Spellbound [Import]

Tygers of Pan Tang, Tygers of Pan Tang | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 6, 1997)
• Format: Import
• Label: Edel
• ASIN: B00003IQI3
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #484,503 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Gangland

2. Take It

3. Minotaur

4. Hellbound

5. Mirror

6. Silver And Gold

7. Tyger Bay

8. The Story So Far

9. Blackjack

10. Don't Stop By

11. All Or Nothing

12. Don't Give A Damn

13. Bad Times

14. It Ain't Easy

15. Don't Take Nothing

Editorial Reviews

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tygers of pan tang, Spellbound., March 13, 2002

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Mr. N. J. Mingins (Crewe, Cheshire, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spellbound (Audio CD)

This is my favourite album by the tyger's, For myself the change in the band line up, From the change of the gruff voice of Jess Cox to the harmonic voice of John Deverill from Persian Risk and also added a secound guitarist to the band as in John Sykes who was making his debut album, Who went onto join, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake and Blue murder.

This British band was in a bunch of band's, Which included the likes of Iron maiden, Saxon, Judas priest, Anglewhich, Samson and a host of other's who were givin' the title "The new wave off British heavy metal".

The album is truely from the hard 'n' heavy era off Heavy Metal.
The hard hittin' riff's of Gangland, Hellbound & Tyger bay to the mellow of Mirror,Mirror. one of the leading band's in their day, A must for all metal head's, If this album does not get you headbanging then your listening to the wrong music.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A classic release!, June 8, 2004

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L. B. Ivarsson (Rock City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spellbound (Audio CD)

Tygers Of Pan Tang's second album "Spellbound" (1981) sure is a more consistent effort than their debut "Wild cat". With a change in line up (adding a second guitar player by the name of John Sykes and a new singer in Jon Deverill), the Tygers were on their way towards the top in the heavy metal league back in the early 1980's. The material on "Spellbound" is mostly very good, and not as raw as it was on the previous album. There are indeed some classic metal tunes in this collection. Just listen to songs such as "Gangland", "Take it", and "Hellbound" and you'll hear the essence of the genre New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Tygers shows us a more laid back side and includes a ballad in "Mirror". And when it comes to "The story so far" & "Don't stop by" you can hear the growing seed to songs included on following albums like "The cage" and "The wreck-age". A lot of people claim that "Spellbound" is the band's finest album up to date but I strongly believe that "Crazy nights" from the same year is just as good, if not even better!

Tygers Of Pan Tang never made it big like some of their peers (for example Iron Maiden and Def Leppard). Maybe it had something to do with bad managing because the Tygers surely were on their way to stardom in the early 1980's. Anyway, over the years Tygers changed personnel and finally broke up. Singer Jon Deverill took a shot at an acting career, guitar player Rob Weir took a job for the local government, bass player Rocky became a music lawyer, and drummer Brian continued playing the drums in smaller scale. The only one of the line up who really made it big is guitarist John Sykes, who first joined Thin Lizzy ("Thunder and lightning") and then teamed up with Whitesnake's David Covedale to record their world wide success album "1987". After that Sykes formed Blue Murder (together with Carmine Appice and Tony Franklin), released a couple of solo albums, and then reformed Thin Lizzy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Tygers of Pan Tang album, June 4, 2006

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M. Fonseca "carmarthen" (Thunder) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spellbound (Audio CD)

Their sophomore effort is their best album for sure, and it is a benchmark NWOBHM album. Unfortunately, the band fell into the usual trap: to change their sound due to record company pressure, releasing obnoxious albuns like "The Cage" and the album recorded in the speed of light, "Crazy Nights".