Song · Metal Church
“Badlands” by Metal Church
From the album Blessing in Disguise (1989)
“Badlands” by Metal Church appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1989 on the album Blessing in Disguise. Its best result is #646 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,763 hard rock song of all time.
"Badlands" comes from Blessing in Disguise, Metal Church's third album, released in February 1989 and their last for Elektra, and it puts the new blood up front. Mike Howe, formerly of Heretic, had taken over the microphone from David Wayne, and John Marshall had stepped in on guitar for Kurdt Vanderhoof, playing here alongside Craig Wells over Duke Erickson's bass and Kirk Arrington's drums.
Vanderhoof hadn't gone far, though. No longer officially in the band, he still wrote most of the album, and on this one he shares the music with Wells and the lyrics with Howe. Terry Date, who had produced the band's 1984 debut, came back to produce, engineer and mix, with Joe Alexander helping on the mix.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 646 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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