Let Love Rain on Me is an EP by German hard rock singer Doro Pesch, released in 2004 through AFM Records. It is an enhanced CD containing both musical tracks and a live video. The title track is present in three versions sung in English, Spanish and French. "Let Love Rain on Me", the Judas Priest cover "Breaking the Law" and the Warlock song "I Rule the Ruins" were played acoustically with a full orchestra and are featured in the following album Classic Diamonds in slightly different versions.[2]

Let Love Rain on Me
EP by
Released9 August 2004
RecordedStudio 301, Major's Studio, Cologne, Germany
GenreSymphonic rock, acoustic rock
Length23:49
LabelAFM
ProducerChris Lietz, Torsten Sickert
Doro chronology
Fight
(2002)
Let Love Rain on Me
(2004)
Classic Diamonds
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Hammer (GER)[1]

The EP reached position No. 65 in the German Singles chart[3] and position No. 7 in the Spanish Singles chart.[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Let Love Rain on Me" (Radio version)Doro Pesch, Gary Scruggs3:51
2."Llueva en Mi Tu Amor" (Spanish version) 3:51
3."Pluie d'Amour" (French version) 3:51
4."Breaking the Law" (Judas Priest cover)K. K. Downing, Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton4:22
5."I Rule the Ruins" (Radio version)D. Pesch , Joey Balin4:02
6."Rare Diamond" (live)D. Pesch, Louis Lepore3:38
7."Unholy Love" (live bonus video) 4:42

Personnel

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The Classic Night Orchestra on tracks 1-5

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  • Arnt Böhme – conductor, orchestral arrangements
  • Hye-sin Tjo, Ardan Saguner, Nonna Parfenov, Elda Teqja, Marco Stankovic, Ingrid Illguth – first violins
  • Carolin Kosa, Arhan Saguner, Emma Fridman, Jee-eun Lee, Alexander Schneider – second violins
  • Wiebke Corssen, Urs Beckers, Kristina Iczque, Manuela Crespi – violas
  • Lev Gordin (soloist), Martin Henneken, Jens Peter Jandausch, Luise Schroeter – violoncellos
  • Milivoj Plavsic – contrabass
  • Daniel Edelhoff, Jörg Brohm – first trumpets
  • Wolfgang Mundt, Carsten Gronwald – second trumpets
  • Andreas Roth, Peter Schatlo – trombones
  • Jan Böhme – bass trombone
  • Klaus 'Major' Heuser – acoustic guitars
  • Wolf Simon – drums
  • Mario Arrangonda – percussion

Additional musicians on track 6

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Charts

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Chart (2004) Peak
position
Germany (GfK)[5] 85
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[6] 7

References

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  1. ^ "Doro Metal Hammer Suchergebnis". Metal Hammer (in German). September 2004. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Doro – Let Love Rain on Me". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Suchergebnisse in den deutschen Charts". Charts.de. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 3 February 2011.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Lista de los titulos mas vendidos del 30.08.04 al 05.09.04" (PDF). TOP 20 SINGLES Y MAXISINGLES (in Spanish). Media Control Charts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Doro – Let Love Rain on Me" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  6. ^ "Doro – Let Love Rain on Me" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved July 5, 2024.