	February 9, 1988
Recorded	1987 at Prairie Sun Recording Studios in Cotati, California
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	38:57
Label	Shrapnel
Producer	Steve Fontano, Geoff Thorpe
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Digital Dictator is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Vicious Rumors, released in 1988 through Shrapnel Records (United States) and Roadrunner Records (Europe);^[2] a remastered edition was reissued in 2009. The is the first Vicious Rumors album to feature vocalist Carl Albert, who would stay in the band until his death in 1995.

Track listing

"Western Front" (side one)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Replicant" (Instrumental)	Dave Starr, Mark McGee	1:04
2.	"Digital Dictator"	Starr, Geoff Thorpe, McGee, Carl Albert	3:17
3.	"Minute to Kill"	Thorpe, Albert, Larry Howe	3:34
4.	"Towns on Fire"	Thorpe, Howe	4:23
5.	"Lady Took a Chance"	Thorpe	6:11

"Eastern Front" (side two)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Worlds and Machines"	Thorpe, McGee, Howe	5:30
7.	"The Crest"	Thorpe	2:56
8.	"R.L.H."	Thorpe, Starr, McGee	4:00
9.	"Condemned"	Thorpe, Albert, McGee	3:53
10.	"Out of the Shadows"	Thorpe, McGee, Albert	4:09
Total length:			38:57

Personnel

Vicious Rumors

Carl Albert – lead vocals
Geoff Thorpe – guitars, backing vocals
Mark McGee – guitars, backing vocals, mandolin
Dave Starr – bass, backing vocals
Larry Howe – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

John Lavaysse – backing vocals
Dino Alden – backing vocals

Production

Steve Fontano – production, engineering, mixing
Geoff Thorpe – cover concept, mixing, production
Mark McGee – mixing
Dave Starr – mixing
George Horn – mastering
Dino Alden – assistant engineering
Guy Aitchison – cover art
Steve Pollutro – logo
Rocky Ball – photography
Doug Troxell – photography, production management, sleeve design
Rick Likong – photography
John Umphrey – photography
Stephanie Ball – photography
Tim Gennert – remastering (reissue)

References

^ "Digital Dictator - Vicious Rumors" Archived 2015-07-12 at the Wayback Machine. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
^ "Vicious Rumors - Digital Dictator" Archived 2012-06-30 at the Wayback Machine. Discogs. Retrieved 2012-11-06.

[1] "Digital Dictator - Vicious Rumors" Archived 2015-07-12 at the Wayback Machine. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2012-11-06.

[2] "Vicious Rumors - Digital Dictator" Archived 2012-06-30 at the Wayback Machine. Discogs. Retrieved 2012-11-06.

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v t e Vicious Rumors
Geoff Thorpe Steve Howe Robin Utbult Denver Cooper Chalice Jeff Barnacle Mark Tate Jim Cassero Bryan Hurt Walt Perkins Jim Lang Gary St. Pierre Chuck Moomey Don Selzer Dave Starr Vinnie Moore Terry Montana Carl Albert Mark McGee Tommy Sisco Steve Smyth Brian O'Connor Ira Black Cornbread Morgan Thorn Atma Anur Dan Lawson Will Carroll James Rivera Brad Gillis Thaen Rasmussen Kevin Albert Stephen Goodwin Kiyoshi Morgan Ronnie Stixx Brian Allen Bob Capka Tilen Hudrap Nick Holleman Gunnar DüGrey Cody Green Greg Christian Nick Courtney Ronny Munroe Gunnar Coston
Studio albums	Soldiers of the Night (1985) Digital Dictator (1988) Vicious Rumors (1990) Welcome to the Ball (1991) Word of Mouth (1994) Something Burning (1996) Cyberchrist (1998) Sadistic Symphony (2001) Warball (2006) Razorback Killers (2011) Electric Punishment (2013) Concussion Protocol (2016) Celebration Decay (2020)
Live albums	Plug In and Hang On (1992) A Tribute to Carl Albert (1995)
Video albums	The First Ten Years (1996) VR – Crushing the World (2005)
Related articles	List of band members

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