Spellbound (Tygers of Pan Tang album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Spellbound
| type = studio
| artist = Tygers of Pan Tang
| cover = Tygers of Pan Tang - Spellbound.jpg
| alt =
| released = 10 April 1981 {{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Tygers+Of+Pan+Tang&titel=Spellbound&cat=a|title=Tygers of Pan Tang albums}}
| recorded = January 1981
| venue =
| studio = Morgan Studios, London
| genre = Heavy metal
| length = 34:27
| label = MCA
| producer = Chris Tsangarides
| prev_title = Wild Cat
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Crazy Nights
| next_year = 1981
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/spellbound-mw0000374676 | title = Tygers of Pan Tang Spellbound review | accessdate = 2012-11-10 | last = Rivadavia | first = Eduardo | publisher = AllMusic}}
| rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
| rev2Score = 8/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = 1 November 2005 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1894959315 | page= 371}}
| noprose = yes
}}
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.{{cite web | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=2150 | title = Tygers of Pan Tang - Spellbound | accessdate = 2011-03-17 | publisher = Encyclopaedia Metallum}}
"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
{{track listing
| all_music = Tygers of Pan Tang except where noted
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Gangland
| length1 = 3:43
| title2 = Take It
| length2 = 4:27
| title3 = Minotaur
| length3 = 0:22
| title4 = Hellbound
| length4 = 3:30
| title5 = Mirror
| length5 = 4:34
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = Silver and Gold
| length6 = 3:35
| title7 = Blackjack
| length7 = 3:15
| note7 = *
| title8 = The Story So Far
| length8 = 3:29
| title9 = Tyger Bay
| length9 = 3:28
| note9 = *
| title10 = Don't Stop By
| length10 = 4:04
}}
- Tracks 7 and 9 were switched on the 1989 double LP vinyl reissue and 1989 CD reissue.
{{track listing
| headline = 1997 CD reissue bonus tracks
| title11 = All or Nothing
| lyrics11 = Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane
| length11 = 2:44
| note11 = Small Faces cover
| title12 = Don't Give a Damn
| length12 = 4:32
| note12 = B-Side to "Hellbound" single
| title13 = Bad Times
| length13 = 2:41
| note13 = From "The Audition Tapes", 1979
| title14 = It Ain't Easy
| length14 = 4:03
| note14 = Studio outtake, previously unreleased
| title15 = Don't Take Nothing
| length15 = 2:46
| note15 = 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, bass pedals (2,5,6,9,10)
- Brian "Big" Dick – drums, percussion (5,10)
;Production
- Chris Tsangarides – producer, engineer, keyboards (5,10)
- Andrew Warwick – assistant engineer
Charts
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| Chart (1981)
! Peak |
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| {{album chart|Sweden|44|artist=Tygers of Pan Tang|album=Spellbound|rowheader=true|access-date=March 10, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|33|date=19810412|rowheader=true|access-date=March 10, 2024}} |
References
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Category:Tygers of Pan Tang albums