Mandrake (album) explained

Mandrake
Type:	studio
Artist:	Edguy
Cover:	Mandrake (Edguy album - cover art).jpg
Released:	24 September 2001
Recorded:	Rhoen Studios, Fulda, Germany
Genre:	Power metal
Length:	60:05 69:38 (Special Edition)
Label:	AFM
Producer:	Edguy
Prev Title:	The Savage Poetry
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Burning Down the Opera
Next Year:	2003

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. It was their last studio album for AFM Records. They later signed a contract with Nuclear Blast.

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

• Tobias Sammet – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, organ
• Jens Ludwig – guitars, backing vocals
• Dirk Sauer – guitars, backing vocals
• Tobias 'Eggi' Exxel – bass, backing vocals
• Felix Bohnke – drums

Additional musicians

• Ralf Zdiarstek, Markus Schmitt, Daniel Schmitt, Rob Rock – backing vocals
• Frank Tischer – piano on track 7

Production

• Norman Meieritz – engineer
• Mikko Karmila – mixing
• Mika Jussila – mastering

References

1. Web site: Divita . Joe . Top 25 Power Metal Albums of All Time . . . 3 March 2021 . 5 July 2017.