Blazon Stone
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{{Infobox album
| name = Blazon Stone
| type = studio
| artist = Running Wild
| cover = 1991-Blazon Stone.jpg
| alt =
| released = 4 April 1991
| recorded = December 1990 – January 1991
| studio = Studio M, Hanover
| genre = Heavy metal, power metal
| length = 49:27
| label = Noise
| producer = Rolf Kasparek, Karl-Ulrich Walterbach
| prev_title = Death or Glory
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = The First Years of Piracy
| next_year = 1991
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Blazon Stone
| type = studio
| single1 = Little Big Horn
| single1date = 28 February 1991
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/blazon-stone-mw0000240557 |title=Running Wild – Blazon Stone review |last=Huey |first=Steve |work=AllMusic |accessdate=14 May 2021 }}
| rev2 =Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
| rev2Score = 7/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = 1 August 2007 | page=372 |isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}
| rev3 =Rock Hard
| rev3Score = 9.0/10{{cite web |url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/running-wild-blazon-stone_252465.html |title= Running Wild 'Blazon Stone'|author=Götz Kühnemund. |date= 1991 |publisher=Rock Hard |accessdate=3 June 2013}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Blazon Stone is the sixth album by German heavy metal band Running Wild, released in 1991. According to Rolf Kasparek in an interview to a Brazilian heavy metal/hard rock magazine (Roadie Crew, ed. #41, June 2002), Blazon Stone is the best-selling album by the band, in the 1990s. It is also their first album with both guitarist Axel Morgan and drummer AC.
Track listing
All tracks written by Rolf Kasparek except where noted
{{track_listing
| headline = Side A
| title1 = Blazon Stone
| length1 = 6:30
| title2 = Lonewolf
| length2 = 4:49
| title3 = Slavery
| length3 = 5:15
| title4 = Fire & Ice
| writer4 = AC
| length4 = 4:09
| title5 = Little Big Horn
| length5 = 5:00
}}
{{track_listing
| total_length = 49:27
| headline = Side B
| title6 = White Masque
| length6 = 4:17
| title7 = Rolling Wheels
| writer7 = Becker
| length7 = 5:33
| title8 = Bloody Red Rose
| length8 = 5:06
| title9 = Straight to Hell
| writer9 = Becker
| length9 = 3:50
| title10 = Heads or Tails
| length10 = 4:58
}}
{{tracklist
| total_length = 60:56
| headline = CD bonus tracks
| title1 = Over the Rainbow
| note1 = instrumental
| length1 = 1:55
| writer1 = Becker
| title2 = Billy the Kid
| length2 = 4:47
| writer2 = Kasparek, Dreffein
| title3 = Genocide (The Killing of the Buffalo)
| note3 = Thin Lizzy cover
| writer3 = Phil Lynott
| length3 = 4:47
}}
{{tracklist
| total_length = 65:58
| headline = 1995 bonus tracks
| title1 = Over the Rainbow
| note1 = instrumental
| length1 = 1:55
| writer1 = Becker
| title2 = Billy the Kid
| length2 = 4:47
| title3 = Genocide (The Killing of the Buffalo)
| note3 = Thin Lizzy cover
| writer3 = Phil Lynott
| length3 = 4:47
| title4 = Dancing on a Minefield
| length4 = 4:59
}}
Notes
- 1st press CD release and Polish pressings features the three bonus tracks "Over the Rainbow", "Billy the Kid" and a cover version of the Thin Lizzy song "Genocide". Later CD releases feature one or two bonus tracks
- The 1995 re-release includes the song "Dancing on a Minefield", which is also featured as a bonus track on the 1994 album Black Hand Inn
- The 2017 remastered release features all bonus tracks (excluding "Dancing on a Minefield"), plus the 2003 re-recorded versions of "Blazon Stone" and "Little Big Horn"
Personnel
- Rolf Kasparek – vocals, guitar
- Axel Morgan – guitars
- Jens Becker – bass
- Rüdiger "AC" Dreffein – drums
;Additional Musicians
- Kalle Bösel – backing vocals
- Jan Olav, Martina Wiegendt, Sven Pöschmann, Michael Herwig, Jens Butterwick, Raymond Kana, Oliver Losshagen and Ladislav Křížek – backing vocals on "Little Big Horn" and "Heads or Tails"
;Production
- Jan Němec – engineer, mixing
- Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer
- Thorsten Herbig – photography
- Rock 'n' Rolf – producer
- Andreas Marschall – pover art (front and back covers)
- Horst Herrndorff – pover art (back cover)
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Chart (1991) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"|Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts){{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5 | language= fi}}
| align="center"| 24 |
|---|
| {{album chart|Germany4|22|id=1207|artist= Running Wild|album=Blazon Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=12 September 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|16|artist= Running Wild|album=Blazon Stone|rowheader=true|access-date=12 September 2020}} |
References
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