Mandrake (album)

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Mandrake
Mandrake (Edguy album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by
Edguy
Released24 September 2001
RecordedRhoen Studios, Fulda, Germany
Genre Power metal [1]
Length60:05
69:38 (Special Edition)
Label AFM
Producer Edguy
Edguy chronology
The Savage Poetry
(2000)		Mandrake
(2001)		 Burning Down the Opera
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Metal Storm (8.9/10) [3]
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Mandrake is the fifth album by German power metal band Edguy, released in 2001. It is a varied album, exploring many styles of the power metal genre[ citation needed ]. It was their last studio album for AFM Records. They later signed a contract with Nuclear Blast.

Contents

In 2017, Loudwire ranked it as the 20th best power metal album of all time. [1]

Track listing

All music by Tobias Sammet unless otherwise noted. All lyrics by Sammet

  1. "Tears of a Mandrake" – 7:12
  2. "Golden Dawn" (Jens Ludwig, Sammet) – 6:07
  3. "Jerusalem" (Ludwig, Sammet) – 5:27
  4. "All the Clowns" – 4:48
  5. "Nailed to the Wheel" (Ludwig, Sammet) – 5:40
  6. "The Pharaoh" – 10:37
  7. "Wash Away the Poison" – 4:40
  8. "Fallen Angels" – 5:13
  9. "Painting on the Wall" – 4:36
  10. "Save Us Now" – 4:34
  11. "The Devil and the Savant" (limited edition bonus track) – 5:26
  12. "Wings of a Dream 2001" (limited edition bonus track) – 5:03

Personnel

Band members
Additional musicians
Production

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References

  1. 1 2 Divita, Joe (5 July 2017). "Top 25 Power Metal Albums of All Time". Loudwire . Townsquare Media . Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Edguy – Mandrake". Sputnikmusic. 5 August 2006. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  3. ↑ "Edguy – Mandrake". Metal Storm . 16 September 2003. Retrieved 2012-10-09.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Edguy Metal Hammer Suchergebnis". Metal Hammer (in German). October 2001. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
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