More Inspirations

More Inspirations is the second cover album by the English heavy metal band Saxon, released on 24 March 2023.

More Inspirations
Studio album by
Released24 March 2023 (2023-03-24)
StudioBrockfield Hall, The Big Silver Barn
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length39:50
LabelSilver Lining Music
ProducerBiff Byford
Saxon chronology
Carpe Diem
(2022)
More Inspirations
(2023)
Singles from More Inspirations
  1. "The Faith Healer"
    Released: 16 January 2023
  2. "Razamanaz"
    Released: 22 March 2023

Background

As its predecessor Inspirations, the album consists of covers from the 1960s and 1970s. The Faith Healer was released as a single on 16 January 2023.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Maximum Volume Music8/10[3]
powermetal.de6.5/10[4]

The album received mixed critics. It was the bands first studio album since Call to Arms (2011) to fail the UK Top 100 charts. As every Saxon studio album in the last 16 years, More Inspirations entered the charts in all of the three German speaking countries.

Track listing

Personnel

Saxon

Charts

Chart (2023) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 63
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 108
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 30
Scottish Albums (OCC)[9] 15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 23
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[11] 5

References

  1. "Making of 'The Faith Healer'". Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. "Saxon Covers Rainbow, KISS, Nazareth, Alice Cooper, Others on 'More Inspirations' Album". Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  3. Thorley, Andy. "Saxon - More Inspirations". Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  4. Walzer, Jonathan. "Gut gemacht, aber letztlich nicht nötig" [Nice work, but in the end not necessary] (in German). Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  5. "All Music - Saxon - More Inspirations Overview". Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  6. "Austriancharts.at – Saxon – More Inspirations" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  7. "Ultratop.be – Saxon – More Inspirations" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Saxon – More Inspirations" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  9. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  10. "Swisscharts.com – Saxon – More Inspirations". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  11. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
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