The Wizard's Chosen Few

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Released November 21, 2000 Artist Axel Rudi Pell Label Steamhammer		Length 2:30:38 Release date 21 November 2000 Genre Heavy metal

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The Wizards Chosen Few is the first 'Best of' compilation album, which is not oriented around ballads, by German Heavy Metal Guitarist Axel Rudi Pell. Unlike most 'best of' albums by most bands, Pell decided it would be unfair on the customers to buy an album in which they can find all of the material on his other CDs, he decided to add some unreleased live songs as well as some released only to the Japanese market as bonus tracks. Also added to the album were 2 new studio tracks.

The album features 2 CDs and has the majority of artists used in Axel Rudi Pell's solo band.

CD1

1. Broken Dreams (New Studio Track)
2. Carousel (From Oceans of Time)
3. The Masquerade Ball (From The Masquerade Ball)
4. Ghosthunter (New Studio Track)
5. Oceans of Time (From Oceans of Time)
6. Still I'm Sad (From Holy Dio: Tribute to Ronnie James Dio)
7. Come Back to Me (From The Ballads II)
8. Burn/Purple Haze/Call her Princess (Previously unreleased Live Track)
9. Total Eclipse (From Magic as a Japanese Bonus Track)
10. Eternal Prisoner (From Eternal Prisoner)

CD2

1. Fool Fool (From Black Moon Pyramid)
2. Casbah (From Between the Walls)
3. Snake Eyes (Live Track from Made in Germany)
4. Mistreated (Live Track from Made in Germany)
5. Magic (From Magic)
6. The Clown is Dead (From Magic)
7. Nasty Reputation (From Nasty Reputation)
8. Land of the Giants (From Nasty Reputation)
9. Hear you Calling Me (From Wild Obsession)

Writing

All songs Written by Axel Rudi Pell, apart from the following exceptions;

Track 6

Paul Samwell-Smith and Jim McCarty

Track 8

Burn - Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Jon Lord and Ian Paice
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix

Tracks 3 and 9

Axel Rudi Pell and Charlie Huhn

Track 4

Ritchie Blackmore and David Coverdale