''Sigh No More'' is the second studio album released by

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band,

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in 1991 by

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. Beginning a trend that would continue until their fifth studio release, the band's lineup changed from the previous album, with

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, an ...

replacing Mathias Burchardt on drums and

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 ...

officially joining the band on guitars.

Track listings

Anniversary Edition bonus disc

"Countdown" does not appear on the vinyl or cassette versions of the album.
"Heroes" is an alternative version of "Changes" and also appears on the Japanese version of '' Insanity and Genius''.
"Dream Healer (pre-production version)" also appears on the ''Future Madhouse'' EP.
"Who Do You Think You Are?" also appears on the European version of ''Heaven Can Wait'' EP and ''Who Do You Think You Are?'' EP.

Personnel

;Gamma Ray *

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 ...

– lead 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 promine ...

– guitar *

– guitar, keyboards * Uwe Wessel – bass *

– drums ;Additional musicians * Tommy Newton – keyboards, additional rhythm guitar on track 5, talk box solo on track 8, backing vocals, producer, engineer, mixing *

Piet Sielck Piet Sielck (born 14 November 1964) is a German power metal guitarist, vocalist and producer. He is member of the power metal, power/speed metal band Iron Savior as well as owner of the studio Powerhouse in Hamburg. Early years Born in Hamburg ...

– keyboards, backing vocals, second engineer * Fritz Randow – military snare on track 6 *

Rolf Köhler Rolf Köhler (24 May 1951 – 16 September 2007) was a German singer, musician, and record producer. Career Köhler initially achieved commercial success performing under the pseudonym Marc de Ville in the late 1970s. As Marc de Ville, he recor ...

– backing vocals ;Production * Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sigh No More (Gamma Ray Album) 1991 albums Gamma Ray (band) albums Noise Records albums