Vengeance - Take It Or Leave It (1988) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Leon Goewie - Lead and Backing Vocals Arjen Lucassen - Lead, Rhythm and Acoustic Guitars, Synthesizer on "Rock'n'Roll Shower" Peer Verschuren - Lead and Rhythm Guitars Oscar Holleman - Lead and Rhythm Guitars on the demo versions of "Take Me To The Limit", "Code Of Honour" and "Take It Or Leave It" Jan Bijlsma - Bass John Snels - Drums Sylvia Houtzager - Violin on "Take Me To The Limit". Lats Varga - Saxophone on "Hear Me Out". Hans Vermeulen - Piano on "Woman In The World". Jan Oosthof - Trumpet on "Ain't Gonna Take You Home". Julia Loko - Girl's Voice on "Ain't Gonna Take You Home". Tracks 1-9: Produced, Engineered and Mixed by John Sonneveld. Recorded at Zeezicht Studio, Haarlemmerliefde, Holland, April - May'87. Mixed at Soundpush Studio, Blaricum, Holland, June'87. Vocal Coaching by Hans Vermeulen. Tracks 10-19: Produced and Mixed by Lats Varga and Vengeance. Engineered by Lats Varga. Recorded at Joe's Garage, Waalwijk, Holland. Front Cover Photography by Frans von Geelen at NPS photo-dept., Hilversum, Holland. Design: Vengeance. Art Direction by Henk de Jong. Slide Compilation Cover: PDI - Amsterdam. Styling and Make-Up by Annemiek Bottinga. Clothing: Stars, Nieuwedijk, Amsterdam. Lay-Out and Lithography: Aad Spanjaard. Compilation, Coordination and Research: Hans van Vuuren. These Recordings Have Been Re-Mastered at the Sound Factory, Soest, Holland by Peter van't Riet using the Sonic Solutions System to ensure the highest possible sound quality. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Take It Or Leave It (Lucassen, Goewie) 3:51 2) Code Of Honour (Lucassen, Goewie) 3:59 3) Rock'n'Roll Shower (Lucassen, Goewie) 3:49 4) Take Me To The Limit (Lucassen, Goewie, Bijlsma) 3:50 5) Engines (Lucassen) 4:21 6) Hear Me Out (Lucassen, Goewie, Bijlsma) 4:02 7) Woman In The World (Lucassen, Goewie) 5:21 8) Looks Of A Winner (Lucassen, Goewie) 4:02 9) Ain't Gonna Take You Home (Lucassen, Goewie) 4:54 10) Take Me To The Limit (Lucassen, Goewie, Bijlsma) 3:59 - Demo version, reissue bonus track 11) Code Of Honour (Lucassen, Goewie) 4:18 - Demo version, reissue bonus track 12) Take It Or Leave It (Lucassen, Goewie) 3:29 - Demo version, reissue bonus track 13) Hear Me Out (Lucassen, Goewie, Bijlsma) 4:11 - Demo version, reissue bonus track 14) I Said Nonono (Lucassen, Goewie) 3:46 - Demo version of "Ain't Gonna Take You Home", reissue bonus track 15) To All The Woman Of The World (Lucassen, Goewie) 5:13 - Demo version of "Woman In The World", reiussue bonus track 16) Love Child (Lucassen, Goewie) 3:26 - Demo version of "Looks Of A Winner", reissue bonus track 17) Rock'n'Roll Shower (Lucassen, Goewie) 3:25 - Demo version, reissue bonus track 18) Engines (Lucassen) 4:00 - Demo version, reissue bonus track 19) Jingles 'VARA's Vuurwerk (Lucassen, Goewie) 1:40 - Reissue bonus track ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Take It Or Leave It (Lucassen, Goewie) 3:51 (Leon Goewie, Okkie Huysdens - Backing Vocals) (Screaming): Well, let it begin! You've got the money, I roll the dice C'mon and take a glace No word oh honey, don't think twice You've got to take the chance You stake the bets, I turn the wheel Got me no regret, they got a new deal You gotta win tonight Now it's time to say goodbye to all your friends I'm gonna take you on the trip that never ends Take it or leave it We're giving you a choice Take it or leave it Don't listen to the voice You name the price, I kill the guts The winner takes it all But the only surprise is that they got the guns You're heading for the fall ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Code Of Honour (Lucassen, Goewie) 3:59 (International School Choir Of Amsterdam, Leon Goewie, Arjen Lucassen - Backing Vocals) Yaow! When I was born they threw me outside And I was left out in the cold So I, I just had to live my own life Instead of doing what I was told I just had to learn the rule Code of honour Got to take me for a fool I will not lie, I will not kill I will not steal, I will not fight I will obey the law When I was 9 I stole my first gun The danger in the air became too close They told me, 'Hey son, you will never get far' You know what they mean, they grabbed me by the nose No! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Rock'n'Roll Shower (Lucassen, Goewie) 3:49 (Leon Goewie, Arjen Lucassen, Okkie Huysdens - Backing Vocals) Going to the party on a Saturday night The girls were all pretty but the band wasn't right I got some tide on the same old drown So I stepped right up to the microphone I said I know what you want And I give you what you need Take a rock'n'roll shower I know what you want And I give you what you need Take a rock'n'roll shower The walls on stage going round and round People in the crowd going up and down I saw a beautiful girl and a pretty brunette I said, 'Hey! C'mon girls! Let's get wet' Got your feel above the ground I'm out of control We move to the party on the Saturday night Play me