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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.
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| 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 | |||
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| Singles from Blazon Stone | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[2] |
| Rock Hard | 9.0/10[3] |
Track listing
All tracks written by Rolf Kasparek except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Blazon Stone" | 6:30 | |
| 2. | "Lonewolf" | 4:49 | |
| 3. | "Slavery" | 5:15 | |
| 4. | "Fire & Ice" | AC | 4:09 |
| 5. | "Little Big Horn" | 5:00 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "White Masque" | 4:17 | |
| 7. | "Rolling Wheels" | Becker | 5:33 |
| 8. | "Bloody Red Rose" | 5:06 | |
| 9. | "Straight to Hell" | Becker | 3:50 |
| 10. | "Heads or Tails" | 4:58 | |
| Total length: | 49:27 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Over the Rainbow" (instrumental) | Becker | 1:55 |
| 2. | "Billy the Kid" | Kasparek, Dreffein | 4:47 |
| 3. | "Genocide (The Killing of the Buffalo)" (Thin Lizzy cover) | Phil Lynott | 4:47 |
| Total length: | 60:56 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Over the Rainbow" (instrumental) | Becker | 1:55 |
| 2. | "Billy the Kid" | 4:47 | |
| 3. | "Genocide (The Killing of the Buffalo)" (Thin Lizzy cover) | Phil Lynott | 4:47 |
| 4. | "Dancing on a Minefield" | 4:59 | |
| Total length: | 65:58 | ||
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
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] | 22 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] | 16 |
References
- Huey, Steve. "Running Wild – Blazon Stone review". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 372. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- Götz Kühnemund. (1991). "Running Wild 'Blazon Stone'". Rock Hard. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- "Offiziellecharts.de – Running Wild – Blazon Stone" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- "Swisscharts.com – Running Wild – Blazon Stone". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
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На других языках
[de] Blazon Stone (Running Wild-Album)
Blazon Stone ist das sechste Studioalbum der deutschen Heavy-Metal-Band Running Wild. Es erschien 1991 und enthält mit dem Lied „Little Big Horn“ den größten Singlehit der Band.- [en] Blazon Stone
[ru] Blazon Stone
Blazon Stone («Геральдический камень») — шестой студийный альбом немецкой метал-группы Running Wild, выпущенный совместно западногерманским филиалом EMI и лейблом Noise Records 4 апреля 1991 года.Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.
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