Mandrake is the fifth album by German power metal band Edguy, released in 2001. It is a varied album, exploring many styles of the power metal genre. It was their last studio album for AFM Records. They later signed a contract with Nuclear Blast. In 2017, Loudwire ranked it as the 20th best power metal album of all time. Track listing All music by Tobias Sammet unless otherwise noted. All lyrics by Sammet "Tears of a Mandrake" – 7:12 "Golden Dawn" (Jens Ludwig, Sammet) – 6:07 "Jerusalem" (Ludwig, Sammet) – 5:27 "All the Clowns" – 4:48 "Nailed to the Wheel" (Ludwig, Sammet) – 5:40 "The Pharaoh" – 10:37 "Wash Away the Poison" – 4:40 "Fallen Angels" – 5:13 "Painting on the Wall" – 4:36 "Save Us Now" – 4:34 "The Devil and the Savant" (limited edition bonus track) – 5:26 "Wings of a Dream 2001" (limited edition bonus track) – 5:03 Personnel Band members Tobias Sammet – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, organ Jens Ludwig – guitars, backing vocals Dirk Sauer – guitars, backing vocals Tobias 'Eggi' Exxel – bass, backing vocals Felix Bohnke – drums Additional musicians Ralf Zdiarstek, Markus Schmitt, Daniel Schmitt, Rob Rock – backing vocals Frank Tischer – piano on track 7 Production Norman Meieritz – engineer Mikko Karmila – mixing Mika Jussila – mastering References Edguy albums 2001 albums AFM Records albums Albums with cover art by Jean-Pascal Fournier