Verehrt und Angespien

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Verehrt und Angespien
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 30, 1999
Length51:29
Label Mercury Records (original German release)
Metal Blade Records (US)
Vertigo Records (2015 German reissue)
Producer Thomas Heimann-Trosien
Ekkehard Straub
VTRAX
In Extremo chronology
Weckt die Toten!
(1998)
Verehrt und Angespien
(1999)
Sünder ohne Zügel
(2001)

Verehrt und Angespien (Worshipped and Spat Upon) is the second medieval folk metal album by the German band In Extremo. It was released in 1999 by Mercury Records.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Merseburger Zaubersprüche" (Unknown author, 10th century/In Extremo) – 4:27
  2. "Ich kenne alles (I Know Everything)" (François Villon/In Extremo) – 3:04
  3. "Herr Mannelig" (Traditional lyrics and music) – 4:55
  4. "Pavane" (Traditional lyrics/In Extremo) – 5:00
  5. "Spielmannsfluch (The Gleeman's Bane)" (Ludwig Uhland/In Extremo) – 3:40
  6. "Weiberfell" (François Villon/In Extremo) – 4:27
  7. "Miss Gordon of Gight" (In Extremo) – 2:09
  8. "Werd ich am Galgen hochgezogen (When I Am Hoisted on the Gallows)" (François Villon/In Extremo) – 3:47
  9. "This Corrosion" (The Sisters of Mercy cover) – 4:02
  10. "Santa Maria" (Traditional lyrics and music/In Extremo) – 4:27
  11. "Vänner och Frände" (Traditional lyrics and music) – 3:57
  12. "In Extremo" (In Extremo) – 4:26

Bonus track:

  1. "Herr Mannelig" (Acoustic Version) – 3:08

Personnel

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