Anthems for the Champion – The Queen

Anthems for the Champion – The Queen is an EP by German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch, released in 2007 through AFM Records. The EP collects all the anthems composed by Doro and used to introduce the performances of her good friend, the German female boxing champion Regina Halmich. The only previously unreleased song is "The Queen", which Halmich used as an anthem for her final year of agonistic activity.[1]

Anthems for the Champion – The Queen
EP by
Released30 November 2007
GenreHeavy metal
Length19:51
LabelAFM
ProducerChris Lietz, Torsten Sickert, Doro Pesch, Don Malsch
Doro chronology
Metal Queen – B-Sides & Rarities
(2007)
Anthems for the Champion – The Queen
(2007)
Celebrate – The Night of the Warlock
(2008)

The EP reached position No. 89 in the German single chart.[2]

Track listing

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  1. "The Queen" (Chris Lietz, Doro Pesch) – 3:38
  2. "She's Like Thunder" (Original Fight Hymn) (Nick Douglas, Lietz, Pesch) – 2:06
  3. "We're Like Thunder" (feat. Regina Halmich) (Douglas, Lietz, Pesch) – 3:11
  4. "All We Are" (2007 Version) (Joey Balin, Pesch) – 3:04
  5. "Fight" (Joe Taylor, Douglas, Pesch, Johnny Dee) – 4:11
  6. "The Queen" (Acoustic Radio mix) (Lietz, Pesch) – 3:41

Personnel

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  • Doro Pesch – vocals, producer, design
  • Nick Douglas – bass, backing vocals
  • Johnny Dee – drums, backing vocals
  • Oliver Palotai – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Chris Lietz – guitar, keyboards, programming, producer, engineer, mixing
  • Regina Halmich – vocals on track 3
  • Klaus Vanscheidt – guitars on tracks 2 and 3
  • Torsten Sickert – keyboards, producer track 2 and 3
  • Schmier – bass, vocals on track 4
  • Bas Maas – guitars on track 4
  • Tim Husung – drums on track 4
  • Joe Taylor – guitars on track 5
  • Don Malsch – producer, engineer, mixing track 5
  • Thomas Ewerhard – design

Charts

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Chart (2007) Peak
position
Germany (GfK)[3] 89

References

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  1. ^ "Doro – Anthems for the Champion – The Queen". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Doro Anthems for the Champion – The Queen Zusammenfassung". Musicline.de. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Doro – Anthems for the Champion – The Queen" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved July 5, 2024.