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. It spawned " Rising Son" and "

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" (only radio promo single) as its first two singles. The band members were only 15 and 16 years old when the album was released. The album was released in

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on August 24, 2007, and the versions released there had different cover and different track lists. One version was the same in Finland, but their German label

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released an

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special version which included a cover of

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", the video for "Rising Son" and an EPK interview. They also recorded a new version of "Forever", featuring

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on backing vocals.

Track listing

#"Broken" (A.Linman/P.Linman) #"Talking to Silence" (A.Linman/P.Linman/M.Persson) #"

" (A.Linman/P.Linman/M.Persson) #" Rising Son" (A.Linman/P.Linman/M.Persson) #"The Raven" (A.Linman/P.Linman) #" Indian" (A.Linman/P.Linman) #"Learning to Rock" (A.Linman/P.Linman/M.Persson) #"Fly Away" (A.Linman/P.Linman/M.Persson) #"Mortals" (P.Linman/A.Linman/Caleb/J.Nikula) #"Miseria" (A.Linman/P.Linman/M.Persson)

Special editions

The German record company

released two versions in Germany, Switzerland and Austria (GSA). One contain the same tracks as the Finnish one and the Rising Son video, and one Amazon special edition. The Finnish record company HMC will release a new version entitled: "Learning To Rock: International version´, which contain bonus tracks German Amazon special edition Bonus-tacks: #Breaking the Law (Judas Priest cover) #Rising Son (video) #EPK Interview (video) International edition Bonus-tracks #Forever (feat. Udo Dirkschneider) #Breaking the Law (Judas Priest cover) #Rising Son (video) #Indian (video) Japanese edition Bonus-tracks #Forever (feat. Udo Dirkschneider) #Breaking the Law (Judas Priest cover) #Rising Son (acoustic version) #Rising Son (video) #Sturm und Drang EPK (video)

Singles

#" Rising Son" #"

" #" Indian"

References

{{Authority control Sturm und Drang (band) albums 2007 albums GUN Records albums