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XIII is the 13th full-length album by the German heavy metal band Rage, and the second collaboration with the Lingua Mortis Orchestra. It was released in 1998.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Rock Hard	9.5/10

In 2005, XIII was ranked number 272 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Peavy Wagner, except where noted

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Overture"	Christian Wolf	1:55
2.	"From the Cradle to the Grave"	Wagner, Spiros Efthimiadis	4:51
3.	"Days of December"	Wagner	4:35
4.	"Sign of Heaven"	Wagner	4:17
5.	"Incomplete"	Wagner, Wolf	5:10
6.	"Turn the Page"	Wagner	5:03
7.	"Heartblood"	Wagner, Chris Efthimiadis, S. Efthimiadis	6:21
8.	"Over and Over"	Wagner, S. Efthimiadis, Sven Fischer	3:48
9.	"In Vain (I Won't Go Down)"	Wagner, Wolf	5:19
10.	"Immortal Sin"	Wagner	5:28
11.	"Paint It Black" (The Rolling Stones cover)		4:34
12.	"Just Alone"	Wagner, S. Efthimiadis, Fischer	6:24
13.	"XIII"		0:05

Limited edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Music	Length
14.	"Another Wasted Day"	Wagner, Fischer	4:56
15.	"Tom Sawyer" (Rush cover)	Lee, Lifeson	4:24

Personnel

Band members

Peavy Wagner – vocals, bass
Spiros Efthimiadis – guitars
Sven Fischer – guitars
Chris Efthimiadis – drums

Additional musicians

Christian Wolff – piano
Lingua Mortis Orchestra

Production

Christian Wolff – producer
Ronald Prent – mixing, mastering
Sander Van Der Heide – mastering

References

Kühnemund, Götz. "Rock Hard review". issue 131. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 105. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.

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Peavy Wagner Jean Bormann Stefan Weber Vassilios "Lucky" Maniatopoulos Alf Meyerratken Thomas Grüning Jochen Schroeder Jörg Michael Rudy Graf Manni Schmidt Chris Efthimiadis Spiros Efthimiadis Sven Fischer Mike Terrana Victor Smolski André Hilgers Marcos Rodriguez
Studio albums	Prayers of Steel (as Avenger) Reign of Fear Execution Guaranteed Perfect Man Secrets in a Weird World Reflections of a Shadow Trapped! The Missing Link 10 Years in Rage Black in Mind Lingua Mortis End of All Days XIII Ghosts Welcome to the Other Side Unity Soundchaser Speak of the Dead Carved in Stone Strings to a Web 21 LMO (with Lingua Mortis Orchestra) The Devil Strikes Again Seasons of the Black Wings of Rage Resurrection Day
EPs	Depraved to Black (as Avenger) Extended Power Beyond the Wall Refuge
Live albums	Full Moon in St. Petersburg Live in Tokyo
Compilations and box sets	The Best from the Noise Years The Lingua Mortis Trilogy (The Classic Collection)
Video releases	The Video Link Metal Meets Classic Live Full Moon in St. Petersburg
Related articles	Lingua Mortis Orchestra Nuclear Blast All-Stars: Into the Light A Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal A Tribute to the Beast A Tribute to the Four Horsemen

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