''Insanity and Genius'' is the third studio album by

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and final album with

Ralf Scheepers Ralf Scheepers (born 5 February 1965) is the vocalist for the German heavy metal band Primal Fear. He has a relatively high-pitched tenor-esque singing voice and sometimes uses a shriek reminiscent of Judas Priest's Rob Halford, although it is ...

on vocals.

Kai Hansen Kai Michael Hansen (born 17 January 1963) is a German musician who is the founder, lead guitarist and vocalist of power metal band Gamma Ray. He is also one of the co-founders of metal band Helloween, which he rejoined in 2016. He is a prominent ...

sings on the song "Heal Me",

Dirk Schlächter Dirk Schlächter (born 15 February 1965, in Bad Nauheim, Germany) is the bassist of the power metal band Gamma Ray and Avalanch from 2018. History Dirk got in touch with music for the first time joining a music school at the age of 8. At the ag ...

sings on the song "Your Tørn Is Over". Continuing a trend that would conclude with its fifth studio release, the lineup for the album was changed from the previous one, with Jan Rubach replacing

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on bass and Thomas Nack replacing

Uli Kusch Ulrich Kusch (born 11 March 1967) is a heavy metal drummer. He is best known for playing with Helloween, Gamma Ray, Masterplan and Holy Moses, among others. He is known for his technical style of playing, fast-paced speed metal-like rhythm, a ...

on drums. The album was re-released in 2002 with additional tracks. The 2002 version was released again in 2010 by

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as part of a 2-CD set with the 2002 version of ''

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''.

Track listing

"Heroes" also appears on the 2002 re-release of Gamma Ray's 1991 album '' Sigh No More'' and is an alternative version of the song "Changes" from that album.
"Gamma Ray (extended version)" also appears on the ''Future Madhouse'' EP.
"Exciter" also appears on ''A Tribute to Judas Priest, Vol. 2: Delivering the Goods''.
"Your Tørn Is Over" is referred to as "Your Turn Is Over" on the cover and in the booklet of the 2010

2CD joint-release of ''Insanity and Genius'' and ''

'' (2002 re-release versions)

Anniversary Edition bonus disc

Personnel

;Gamma Ray *

– lead vocals (all but tracks 9 and 10) *

– guitar, lead vocals on track 10, producer, engineer *

– guitar, keyboards, lead vocals on track 9, producer, engineer * Jan Rubach – bass guitar * Thomas Nack – drums ;Additional musicians *

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– computer engineering and additional keyboards ;Production *

Charlie Bauerfeind Karl Rudolf "Charlie" Bauerfeind (born 30 May 1963) is a German sound engineer and producer who has worked mostly with power metal bands such as Angra, Blind Guardian, Helloween, Primal Fear, Rage, HammerFall and Saxon. Works Production ...

– mixing at Horus Sound Studio, Hannover *Achim Krause – mastering *Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Insanity And Genius 1993 albums Gamma Ray (band) albums Noise Records albums Albums produced by Kai Hansen