''Paper Blood'' is the eighth studio album released by the band

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. It is the first album without longtime members Jacob Kjaer and Steen Mogensen who both left the band in December 2003, It is also the last studio album to feature John West on vocals.

Track listing

All songs written by André Andersen. # "Break Your Chains" – 5:33 # "Not My Kind" – 6:21 # "Memory Lane" (Instrumental) – 5:20 # "Never Give Up" – 5:32 # "Seven Days" – 6:22 # "SK 983" (Instrumental) – 4:41 # "Kiss of Faith" – 5:19 # "Paper Blood" – 5:08 # "Season's Change" – 4:55 # "Twice Around the World" (Instrumental) – 7:15

Personnel

* André Andersen – keyboards and

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

* John West –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...

*Marcus Jidell –

guitars The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

* Allan Sørensen –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

with * Kenneth Olsen – percussion *Kenny Lubcke – backing vocals *Maria McTurk – backing vocals *Soma Allpas – cello *

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Additional Info

*Mixed by Lars Overgaard at EMI/Medley Studio *Mastered by Jan Eliasson at Tocano Mastering *Illustration by Carlos Del Olmo Hlmberg *Layout by Christina Laugesen

References

{{Authority control Royal Hunt albums 2005 albums Frontiers Records albums