Instant Clarity

Infobox Album |
Name = Instant Clarity
Type = Album
Artist = Michael Kiske


Released = August 17, 1996
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Victor (Japan)
Producer = Michael Kiske
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9r508qnnbtn4 Link] |
Last album =
This album = "Instant Clarity"
(1996)
Next album = "Readiness to Sacrifice"
(1999)

" Instant Clarity" is the first solo album of Michael Kiske. It was reissued in 2006 containing four bonus tracks.

The song "Always" is dedicated to Ingo Schwichtenberg, a former Helloween drummer who committed suicide in 1995.

Track listing

#"Be True to Yourself" (Kiske)
#"The Calling" (Kiske, Adrian Smith)
#"Somebody Somewhere" (Ciriaco Taraxes, Michael Kiske)
#"Burned Out" (Taraxes)
#"New Horizons" (Smith, Kiske, Kai Hansen)
#"Hunted" (Kiske, Taraxes)
#"Always" (Kiske)
#"Thanx a Lot!" (Kiske)
#"Time's Passing By" (Kay Rudi Wolke, Taraxes)
#"So Sick" (Kiske)
#"Do I Remember a Life?" (Kiske, Taraxes)
#"A Song Is Just a Moment" (Kiske)
#"I Don't Deserve Love" (Kiske)
#"Sacred Grounds" (Kiske)
#"Can't Tell" (Kiske)

Tracks 12-15 appear on the 2006 reissue only.Fact|date=August 2007

Credits

Band members

*Michael Kiske – vocals, guitar, keyboard, sound effects
*Ciriaco Taraxes – guitar
*Jens Mencl – bass guitar
*Kay Rudi Wolke – drums, guitar ("Time's Passing By")

Guest musicians

*Kai Hansen – guitar
*Adrian Smith – guitar
*Norbert Krietemeyer – flute