Editing Soldiers Under Command

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Soldiers Under Command
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Stryper]]
| cover        = Soldiers Under Command - Stryper.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = August 23, 1985 <ref>{{Cite web |last=Christensen |first=Brett |title=Stryper: 'Soldiers Under Command' |url=https://stryper.com/officialalbumdates/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Official Stryper Website |language=en-CA}}</ref>
| recorded     = 
| venue        = 
| studio       = {{flatlist|
* Amigo Studios ([[Los Angeles]], [[California]])
* Smoketree Ranch ([[Chatsworth, California]])
}}
| genre        = {{flatlist|
* [[Christian metal]]
* [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
}}
| length       = 45:02
| label        = [[Enigma Records|Enigma]]
| producer     = [[Michael Wagener]]
| prev_title   = [[The Yellow and Black Attack|The Yellow & Black Attack!]]
| prev_year    = 1984
| next_title   = [[To Hell with the Devil]]
| next_year    = 1986
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r76970|tab=review|pure_url=yes}} | title = Soldiers Under Command - Stryper | accessdate = August 27, 2011 | last = Henderson | first = Alex | work = [[AllMusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Kerrang!]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Johnson | first1 = Howard | title = Kerrang! | chapter = Heaven's on Fire | volume = 105 | publisher = Morgan Grampian | date = October 17, 1985 | location = London, UK | pages = 22 | title-link = Kerrang! }}</ref>
|rev3 = "Jesus Freak Hideout"
|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stryper, "Soldiers Under Command" Review|url=https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/SoldiersUnderCommand.asp|access-date=2021-07-02|website=www.jesusfreakhideout.com}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''Soldiers Under Command''''' is the second release, and first full-length studio album from [[Christian metal]] band [[Stryper]], released on August 23, 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Christensen |first=Brett |date=August 1, 2023 |title=August 23, 1985, Stryper releases the album "Soldiers under Command" |url=https://stryper.com/officialalbumdates |accessdate=August 1, 2023 |website=Official Stryper Website}}</ref> It was the first Christian metal album to achieve [[Music recording sales certification|Gold record]] status, selling more than half a million copies. The album was originally issued on white vinyl. The ''Live in Japan'' in-concert video, released in 1986, was filmed on July 8, 1985 during Stryper's tour in support of this album.

A [[music video]] of the title track was released.

The inspirational verse for this album is [[2 Timothy 2]]:3-4.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Michael Sweet]], except where noted.
# "Soldiers Under Command" (Michael Sweet, Robert Sweet) – 5:03
# "Makes Me Wanna Sing" – 2:51
# "Together Forever"  – 4:03
# "First Love"  – 5:43
# "The Rock That Makes Me Roll"  – 4:56
# "Reach Out" (M. Sweet, R. Sweet) – 5:21
# "(Waiting for) A Love That's Real"  – 4:36
# "Together as One" – 5:01
# "Surrender" – 4:28
# "[[Battle Hymn of the Republic]]" ([[Julia Ward Howe]]) – 2:36

== Personnel ==
'''Stryper'''
* [[Michael Sweet]] – lead vocals, backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, guitar solos (on tracks 4-7)
* [[Oz Fox]] – lead and rhythm guitars, guitar solos (on tracks 2-6, 9), backing vocals
* [[Tim Gaines]] – keyboards and bass (1-7, 9, 10), backing vocals (8)
* [[Robert Sweet (musician)|Robert Sweet]] – drums

'''Additional musicians'''
* [[John Van Tongeren]] – keyboards, acoustic piano and bass (8)
* Christopher Currell – [[Synclavier|Synclavier programming]] (10)
* Doris Castenada – backing vocals (10)
* Linda Mullen – backing vocals (10)
* Tammy Thomas – backing vocals (10)

== Production ==
* [[Michael Wagener]] – producer, engineer, mixing 
* Bryan Ayuso – album design 
* [[John Scarpati]] – photography 
* Anne Revenge – additional photography

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1985)
! scope="col"| Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="JPN">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Entertainment]]|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref>
| align="center"| 78
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|84|artist=Stryper|rowheader=true|access-date=1 May 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardChristian|5|artist=Stryper|rowheader=true|access-date=1 May 2023}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Stryper|title=Soldiers Under Command|award=Gold|relyear=1985|certyear=1988}}
{{certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==References==
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{{Stryper}}

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[[Category:1985 debut albums]]
[[Category:Stryper albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Michael Wagener]]