''Alibi'' is the third studio album by Dutch

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...

band Vandenberg, released on 29 August 1985 by

Atco Records ATCO Records is an American record label founded in 1955. It is owned by Warner Music Group and operates as an imprint of Atlantic Records. After several decades of dormancy and infrequent activity under alternating Warner Music labels, the com ...

. This was Vandenberg's final studio album for 35 years until their reunion in 2020.

Background

It was recorded in the Netherlands; a first for a Vandenberg album. Following the previous album,

Adrian Vandenberg Adriaan van den Berg (born 31 January 1954), known as Adrian "Adje" Vandenberg, is a Dutch rock guitarist, best known for his tenure as one of the guitarists in Whitesnake during their successful late 1980s period and the band Vandenberg which ...

painted cover art, and in 2007, 75 artwork graphs were released in commemoration of Adrian's individual painting exhibition, Stuck Between Rock and an Art Place, in

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. Bert Heerink has since emphasized vocals in ''Alibi'' regarding the production of the record: "The two early albums say that for me, the production of the opening of the song seems to be emphasized."

Cover art

The cover art featured

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and

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from the ground in the red sunset. Like its predecessor, its artwork was created by guitarist

himself.

Track listing

Music and lyrics by

;Side one # "All the Way" – 3:50 # "Pedal to the Metal" – 4:31 # "Once in a Lifetime" – 3:54 # "Voodoo" – 3:21 # "Dressed to Kill" – 3:36 ;Side two #

"Fighting Against the World" – 4:17 # "How Long" – 4:12 # "Prelude Mortale" – 0:38 # "Alibi" – 4:23 # "Kamikaze" – 5:03

Personnel

Band members

* Bert Heerink – lead vocals, harmony vocals *

– guitars, synthesizers, harmony vocals, cover painting * Dick Kemper – bass guitar, bass pedals, harmony vocals * Jos Zoomer – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

* Peter Schön – keyboards * Piet Souer, Omar Dupree – background vocals

Production

Jaap Eggermont Jacobus Johannes "Jaap" Eggermont (born 31 October 1946, The Hague) is a Dutch record producer, best known for his Stars on 45 project. Eggermont's first job in the musical profession was from 1965 until 1969 as the drummer of the band Golden E ...

– producer, engineer, remix on "Once in a Lifetime" * John Smit – engineer * Stephen Benben – remix on "Once in a Lifetime" * Dan Nash – remix assistant on "Once in a Lifetime" *

Bob Ludwig Robert Carl Ludwig (born December 11, 1944), is a retired American mastering engineer. He mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists, including Led Zeppeli ...

– mastering at

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, New York

Charts

References

External links

* Vandenberg (band) albums 1985 albums Atco Records albums {{1980s-hard-rock-album-stub