Spellbound (Yngwie Malmsteen album)

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Spellbound
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Studio album by
Released5 December 2012
Length54:08
Label Rising Force, Universal Music Japan
Producer Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Malmsteen chronology
Relentless
(2010)
Spellbound
(2012)
World on Fire
(2016)

Spellbound is the nineteenth studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released on 5 December 2012 through his independent label Rising Force Records. Malmsteen played all of the instruments and sang all vocals on this album.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Yngwie Malmsteen.

No.TitleLength
1."Spellbound" (Instrumental)4:29
2."High Compression Fugue" (Instrumental)3:20
3."Repent"3:15
4."Let Sleeping Dogs Lie"4:40
5."Majestic 12 Suite 1,2 & 3" (Instrumental)9:03
6."Electric Duet" (Instrumental)1:34
7."Nasca Lines" (Instrumental)2:56
8."Poisoned Minds"3:04
9."God of War" (Instrumental)7:21
10."Iron Blues" (Instrumental)3:26
11."Turbo Amadeus" (Instrumental)1:12
12."From A Thousand Cuts" (Instrumental)3:24
13."Requiem for the Lost Souls" (Instrumental)6:17

Personnel

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