Gambling with the Devil

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Gambling with the Devil
Helloween - Gambling with the Devil.jpg
Studio album by Helloween
Released 23 October 2007
Recorded 2007 at Mi Sueño Studio, Tenerife, Spain
Genre Power metal
Length 57:33
Label SPV/Steamhammer
Producer Charlie Bauerfeind
Helloween chronology
Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006
(2007)Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/20062007		 Gambling with the Devil
(2007)		 Unarmed – Best of 25th Anniversary
(2009)
Singles from Gambling with the Devil
  1. "As Long as I Fall"
    Released: 28 September 2007

Unarmed – Best of 25th Anniversary2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars [1]
Sputnikmusic 3.5/5 stars [2]
About.com 4/5 stars [3]

Gambling with the Devil is the twelfth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 2007. The single "As Long as I Fall" is download-only and was released in late September. When asked about the album, bassist Markus Grosskopf commented:[4]

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It was an album without any concept, but still we had that concept with that little game on it, that little "Crack the Riddle". [...] And then, that was nice, it was a great piece of work and when you do such an output like Keeper III it's like you've got to open your head and empty it at first, close it and then start thinking new for Keeper thing you know, but then it's very, very hard work. You've got to think very different from what you do when you just write the songs so to say, just like writing a normal metal song or rock song, it's very different. But that's what we did with the Gambling with the Devil and I feel very good just doing proper decent songs. You cannot do always like this concept thing. [...] It's never easy, but once you got an idea you don't have to think about "Oh, that's five minutes missing" you know. What do I put in to make it fit for the concept? Fit it to make it fit in the concept of something, it's just like if there's a song of five minutes or four minutes and it's cool, you don't have to think about how is it fitting in the concept, if the song's good the song's good, it goes on the record.

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Crack the Riddle (intro)"   Deris, Weikath, Gerstner, Loble, Grosskopf Deris, Weikath, Gerstner, Loble, Grosskopf 0:56
2. "Kill It"   Deris Deris 4:13
3. "The Saints"   Weikath Weikath 7:06
4. "As Long As I Fall"   Deris Deris 3:41
5. "Paint a New World"   Gerstner/Weikath Gerstner 4:27
6. "Final Fortune"   Grosskopf Grosskopf 4:46
7. "The Bells of the 7 Hells"   Deris Deris 5:22
8. "Fallen to Pieces"   Deris Deris 5:52
9. "I.M.E."   Deris Deris 3:46
10. "Can Do It"   Weikath Weikath 4:30
11. "Dreambound"   Gerstner/Weikath Gerstner 5:57
12. "Heaven Tells No Lies"   Grosskopf Grosskopf 6:56
Bonus Track
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "We Unite" (japanese bonus track) Grosskopf 4:34
Disc 2 (Special Edition Only)
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Find My Freedom" (European Version) Grosskopf 6:30
2. "See the Night"   Grosskopf 6:04
3. "Never Surrender'" (USA Tour Special Edition) Gerstner 4:50
4. "As Long As I Fall (Radio Edit)" (Japanese Version) Deris 3:45
5. "As Long As I Fall (Enhanced Video)"      
6. "Trailer" (Enhanced)"      

Critical reception

The album has received mostly positive reviews, with critics hailing it as one of the band's strongest efforts in quite a while.[5] Andi Deris' vocals on the album also got praise for their power, range and emotion.[6]

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Czech Republic Albums Chart [7] 10
Greek Albums Chart[citation needed] 16
Japanese Albums Chart [8] 17
Hungarian Albums Chart [9] 18
Finnish Albums Chart [10] 34
Swedish Albums Chart [11] 34
German Albums Chart [12][13] 38
Norwegian Albums Chart [14] 44
Italian Albums Chart [15][16] 49
Swiss Albums Chart [17] 88
French Albums Chart [18] 103

Personnel

Band members
Guests

References

  1. ↑ Gambling with the Devil at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
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