Heading for a Storm

Heading for a Storm
Heading for a Storm
Studio album by Vandenberg
Released	October 28, 1983
Recorded	1983
Studio	Sol Studios, Cookham, England
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	36:25
Label	ATCO
Producer	Stuart Epps & Adrian Vandenberg
Vandenberg chronology
Singles from Heading for a Storm
	"Friday Night" / "I'm on Fire"; Released: 1983; "Different Worlds" / "Too Late (live)"; Released: 1983 (Europe and Japan only);

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	10/10^[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 "Different Worlds" ranked 17th on the singles chart,^[5] and the album entered the top 50 in the eighth week of the album chart and ranked 14th for two weeks. In addition, it spent six weeks the on Japan's Oricon Top 100 LP chart rising to 71.

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

"Friday Night" - 3:37
"Welcome to the Club" - 3:30
"Time Will Tell" - 3:48
"Different Worlds" - 4:36

Side two

"This Is War" - 4:01
"I'm on Fire" - 4:18
"Heading for a Storm" - 4:03
"Rock On" - 4:05
"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

Stuart Epps - producer, engineer
Bob Ludwig - mastering at Masterdisk, New York

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[6]	14
US Billboard 200^[7]	169

References

^ AllMusic review
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Heading for a Storm". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
^ Vandenberg - Different World - dutchcharts.nl
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Vandenberg – Heading for a Storm" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^ "Vandenberg Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2024.

External links

Heading for a Storm at Discogs (list of releases)

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[1] AllMusic review

[martin-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

[ac_Netherlands_Vandenberg-6] "Dutchcharts.nl – Vandenberg – Heading for a Storm" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2024.

[ac_Billboard200_Vandenberg-7] "Vandenberg Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2024.

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