rock'n'roll till the early, early light ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Take Me To The Limit (Lucassen, Goewie, Bijlsma) 3:50 (Okkie Huysdens - Backing Vocals) When the sun sets we will come alive Ride the streets again tonight Take one look at me 'cause I am who you want to be I gotta live it up tonight There's no way that I surrender To a life (life) that everybody leads Dream that we'll stay on forever And find the point of no return Take me to the limit (2) I feel ready to give it all my best Come and join me for some fun Gonna break away, the change is going to save the game Yes, I'm sticking to my gun There's no way that I surrender To a life (life) that everybody leads Don't you know that we will live forever To find the point of no return ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Engines (Lucassen) 4:21 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Hear Me Out (Lucassen, Goewie, Bijlsma) 4:02 (Vengeance, Lats Varga - Backing Vocals) Wow Yeah yeah yeah Oh no! Every day when I come home Trying to get some rest My lady drives me off the wall Just giving the bad time She keeps sticking to the past That lady gets away and drives and me mad I'm don't know what can I do I'm getting sick and tired of you Hear me out - No more conversions Hear me out - You need to set me free Hear me out - Discussing our relations Hear me out - with everyone but me When the bell is ringing She's screaming it's for me Some silly girlfriends I don't like to know You're talking, talking, talking And I can't stand it anymore Won't stand no more, I've got to go Hear me out - No chance to tell you Hear me out - that I have gotta walk away Hear me out - But I try to tell you Hear me out - Please, let me have some rest Hear me out - Here comes the fucking doorbell again Hear me out - and it drags me off the wall Hear me out - She's discussing my relations Hear me out - with everyone ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Woman In The World (Lucassen, Goewie) 5:21 (Leon Goewie, Arjen Lucassen, Peer Verschuren - Backing Vocals) You've always been a good friend of mine Till you said farewell You've always had something to hide Something you couldn't tell Why don't we try it again And leave it all behind I'm begging you Please, leave me another night Don't you see what you did to me Here I'm left out in the cold Don't you see what you did to me I'm alone again So many things I want to say But all those women playing their games They play too rough, cold and mean There's so many things you've never seen before You wait the act, you wait to smile It's so depressing and drives you wild They eat your heart out and spit it on the ground Hard to believe, they're all so bad But I still I raise my glass to the women of the world Show some respect You will always need 'em To the women in the wold I long for effect, I do love them all When times are bad and you're all alone You've got no place to call your own They're always there when you ride alone I must confess I can't do without and that's why USA, USSR I love them all Wherever they are Everywhere, around the world Girls girls girls girls ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Looks Of A Winner (Lucassen, Goewie) 4:02 (Leon Goewie - Backing Vocals) Is it real, is it magic I've never seen such a wonderful sight Is it a dream, is it a bad trick I've got a feeling that tease is tonight I wanna touch, I wanna hold you I wanna keep you in my arms tonight There's so much I should have told you I didn't ask that into the light I'm about to lose my mind It's getting stronger all the time She got the looks of a winner Leave behind all the losers all of the7 time She's got the looks of a winner I can't believe Oh girl it happened to me She got it all, can't forget her I lie awake most of the night I'm gonna crawl, I'm gonna get her Now's the time baby, I mean tonight She got the eyes of a child and she acts like a queen She looks like a winner And I struggle every time She's got everything I'm the winner She took me by surprise and I don't know ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) Ain't Gonna Take You Home (Lucassen, Goewie) 4:54 (Leon Goewie, Arjen Lucassen, Okkie Huysdens - Backing Vocals) Too bad that I've been had She was the best girl that I ever met I had all late but it happened too fast And I knew that it wouldn't last So that it makes me mad I've been the saddest man that you ever met And she had a nice friend to make the eyes at me I just couldn't disagree Don't say you don't love me baby I've been a fool and I ain't gonna do it again Don't say you don't need me baby Don't be so cruel, won't you take me home She said, no no no I ain't gonna take me home So glad I'd like to add Now I'm the gladdest man you've ever met Oh man I love her friend I guess it will never end I said, no no no I ain't gonna take you home Yeah Oh yeah Are you gonna take me home? I gotta take you home But I don't think so Watch out! ------------------------------------------------------------------------