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Fighting for the Earth is the debut album by American heavy metal band Warrior. It was originally released in 1985 and was re-issued by Metal Blade in 1991 (North America), Toshiba-EMI in 1993 (Japan) as part of the Burrn! Legendary Masters series, and by NL Distribution in 2008 (Europe).

Fighting for the Earth
Studio album by Warrior
Released	1985
Recorded	Cherokee Studios, Sunset Sound Recorders, Sound City Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	37:26
Label	10 Records, Metal Blade, Toshiba-EMI, NL Distribution
Producer	Warrior and Doug Rider
Warrior chronology
Fighting for the Earth (1985) Ancient Future (1998)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Kerrang!	[2]

Fighting for the Earth was ranked number 275 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time in 2005.[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Joe Floyd, except where noted:

Personnel

Band members

• Parramore McCarty – vocals
• Joe Floyd – guitars
• Tommy Asakawa – guitars
• Bruce Turgon – bass (credited but does not play on the record)
• Jimmy Volpe – drums (credited but does not play on the record)

Additional musicians

• Rick Bennett – bass, keyboards on all tracks
• Liam Jason – drums on all tracks

Production

• Doug Rider – producer, engineer
• David Thoener – mixing
• Brian Scheuble, Peggy McCreary, Ray Leonard – assistant engineers
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk, New York

References

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