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1993 studio album by Gamma Ray
Insanity and Genius is the third studio album by Gamma Ray and final album with Ralf Scheepers on vocals.
Uwe Wessel on bass and Thomas Nack replacing
Uli Kusch on drums.
The album was re-released in 2002 with additional tracks. The 2002 version was released again in 2010 by
Track listing
Title Lyrics Music 1. "Tribute to the Past" Kai Hansen Hansen, Jan Rubach 5:04 2. "No Return" Hansen Hansen 4:06 3. "Last Before the Storm" Hansen Hansen 4:29 4. "The Cave Principle" Hansen Hansen 6:51 5. "Future Madhouse" Ralf Scheepers Hansen 4:07 6. "Gamma Ray" (Birth Control cover ) Bruno Frenzel Frenzel 5:20 7. "Insanity and Genius" Thomas Nack Rubach 4:30 8. "18 Years" Scheepers Dirk Schlächter , Scheepers5:23 9. "Your Tørn Is Over[d] " Schlächter, Hansen Schlächter 3:53 10. "Heal Me" Schlächter, Hansen Schlächter 7:32 11. "Brothers" Hansen, Scheepers Hansen, Scheepers, Schlächter 5:15
Japanese Edition bonus track Title Lyrics Music 12. "Heroes[a] " Hansen, Scheepers Hansen, Scheepers, Schlächter 4:59
2002 release bonus tracks Title Lyrics Music 12. "Gamma Ray[b] " (extended version Birth Control cover ) Frenzel Frenzel 7:26 13. "Exciter[c] " (Judas Priest cover ) Rob Halford , Glenn Tipton Halford, Tipton 5:01 14. "Save Us" (live) Hansen Hansen 5:41
^a "Heroes" also appears on the 2002 re-release of Gamma Ray's 1991 album Sigh No More and is an alternative version of the song "Changes" from that album.
^b "Gamma Ray (extended version)" also appears on the Future Madhouse EP.
^c "Exciter" also appears on A Tribute to Judas Priest, Vol. 2: Delivering the Goods .
Cooking Vinyl Records 2CD joint-release of
Insanity and Genius and
Land of the Free (2002 re-release versions)
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Anniversary Edition bonus disc
Title 1. "Valley of the Kings" (live at Chameleon Studios 2016) 3:46 2. "Heaven Can Wait" (live at Chameleon Studios 2016) 4:49 3. "Gamma Ray[b] " (extended version) 7:25 4. "Money" (demo) 3:45 5. "Silence" (live) 6:30 6. "Sail On" (live) 4:29 7. "Space Eater" (rough mix Horus Studio) 4:33 8. "Exciter[c] " 5:01 Total length: 40:18
Personnel
Gamma Ray
Ralf Scheepers – lead vocals (all but tracks 9 and 10)
Kai Hansen – guitar, lead vocals on track 10, producer, engineer
Dirk Schlächter – guitar, keyboards, lead vocals on track 9, producer, engineer
Jan Rubach – bass guitar
Thomas Nack – drums
Additional musicians
Sascha Paeth – computer engineering and additional keyboards
Production
Charlie Bauerfeind – mixing at Horus Sound Studio, Hannover
Achim Krause – mastering
Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer
Charts
References
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