Victims of the Future is an album

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 by Northern Irish blues-rock

Blues-rock

Blues rock is a hybrid musical genre combining bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended boogie jams with rock and roll styles. The core of the blues rock sound is created by the electric guitar, piano, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar usually amplified through a...

 guitarist

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, Gary Moore

Gary Moore

Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....

, released in 1984. Continuing his path in the hard rock

Hard rock

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 genre, Victims of the Future was a collection of straight-out rock 'n' roll anthems (such as "Teenage Idol" and "Hold on to Love"), a mournful love ballad ("Empty Rooms", which then was redone by Moore for his 1985 Run for Cover

Run for Cover (album)

Run For Cover is an album by Gary Moore, released in 1985, and is often considered as Gary Moore's breakthrough album.The album includes a remake of the hit single "Empty Rooms" , one of Moore's biggest successes and top 5 single "Out in the Fields" the album's biggest selling single.The album...

album), a cover of the Yardbirds' "Shapes of Things

Shapes of Things

"Shapes of Things" is a song written by Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, and Jim McCarty, originally recorded by The Yardbirds and released as a single in March 1966 by the Columbia Graphophone Company...

", and two darker songs, with some social and political commentary: "Victims of the Future" and "Murder in the Skies", the latter being a protest against the Soviet Union's shooting down of Korean Air Flight 007

Korean Air Flight 007

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.

The album was released in the US with a different cover and some changes to the content: The guitar intro for "Murder in the Skies" was removed, and "Devil in Her Heart" was added. "All I Want" was omitted from the LP, but included as a bonus track on the cassette version.

Side one

1. "Victims of the Future" (Moore/Neil Carter/Ian Paice/Neil Murray) – 6:13
2. "Teenage Idol" – 4:07
3. "Shapes of Things" (Paul Samwell-Smith
   Paul Samwell-Smith
   Paul Samwell-Smith is best known as a founding member and bassist of the 1960s English band, The Yardbirds, a group that spawned such noteworthy musicians as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page...
   
   /Keith Relf
   Keith Relf
   Keith William Relf , was a musician best known as the lead singer and harmonica player of The Yardbirds. After the Yardbirds broke up Relf formed the acoustic duo Together, with fellow Yardbird Jim McCarty, followed by Renaissance, which also featured his sister, singer Jane Relf, then hard rock...
   
   /Jim McCarty
   Jim McCarty
   Jim McCarty is an English musician, best known as the drummer for The Yardbirds and Renaissance.-Early life:...
   
   ) – 4:14
4. "Empty Rooms" (Moore/Carter) – 6:36

Side two

1. "Murder in the Skies" (Moore/Carter) – 7:17
2. "All I Want" – 4:17
3. "Hold on to Love" – 4:27
4. "Law of the Jungle" – 6:15

Side one

1. "Victims of the Future" (Moore/Carter/Ian Paice/Neil Murray) – 6:13
2. "Teenage Idol" – 4:07
3. "Devil in Her Heart" – 4:03
4. "Empty Rooms" (Moore/Carter) – 6:36
5. "All I Want" – 4:17 (Cassette only)

Side two

1. "Shapes of Things" (Paul Samwell-Smith
   Paul Samwell-Smith
   Paul Samwell-Smith is best known as a founding member and bassist of the 1960s English band, The Yardbirds, a group that spawned such noteworthy musicians as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page...
   
   /Keith Relf
   Keith Relf
   Keith William Relf , was a musician best known as the lead singer and harmonica player of The Yardbirds. After the Yardbirds broke up Relf formed the acoustic duo Together, with fellow Yardbird Jim McCarty, followed by Renaissance, which also featured his sister, singer Jane Relf, then hard rock...
   
   /Jim McCarty
   Jim McCarty
   Jim McCarty is an English musician, best known as the drummer for The Yardbirds and Renaissance.-Early life:...
   
   ) – 4:14
2. "Murder in the Skies" (Moore/Carter) – 5:49
3. "Hold on to Love" – 4:27
4. "Law of the Jungle" – 6:15

CD issue

1. "Victims of the Future" (Moore/Neil Carter/Ian Paice/Neil Murray) – 6:13
2. "Teenage Idol" – 4:07
3. "Shapes of Things To Come" (Paul Samwell-Smith
   Paul Samwell-Smith
   Paul Samwell-Smith is best known as a founding member and bassist of the 1960s English band, The Yardbirds, a group that spawned such noteworthy musicians as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page...
   
   /Keith Relf
   Keith Relf
   Keith William Relf , was a musician best known as the lead singer and harmonica player of The Yardbirds. After the Yardbirds broke up Relf formed the acoustic duo Together, with fellow Yardbird Jim McCarty, followed by Renaissance, which also featured his sister, singer Jane Relf, then hard rock...
   
   /Jim McCarty
   Jim McCarty
   Jim McCarty is an English musician, best known as the drummer for The Yardbirds and Renaissance.-Early life:...
   
   ) – 4:14
4. "Empty Rooms" (Moore/Carter) – 6:36
5. "Murder in the Skies" (Moore/Carter) – 7:17
6. "All I Want" – 4:17
7. "Hold on to Love" – 4:27
8. "Law of the Jungle" – 6:15

Remastered edition of the album also includes three bonus tracks:

1. "Devil in Her Heart"
2. "Blinder" (Instrumental)
3. "Empty Rooms (1984 remix)"

Singles

• Hold on to Love (January 1984)
• Shapes of Things To Come (March 1984)
• Teenage Idol (1984)
• Empty Rooms (August 1984)

Personnel

• Gary Moore
  Gary Moore
  Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
• Ian Paice
  Ian Paice
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   - drums
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• Neil Carter
  Neil Carter (musician)
  Neil Carter is a musician who has worked in diverse genres throughout his 35 year career. Classically trained, he became a professional rock musician at the age of 17 and initally had his first 'mainstream' experience with singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. He subsequently played guitar and...
  
   - keyboards
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  , vocals
• Neil Murray
  Neil Murray (British musician)
  Philip Neil Murray is a Scottish bass player, best known for his work in Whitesnake and Black Sabbath.-Early days:Originally a drummer, Murray formed his first band with school friends in 1967 and his musical tastes were heavily influenced by the mid-1960s 'blues boom' bands and musicians,...
  
  , Mo Foster
  Mo Foster
  Mo Foster is a British session musician, playing primarily jazz, jazz-fusion and rock bass guitar. He is also a music producer and songwriter/composer. In over 40 years as a musician Foster has played on and produced countless albums, singles, and film soundtracks...
  
  , Bob Daisley
  Bob Daisley
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   - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Bobby "Prime Time" Chouinard - additional drums
• Noddy Holder
  Noddy Holder
  Neville John "Noddy" Holder MBE is an English musician and actor. He was the lead vocalist and guitarist with the rock band Slade....
  
   - additional backing vocals on "Shapes of Things"

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1984	UK	12