Game Over
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 7, 1986 (1986-10-07)
RecordedMay 1986
StudioPyramid Sound, Ithaca, New York
Genre
Length36:01
LabelCombat
ProducerAlex Perialas, Nuclear Assault, Steve Sinclair
Nuclear Assault chronology
Brain Death (EP)
(1986)
Game Over
(1986)
The Plague (EP)
(1987)
Singles from Game Over
  1. "Brain Death"
    Released: 1986

Game Over is the debut album by thrash metal band Nuclear Assault, released in 1986.

The cassette version of Game Over featured a track entitled "Lesbians", which did not appear on the CD version. However, this track was later performed on their 1992 live album Live at the Hammersmith Odeon.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[2]
Kerrang![3]

In 2005, Game Over was ranked number 287 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Nuclear Assault

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Live, Suffer, Die" (instrumental)1:08
2."Sin"3:25
3."Cold Steel"2:41
4."Betrayal"3:01
5."Radiation Sickness"2:49
6."Hang the Pope"0:46
7."After the Holocaust"3:44
8."Mr. Softee Theme" (instrumental)0:25
Side two
No.TitleLength
9."Stranded in Hell"3:39
10."Nuclear War"3:47
11."My America"0:29
12."Vengeance"2:51
13."Brain Death"7:16

Personnel

Nuclear Assault
Additional musicians
  • Chad McGloughlin – guest performance on "Brain Death"
Production
  • Alex Perialas – producer with Nuclear Assault, engineer
  • Tom Coyne – mastering at Frankford/Wayne, New York
  • Ed Repka – album design and cover art
  • Steve Sinclair - executive producer

References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo; John Fran. "Nuclear Assault Game Over". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 246–247. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  3. Miller, Paul (30 October 1986). "Nuclear Assault 'Game Over'". Kerrang!. No. 132. London, UK: United Magazines ltd. p. 18.
  4. Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 98. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
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