Waiting for the Roar

Waiting for the Roar is the third studio album by the Irish heavy metal band Fastway. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in 1985 and released in 1986.

Waiting for the Roar
Studio album by Fastway
Released	February 1986
Studio	Abbey Road Studios, London, UK
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	44:37
Label	Columbia
Producer	Terry Manning
Fastway chronology
All Fired Up (1984) Waiting for the Roar (1986) Trick or Treat (1986)
Singles from Waiting for the Roar
"The World Waits for You" Released: 1986

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	3/10^[2]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Waiting For The Roar"	Dave King, Shane Carroll, Alan Connor, Paul Reid, Terry Manning	4:03
2.	"The World Waits For You"	King, Carroll, Connor, Reid, T. Manning	7:35
3.	"Little By Little"	King, Carroll, Connor, Reid	5:53
4.	"Change"	King, Carroll, Connor, Reid	6:03
5.	"Rock On"	King, Carroll, Connor, Reid	3:22

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Tired Of Your Love"	King, T. Manning, Cory Manning	4:35
7.	"Move Over"	Joplin	3:21
8.	"Kill Me With Your Heart"	King, Carroll, Connor, Reid, T. Manning	4:01
9.	"Girl"	King, T. Manning	4:04
10.	"Back Door Man"	King, Carroll, Connor, Reid, T. Manning	3:17

Cassette edition bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Tired of Your Love"	King, Carroll, Connor, Reid	3:59

CD edition bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Doin' Just Fine"	King, Carroll, Connor, Reid	3:15

Personnel

Fastway

• Dave King - lead vocals
• 'Fast' Eddie Clarke - rhythm/lead guitar
• Shane Carroll - rhythm guitar
• Paul Reid - bass guitar
• Alan Connor - drums

Additional musicians

• Terry Manning - synthesizers, backing vocals
• Carl Marsh - Fairlight programming and orchestration
• London Studio Orchestra
• Chris Thompson - additional backing vocals

Production

• Terry Manning - producer, engineer, mixing at Mayfair Studios, London
• Paul Mortimer, Noel Rafferty - assistant engineers
• Simon Sullivan - mixing assistant

References

1. "Fastway - Waiting for the Roar review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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. 118. ISBN 978-1894959315.