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| type = EP
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| artist = [[Helix (band)|Helix]]
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| released = October 2011
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| genre = [[Hard rock]], [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
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| prev_title = [[Smash Hits...Unplugged!]]
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| next_title = [[Bastard Of The Blues]]
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'''''Skin in the Game''''' is an [[extended play|EP]] release by the [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[hard rock]] band [[Helix (band)|Helix]] released in the fall of 2011. Consisting of four new songs and one cover, it is their 23rd official release, and their 3rd EP. It replaces a previously announced greatest hits CD to be titled ''Running Wild in the 21st Century''. The new tracks recorded for that CD ended up on this release instead.


== Track list ==
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#"[[The William Tell Overture]]"
| Name = Running Wild In The 21st Century
#"Skin in the Game"
| Type = greatest
#"The Bitch is a Bullet"
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| Artist = [[Helix (band)|Helix]]
#"Angelina"
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| Genre = [[Hard rock]]<br/>[[heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
#"Champagne Communist"<ref>http://www.bravewords.com/news/167944 HELIX - Skin In The Game EP Mastered</ref>
| Released = spring 2011
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| Last album = ''[[Smash Hits...Unplugged!]]''<br>(2010)
| This album = '''''Running Wild In The 21st Century'''''<br/>(2011)
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'''''Running Wild In The 21st Century''''' is a compilation album by the [[Canadian]] [[hard rock]] band [[Helix (band)|Helix]] originally to be released in October 2010, but now delayed until spring 2011. Although not on the album, it takes its name from the 1990 Helix song "Running Wild In The 21st Century". It will be their 23rd official release, and their 7th [[compilation album]]. It will consist of Helix tracks from the last decade, solo material from frontman [[Brian Vollmer]], and two unreleased songs.<ref>[http://www.bravewords.com/news/144496 HELIX To Release New Compilation, Acoustic Albums]</ref><ref>[http://www.bravewords.com/news/145328 HELIX - Running Wild In The 21st Century Compilation Tracklisting Revealed]</ref> The intended inclusion of the [[AC/DC]] classic "[[It's A Long Way To The Top|It’s a Long Way To the Top (If You Wanna Rock and Roll)]]" was met with orders from AC/DC's lawyers to cease and desist. The song will be replaced with a new original track, causing the delay in release.<ref>[http://www.bravewords.com/news/147678 HELIX' Brian Vollmer - "Has AC/DC Lost The Common Man's Touch?]</ref>

== Tracklist ==
#"I’m A Live Frankenstein" (from Brian Vollmer's solo album ''[[When Pigs Fly (Vollmer album)|When Pigs Fly]]'', 1999)
#"X-Ray Eyes" (from ''When Pigs Fly'', 1999)
#"King of the Hill" (from ''[[Rockin' in My Outer Space]]'', 2004)
#"Cyberspace Girl" (from ''[[The Power of Rock and Roll]]'', 2007)
#"Get Up!" (from ''The Power of Rock and Roll'', 2007)
#"Boomerang Lover" (from ''The Power of Rock and Roll'', 2007)
#"Make 'Em Dance" (from ''[[Vagabond Bones]]'', 2009)
#"Monday Morning Meltdown" (edited version) (original version from ''Vagabond Bones'', 2009)
#"When The Bitters Got The Better Of You" (from ''Vagabond Bones'', 2009)
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#"[[The William Tell Overture]]" (previously unreleased)
#"Champagne Communist" (previously unreleased)
#"When the Bad News Blues Come Calling" (previously unreleased)
#"Angelina" (previously unreleased)


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Latest revision as of 01:09, 15 August 2023

Skin in the Game
EP by
Helix
ReleasedOctober 2011
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Helix chronology
Smash Hits...Unplugged!
(2010) 		Skin in the Game
(2011) 		Bastard Of The Blues
(2014)

Skin in the Game is an EP release by the Canadian hard rock band Helix released in the fall of 2011. Consisting of four new songs and one cover, it is their 23rd official release, and their 3rd EP. It replaces a previously announced greatest hits CD to be titled Running Wild in the 21st Century. The new tracks recorded for that CD ended up on this release instead.

Track list

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  1. "The William Tell Overture"
  2. "Skin in the Game"
  3. "The Bitch is a Bullet"
  4. "Angelina"
  5. "Champagne Communist"[1]

References

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  1. ^ http://www.bravewords.com/news/167944 HELIX - Skin In The Game EP Mastered
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