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Helix - Long Way To Heaven



6.9 | 7 votes |
Release date: 9 November 1985
Style: Hard rock, Heavy metal

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01. The Kids Are All Shakin'
02. Deep Cuts The Knife
03. Ride The Rocket
04. Long Way To Heaven
05. House On Fire
06. Christine
07. Without You (Jasmine's Song)
08. School Of Hard Knocks
09. Don't Touch The Merchandise
10. Bangin' Off-A-The Bricks

Additional info
This album was Helix third for Capitol Records, and there were big expectations from the band after the phenomenal success of the previous "Walking the Razor's Edge (1984) and the hit song, "Rock You". The first single was the song Deep Cuts the Knife, a co-write between Paul Hackman and Bob Halligan Jr. The song received heavy airplay in the U.S. gaining "double breaker" status, and in Canada was added to heavy video play on Much Music. Q107 in Toronto had the song riding at #1 for several weeks on their "Top Ten at Ten". The first tour to kick off the album was in Sweden where they became the first Canadian rock band ever to tour that country extensively. For this they acheived their first #1 album in that country.

Returning to North America they ended up on tour with Accept and Keel, as well as playing many headline dates themselves and odd one-off dates with everybody from Meatloaf to Heart. The second song released from the album was the Kids Are all Shakin', a song inspired by a fan letter from Poland. The album went platinum in Canada and they headlined their first Canadian tour with the Headpins as the supporting act. The Long Way To Heaven album was released for the first time on CD in September, 1999.



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