Heading for a Storm

Heading for a Storm is the second studio album by the Dutch hard rock band Vandenberg, released in 1983 on Atco Records.

Heading for a Storm
Studio album by
Vandenberg
ReleasedOctober 28, 1983
Recorded1983
StudioSol Studios, Cookham, England
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length36:25
LabelATCO
ProducerStuart Epps & Adrian Vandenberg
Vandenberg chronology
Vandenberg
(1982)		 Heading for a Storm
(1983)		 Alibi
(1985)
Singles from Heading for a Storm
  1. "Friday Night" / "I'm on Fire"
    Released: 1983
  2. "Different Worlds" / "Too Late (live)"
    Released: 1983 (Europe and Japan only)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal10/10[2]
Melodic[3]

Cover art

This cover art has a highway in a desolate desert and large sharks flying on the road. The painting on the album cover was made by guitarist Adrian Vandenberg.[4]

Commercial performance

In the Netherlands, the preceding single "Differential Worlds" ranked up to 17th on the single chart,[5] and the work entered the top 50 in the eighth week of the album chart and ranked 14th over two weeks. In addition, the entered the Oricon LP chart for the first time in Japan and entered the top 100 groups in six weeks, ranking 71st.

On the other hand, in the U.S., it was not as successful as its previous work, ranked 169th on the Billboard 200, and when it comes to singles, "Friday Night" ranked 29th on the Billboard mainstream rock chart.

Track listing

Music and lyrics by Adrian Vandenberg

Side one
  1. "Friday Night" - 3:37
  2. "Welcome to the Club" - 3:30
  3. "Time Will Tell" - 3:48
  4. "Different Worlds" - 4:36
Side two
  1. "This Is War" - 4:01
  2. "I'm on Fire" - 4:18
  3. "Heading for a Storm" - 4:03
  4. "Rock On" - 4:05
  5. "Waiting for the Night" - 4:27

Personnel

Band members
  • Bert Heerink – lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Adrian Vandenberg – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals, producer, mixing, cover design
  • Dick Kemper – bass guitar, bass pedals, backing vocals
  • Jos Zoomer – drums, backing vocals

Production

References
  1. AllMusic review
  2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 383. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  3. Wippsson, Johan (21 August 2013). "Review: Vandenberg - Heading for a Storm". Melodic.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  4. "Heading for a Storm". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  5. Vandenberg - Different World - dutchcharts.nl


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