''Angels Never Die'' is the fourth solo album of the German female

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singer Doro Pesch. The album was released in February 1993 and was produced by

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and Vic Pepe. The two producers had worked with

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on the hit single "

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" and had produced minor

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bands like Surgin' and

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. The sound and musical style of ''Angels Never Die'' is very similar to what can be heard on the second Doro solo album, alternating heavy rock tracks with large choruses and

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, in the vein of the declining

that had dominated the American rock charts for the first part of the decade. The album was not published in the US and had limited success in Europe. However, the video for the song "Bad Blood" was voted best anti-racism video during the first

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ceremony in 1994. ''Angels Never Die'' remained on the German Longplay chart for 13 weeks, peaking at position No. 21.

Track listing

All credits adapted from the original release.

Personnel

;Musicians * Doro Pesch – vocals, arrangements *

– electric guitar, bass, keyboards, producer, arrangements, mixing, backing vocals * Vic Pepe – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, producer, arrangements *

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– electric guitar * Harold Frazee – keyboards, piano, backing vocals *

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, Matt Nelson, Brian Perry – bass *

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– drums, percussion ;Guests *

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– guitar solo on "Heaven with You", "Born to Bleed" and "Bad Blood" * Eugene Gales – guitar solo on "Last Day of My Life" and "Don't Go" ;Production * Jon Mathias – engineer, mixing * Garth Micheal, Barry Steiman – assistant engineers *

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– mastering

Charts

References

External links

American site

"Last Day of My Life" video clip

"Bad Blood" video clip
{{Authority control Doro (musician) albums 1993 albums Vertigo Records albums