- The Wizard's Chosen Few
Infobox Album
Name = The Wizard's Chosen Few
Type = compilation
Artist =Axel Rudi Pell
Released = November 21, 2000
Recorded =
Genre = Heavy Metal
Length = 2:30:38
Label = Steamhammer/SPV
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:diftxq80ldke link]
Last album =
This album =
Next album ="The Wizard's Chosen Few" is the first and only 'Best of' compilation album, which is not orientated around ballads, by German Heavy Metal
Guitarist Axel Rudi Pell . Unlike most 'best of' albums by most bands, Pell decided it would be unfair on the customers to buy an album in which they can find all of the material on his other CDs, he decided to add some unreleased live songs as well as some released only to the Japanese market as bonus tracks. Also added to the album were 2 new studio tracks.The album features 2 CDs and has the majority of artists used in Axel Rudi Pell's solo band.
Track listing
CD1
1. Broken Dreams (New Studio Track)
2. Carousel (FromOceans of Time )
3. The Masquerade Ball (FromThe Masquerade Ball )
4. Ghosthunter (New Studio Track)
5. Oceans of Time (FromOceans of Time )
6. Still I'm Sad (From )
7. Come Back to Me (FromThe Ballads II )
8. Burn/Purple Haze/Call her Princess (Previously unreleased Live Track)
9. Total Eclipse (From Magic as a Japanese Bonus Track)
10. Eternal Prisoner (FromEternal Prisoner )CD2
1. Fool Fool (From
Black Moon Pyramid )
2. Casbah (FromBetween the Walls )
3. Snake Eyes (Live Track from Made in Germany)
4. Mistreated (Live Track from Made in Germany)
5. Magic (From Magic)
6. The Clown is Dead (From Magic)
7. Nasty Reputation (FromNasty Reputation )
8. Land of the Giants (FromNasty Reputation )
9. Hear you Calling Me (FromWild Obsession )Writing
All songs Written by Axel Rudi Pell, apart from the following exceptions;
CD1
Track 6
Paul Samwell-Smith andJim McCarty Track 8
Burn -
Ritchie Blackmore ,David Coverdale ,Jon Lord andIan Paice
Purple Haze -Jimi Hendrix CD2
Tracks 3 and 9
Axel Rudi Pell and Charlie Huhn
Track 4
Ritchie Blackmore and David Coverdale
Tracks 7 and 8
Axel Rudi Pell and Rob Rock
Personnel
CD1
Tracks 1-8
*Axel Rudi Pell (
Electric Guitar )
*Johnny Gieoli (vocals)
*Ferdy Doernberg (keyboards)
*Mike Terrana (drums)
*Volker Krawczak (Bass)Track 9
*Axel Rudi Pell (Electric Guitar}
*Roland Grapow (Electric Guitar)
*Christian Wolff (Keyboards)
*Volker Krawczak (Bass)
*Jörg Michael (Drums)Track 10
*Axel Rudi Pell (Electric Guitar)
*Jeff Scott Soto (Vocals)
*Kai Raglewski (Keyboards)
*Volker Krawczak (Bass)
*Jörg Michael (Drums)CD2
Tracks 1-4
*Axel Rudi Pell (Electric Guitar)
*Jeff Scott Soto (Vocals)
*Julie Greaux (Keyboards)
*Volker Krawczak (Bass)
*Jörg Michael (Drums)Tracks 5-6
*Axel Rudi Pell (Electric Guitar)
*Jeff Scott Soto (Vocals)
*Christian Wolff (Keyboards)
*Volker Krawczak (Bass)
*Jörg Michael (Drums)Tracks 7-8
*Axel Rudi Pell (Electric Guitar)
*Rob Rock (Vocals)
*Kai Raglewski (Keyboards)
*Volker Krawczak (Bass)
*Jörg Michael (Drums)Track 9
*Axel Rudi Pell (Electric Guitar)
*Charlie Huhn (Vocals)
*George Hahn (Keyboards)
*Joerg Deisinger (Bass)
*Jörg Michael (Drums)
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