The Best of the Eighties

1993 greatest hits album by Grave Digger
The Best of the Eighties
Greatest hits album by
Grave Digger
Released1993
GenreHeavy metal
Speed metal
Length61:55
LabelNoise
Grave Digger chronology
Stronger Than Ever
(1987)
The Best of the Eighties
(1993)
The Reaper
(1993)

The Best of the Eighties is a compilation album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger released in 1993. It consists of tracks from their first three albums from the 1980s, disregarding their fourth record "Stronger Than Ever," as well as a few rare tracks.

Track listing

No.TitleOriginally fromLength
1."Heavy Metal Breakdown"Heavy Metal Breakdown3:40
2."Shoot Her Down!"previously released as a 12"-single in Europe as well as on the American version of Heavy Metal Breakdown3:39
3."Get Away"Witch Hunter2:59
4."Paradise"War Games4:13
5."(Enola Gay) Drop the Bomb"War Games3:25
6."Back from the War"Heavy Metal Breakdown5:35
7."Witch Hunter"Witch Hunter4:22
8."Keep On Rockin'"War Games3:04
9."2000 Lightyears from Home"Heavy Metal Breakdown2:53
10."Heaven Can Wait"War Games3:33
11."Headbanging Man"Heavy Metal Breakdown3:08
12."Night Drifter"Witch Hunter3:09
13."We Wanna Rock You"B-side of "Shoot Her Down!"-12"-single - alternate recording than the version on Heavy Metal Breakdown)3:36
14."Yesterday"Heavy Metal Breakdown5:05
15."Don't Kill the Children"previously unreleased, from Witch Hunter recording sessions3:16
16."Tears of Blood"from Witch Hunter recording sessions, released on the Metal Attack II sampler2:37
17."Girls of Rock 'n' Roll"previously unreleased, from War Games recording sessions3:41
  • v
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Grave Digger
  • Chris "Reaper" Boltendahl
  • Jens Becker
  • Tobias "Tobi" Kersting
  • Marcus Kniep
  • Lutz Schmelzer
  • Peter Masson
  • Philip Seibel
  • Martin Gerlitzki
  • Willi Lackman
  • Albert Eckardt
  • C.F. Frank
  • Peter Breitenbach
  • Tomi Göttlich
  • Uwe Lulis
  • Jörg Michael
  • Frank Ulrich
  • Manni Schmidt
  • Thilo Hermann
  • Hans Peter "H.P." Katzenburg
  • Stefan Arnold
  • Axel "Ironfinger" Ritt
Studio albums
  • Heavy Metal Breakdown
  • Witch Hunter
  • War Games
  • Stronger than Ever (as Digger)
  • The Reaper
  • Heart of Darkness
  • Tunes of War
  • Knights of the Cross
  • Excalibur
  • The Grave Digger
  • Rheingold
  • The Last Supper
  • Liberty or Death
  • Ballads of a Hangman
  • The Clans Will Rise Again
  • Clash of the Gods
  • Return of the Reaper
  • Healed by Metal
EPs
  • Symphony of Death
  • Yesterday
Live albumsCompilation
  • The Best of the Eighties
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  • Rebellion
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