''The Alchemist'' is the third album from the

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band

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. The album was released in 2007 by

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. The

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ese version (released on

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) contains the bonus track "Sweet Honey Pie" by

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, which originally appeared on ''Scandinavian Friends: A Tribute to Roky Erickson''.

Track listing

#"Walk Between the Lines" - 3:24 #" If Crimson Was Your Colour" - 3:47 #"Leva" - 4:33 #"Hey Doctor" - 5:12 #"Samaritan Burden" - 6:27 #"Remembered" - 5:14 #"The Alchemist (parts 1, 2 & 3)" - 14:38 #"Sweet Honey Pie" (

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) - 3:00 (Japan-only bonus track)

Personnel

Witchcraft

* Magnus Pelander -

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* John Hoyles - electric and

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* Ola Henriksson -

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* Fredrik Jansson -

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, percussion

Additional musicians

*Tom Hakava -

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, upright piano, pump organ, and percussion *Anders Andersson - saxophone

Production

*Produced, Engineered & Mixed By Tom Hakava *Mastered By Bjorn Engelmann at Cutting Room Studios

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alchemist, The 2007 albums Witchcraft (band) albums Rise Above Records albums