Spellbound (Tygers of Pan Tang album)

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Spellbound
Tygers of Pan Tang - Spellbound.jpg
Studio album by
Tygers of Pan Tang
ReleasedApril 1981
RecordedJanuary 1981
StudioMorgan Studios, London
GenreHeavy metal
Length34:27
LabelMCA
ProducerChris Tsangarides
Tygers of Pan Tang chronology
Wild Cat
(1980) 		Spellbound
(1981) 		Crazy Nights
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]

Spellbound is the second album by British heavy metal band Tygers of Pan Tang, produced in 1981 on MCA. Spellbound is the first of two full length Tygers of Pan Tang albums to feature John Sykes as second guitarist, who later joined Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake. It is also the first album with vocalist Jon Deverill. The album was re-issued in 1989 in a double-LP package with Wild Cat and on CD in 1997 with bonus tracks.[3]

"Hellbound" was covered by American thrash metal band Heathen as a bonus track for the album Victims of Deception as well as German NWOBHM tribute act Roxxcalibur on their 2011 sophomore release, Lords of the NWOBHM, while "Gangland" was covered by German thrash metal band Kreator in 1987 on their "Behind the Mirror" single and on 1988 EP Out of the Dark... Into the Light.

Track listing[]

All songs written by Tygers of Pan Tang except where noted.

Side one
  1. "Gangland" - 3:43
  2. "Take It" - 4:27
  3. "Minotaur" - 0:22
  4. "Hellbound" - 3:30
  5. "Mirror" - 4:34
Side two
  1. "Silver and Gold" - 3:35
  2. "Blackjack" - 3:15 *
  3. "The Story So Far" - 3:29
  4. "Tyger Bay" - 3:28 *
  5. "Don't Stop By" - 4:04
  • Tracks 7 and 9 were switched on the 1989 double LP vinyl reissue and 1989 CD reissue.
1997 CD reissue bonus tracks
  2. "All or Nothing" (Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane) - 2:44 (Small Faces cover)
  3. "Don't Give a Damn" – 4:32 (B-Side to Hellbound single)
  4. "Bad Times" – 2:41 (From "The Audition Tapes", 1979)
  5. "It Ain't Easy" – 4:03 (Studio outtake, previously unreleased)
  6. "Don't Take Nothing" – 2:46 (From "The Audition Tapes", 1979)

Personnel[]

Band members
  • Jon Deverill – lead and backing vocals
  • Robb Weir – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • John Sykes – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Richard "Rocky" Laws – bass, backing vocals
  • Brian "Big" Dick – drums
Production

References[]

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Tygers of Pan Tang Spellbound review". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 371. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  3. ^ "Tygers of Pan Tang - Spellbound". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
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