| Insanity and Genius | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 28 June 1993 | |||
| Recorded | March - May 1993 | |||
| Studio | Hansen Studios, Hamburg, Germany | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 56:27 | |||
| Label | Noise | |||
| Producer | Kai Hansen, Dirk Schlächter, Karl-Ulrich Walterbach | |||
| Gamma Ray chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Classic Rock | [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[3] |
Insanity and Genius is the third studio album by Gamma Ray and final album with Ralf Scheepers on vocals.
Kai Hansen sings on the song "Heal Me", Dirk Schlächter sings on the song "Your Tørn Is Over"[d]. Continuing a trend that would conclude with its fifth studio release, the lineup for the album was changed from the previous one, with Jan Rubach replacing 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 Cooking Vinyl Records as part of a 2-CD set with the 2002 version of Land of the Free.[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, Scheepers | 5:23 |
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Heroes[a]" | Hansen, Scheepers | Hansen, Scheepers, Schlächter | 4:59 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
^d "Your Tørn Is Over" is referred to as "Your Turn Is Over" on the cover and in the booklet of the 2010 Cooking Vinyl Records 2CD joint-release of Insanity and Genius and Land of the Free (2002 re-release versions)[4]
Anniversary Edition bonus disc
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] | 93 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6] | 9 |
References
- ↑ "Insanity & Genius - Gamma Ray | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ↑ Ewing, Jerry (March 2010). "Gamma Ray - Reissues". Classic Rock. No. 142. p. 93.
- ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- 1 2 "Insanity and Genius/Land of the Free - Gamma Ray | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Gamma Ray – Insanity and Genius" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.