Test of Wills

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Test Of Wills
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 6, 1997
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Length55:18
Label Magna Carta Records
Magellan chronology
Impending Ascension
(1994)
Test Of Wills
(1997)
Hundred Year Flood
(2002)
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Test of Wills is the third studio album by the progressive metal/rock band Magellan.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Gameface" - 4:30
  2. "A Social Marginal" - 7:29
  3. "Walk Fast, Look Worried" - 5:54
  4. "Test of Wills" - 11:28
  5. "Bully Pulpit (Part I)" - 2:01
  6. "Jacko" - 4:23
  7. "Crucible" - 5:00
  8. "Preaching the Converted" - 5:31
  9. "Critic's Carnival" - 9:02

Personnel

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References

  1. White, David. "Test of Wills - Magellan | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 December 2011.